David Lawler and the Quest for the New Future
Brothers David and Doug Lawler are not twins, but their careers have run on twin paths. With the technological developments in the energy industry, those...
Articles by Rebecca Ponton
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (Spring 2024)
At the risk of repeating myself, as I said in the EIC letter published in the March/April edition of OILWOMAN Magazine (one of the companion...
Texas Actress AnnaClare Hicks Strikes Oil
Twenty-five years ago, when Abilene, Texas, author Cole Thompson wrote his first novel, Chocolate Lizards – loosely based on some of his own experiences working...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (March-April 2024)
We joke at the (virtual) U.S. Energy Media offices that we’ve “gone Hollywood.” It all started when actor and environmental activist Jeff Bridges graciously agreed...
How Women Pioneered Alaska’s Oil And Gas Industry
“It was an opportunity women my age could have only in Alaska,” Joey Roth, a veteran drilling engineer for Shell, says of working on the...
Made in Texas
When Abilene, Texas, author Cole Thompson wrote his debut novel, Chocolate Lizards (a reference to the dark brown lizard skinned boots his protagonist, Merle Luskey,...
Interview with Brandy Miles, INTE’ Measurement Consulting, LLC
Rebecca Ponton: Tell us a little bit about your current position and what you do. Brandy Miles: Having earned a Bachelor of Science in Information...
Bonnie Maillet: “Always Love Monday Mornings
Despite the influence she has had on women from as far afield as Lafayette, Louisiana, to Saudi Arabia, Bonnie Maillet has always been more comfortable...
Salina Derichsweiler: Mother Earth: “A Closely Held Human Value”
With the recent release of the Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon (based on David Grann’s 2017 book of the same name), all...
Q&A With Petroleum Engineer Maureen Nwangene
Rebecca Ponton: How did you decide to become a petroleum engineer? What motivated you to then earn a master’s in chemical engineering? Maureen Nwangene: My...