Baker Hughes’ Oil Field – The Right Fit
Attracting a diverse workforce requires addressing the unique needs of our employees. Coveralls are essential personal protective equipment (PPE) on the job, but they’re not...
Upstream
Where In The Shale Is She?
Energy journalist and executive editor-at-large at Oil and Gas Investor, Nissa Darbonne wrote the definitive book on the American shale plays with her 2014 missive,...
U.K. Industry Leaders Take Action to Improve Mental Health Support for Energy Workers
Senior figures from the U.K.’s energy industry have agreed to establish a mental health charter to improve the support available to workers in the North...
Petro and the End of Oil Exploitation in Colombia
On August 7, 2022, Colombia made a 180 degree turn in terms of managing its economic policy by electing the first president with a clear...
Oil and Gas Regulations
Critics say the petroleum industry, including oil and gas, needs to be more heavily regulated when, in fact, it is one of the most highly...
Avoiding the “Resource Curse”
Oil seekers hit gold – black gold, that is – when they found oil in the small South American nation of Guyana in 2015 which,...
The Oil and Gas Industry – A 40 Year Retrospective
When I retired from the American Petroleum Institute (API) in May of this year, I decided to write a retrospective, having worked in the oil...
A (North) Sea Change in Leadership
Early 2022 brought a name change; the start of 2023 will bring a leadership change. After helming Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), formerly Oil & Gas...
Transformative Shifts in the Oil and Gas Industry
Over the last two years, traditional context for decision-making has fundamentally changed, and business leaders worldwide have been thrust into a historic intersection – adapt...
Erika Anderson: Engineering an Inclusive Future
For many students, math and science often feel like subjects that – even if you’re good at them –you can’t use in the real world....
