Rebecca Ponton is a career journalist. Her work has always focused on women and their achievements. She lived abroad for 14 years and, while most of that time was spent in the Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates (both Dubai and Abu Dhabi), she also lived briefly in Azerbaijan, where she worked for the UN in a freelance capacity, and wrote two booklets about the UN’s work there, and then lived in Kazakhstan for a short time. In 2011, she became a petroleum landman, working mainly in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas. She combined her interest in the energy industry with her love of writing and in 2019, her first book, Breaking the GAS Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry, was published by Modern History Press. She has been an energy contributor to Forbes.com and currently is the editor-in-chief of Oilwoman Magazine.
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Order the book Breaking the Gas Ceiling: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Gas-Ceiling-Offshore-Industry/dp/1615994432/
Rebecca’s writing for Oilwoman Magazine: https://oilwomanmagazine.com/author/rebecca-ponton/
Rebecca’s writing at Forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaponton/
Rebecca on Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakgasceiling
Rebecca’s email: editor@oilwomanmagazine.com
Mark A. Stansberry, energy advisor and corporate development strategist, has been a columnist and contributor for Energies Media since 2014. He is the author of America Needs America’s Energy: Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan and the host of the National Energy Talk podcast. Stansberry served as U.S. Senator Bartlett’s intern/staff member from 1975-76, and led Senators Bellmon and Bartlett’s State Youth Conference in 1976. Stansberry can be contacted through his website.
