Energy firms named top spots for women-owned businesses
A number of energy companies earned top marks from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, which recently released its 14th annual listing of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business...
View ArticleLack of women engenders notice at energy conference
Of the roughly 30 CEOs who came to speak at the testosterone-heavy IHS CERAWeek energy conference, only two were women. It's a fact that was hard to ignore and is representative of the energy...
View ArticleHouston energy giants weak in diversity, report finds
Houston-based energy companies rank near the bottom of Calvert Investments' diversity index for S&P 100 companies, with Apache Corp. and National Oilwell Varco falling into the bottom five.
View ArticleObama official: Oil industry needs a jolt of diversity
When Interior Secretary Sally Jewell worked in the oil patch three decades ago, she was a pioneer who put up with a nearly all-male work force and Hustler pin-ups at drill sites. While overt sexism may...
View ArticleWomen fill nearly half of new oil industry jobs
Women scored nearly half of all new oil industry jobs during the first quarter of this year, according to Paul Caplan, president of Rigzone. It could signal a major turning point for an industry in...
View ArticlePetrobras CEO named world’s most powerful female executive
Fortune magazine has selected Maria das Gracas Silva Foster, the head of Brazil’s national oil company, as the most powerful female executive in the world for the second year running, highlighting the...
View ArticleProtesters arrested at Irving Oil building
Five protesters, including one from Texas, have been arrested after they locked themselves to each other with steel pipes and refused to leave the Irving Oil corporate building in New Hampshire.
View ArticleEnergy executive offices slowly diversifying, expert says
Chief executive jobs in the energy industry continue to be one of the most male-dominated positions, even when compared with finance and technology, an industry expert said Friday at the Women's Global...
View ArticleSurvey: Women confront barriers in oil and gas industry
Oil and gas companies are trying to lure women into the industry, but they have some work to do, according to a new report.
View ArticleFemale roughneck tells story of life on the oil field
Carla Restivo started her career in 1976 as roughneck. She explained her experiences as a woman in field dominated by men.
View ArticleHurdles remain for women in energy
Women have made strides in the energy industry, but there’s still a lack of women in some engineering and management positions, a panel of female energy sector executives said Monday.
View ArticleQ&A: Wood Group Mustang CEO opens up about life as a woman in a...
McNichols, who is scheduled to give a keynote speech kicking off the Women's Global Leadership Conference in Energy on Tuesday in Houston, recently spoke with Fuel Fix about the evolving role of women...
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