The Case for Compassion
I watched my boss hurriedly hit the mute button. We were onboard a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO), floating in the Atlantic Ocean, and...
May-June 2024
Chapter 2 – Arlene Chow, Dig Deeper: My Leadership Journey
During my years in BP Alaska, I had three different jobs. I went in as Infrastructure Manager, and almost immediately faced my first challenge. There...
The Rise in Gray Market Oil
A new, four billion dollar a week gray market is casting a shadow across energy desks around the globe. The sanction-skirting gray market trading for...
Alexis Gutierrez, Production Operator, Cheniere Energy
Coming out of high school, Alexis Gutierrez was accepted at four of Texas’ major universities. She had plans to begin her studies to become a...
In Conversation With Dec McLaughlin, Founder At Auzi
In conversation with Dec McLaughlin, Founder at Auzi (fashionable hearing aids) and Co-Founder at Foras (showcasing Scottish startups to the world). Angela McKane: Dec, hi!...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (May-June 2024)
Women in male-dominated industries, such as energy, face myriad challenges, some of which are internal, such as our inner critics, possibly telling us we can’t...
Ninth-Generation Texan Leads The General Land Office
Before she was a surgeon, she was a volunteer firefighter. Her favorite song is “A Few More Rednecks” by the Charlie Daniels Band. She loves...
Come With Me Offshore… As An Assistant Driller
As the planes whiz by in the background, I find myself firmly planted in the seat at the gate just before boarding, a routine familiar...
Noela Oliveira Garza Surveys the Landscape
As a landman, I have always given the Reader’s Digest version of what I do as “part genealogist and part detective,” so it resonated with...
Finding The Purple Unicorn: Boardroom Myths, Half-Truths and Cold Hard Facts
In my 40-year career in energy and heavy industry, I rarely had contact with the board directors who could block our investment projects or dismiss...
