Magazine

U.S. Energy Media Staff

Winter 2024

Valued At Work

Valued At Work

Valued at Work has two protagonists – Steve and Markus. Steve works directly for the CEO in a tech company and has traditional thinking aligning to his traditional career. His organization has high female attrition and lately has lost work due to lack of innovative approaches. Markus is a senior...

Women on the Water

Women on the Water

“Working at sea exposes me to peculiar challenges. I appreciate this because it opens my mind, keeps me alert and builds my problem-solving capacity. The versatility in skills obtained at sea is second to none. I get to function in several roles and manage them effectively. The multicultural environment helps...

Stanke will begin working at Constellation Energy once she completes her reign as Miss America 2023 in January 2024.

Nuclear Energy: “Not A Science Problem; It’s A Policy Problem”

The Miss America competition, no longer referred to as a “pageant,” (and certainly not a “bathing suit revue,” as the first competition was christened in 1921), provides the winner with a global platform from which to spread a message she’s passionate about. The current titleholder, Grace Stanke, a graduate of...

Talking About A Revolution

Talking About A Revolution

Released as part of the 40th edition of The Griffith Review in April 2013, this was my first formally published piece of work. I wrote it at [the] urging of the incredible Julianne Shultz, editor of the Review at the time, whom I served with on the Queensland Design Council....

The 2023-2024 Black Girls Do Engineer members. Photos courtesy of BGDE.

Kara Branch, Founder, Black Girls Do Engineer

Rebecca Ponton: Please provide some information on your background – where you grew up, the hobbies and interests you had, and what you aspired to be when you grew up. Kara Branch: I am from Port Arthur, Texas, a little town that houses the world’s largest refinery and many chemical...

Photos courtesy of Badlands Tank Lines.

Family Values, Spousal Sacrifice Pays Off for Badlands Tank Lines

Roger Johnson, CEO, Badlands Tank Lines, recently announced new Bakken assets acquired from Marathon Oil on The Crude Life Media Network. During the interview, the CEO discussed how Badlands Tank Lines has grown over the past several years to become one of the largest oilfield service trucking companies in the...

L to R: James Bollich, his cousin, Reginald Bollich, and Major General Bob “Hawk” Hollingsworth, USMC (Retired). Photos courtesy of James Bollich.

Military Veteran and Geologist James Bollich From the Service to the Subsurface

In 1921, the first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is given, in Paris, France… the World Series baseball game is first broadcast on the radio… future American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is diagnosed with polio… physicist, chemist and two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie publishes The Discovery of Radium… James...

Mohit Kumar

Mohit Kumar Discusses Significant Influences on His Career

Emmanuel Sullivan: Tell us about your current role in your organization, as well as how you found your job. Mohit Kumar: I am a Location Account Manager based in Anchorage, Alaska. I work for Schlumberger (SLB), the largest oil and gas service provider in the world. In this role, I...

In Conversation With Petroleum Engineer Maureen Nwangene

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 journey toward becoming a petroleum engineer was strongly rooted in a lifelong passion for STEM that emerged during my secondary school years. This organic interest...

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Getting In Good Trouble

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine the sweet scent of a wood fire. The smell from this most primeval heating method summons intense memories for most of us. For those in North America, the scent often connects us to Mother Nature or family gatherings. Yet, for over...

Interview with Kumar Mahalingam, Procurement Engineer

Interview with Kumar Mahalingam, Procurement Engineer

Alan Alexeyev: Tell us a little bit about your current position and what you do, as well as how you found a job. Kumar Mahalingam: I am currently working as a procurement engineer in the hydraulic fracturing department at CUDD Energy Services. I started as a field engineer in 2017....