Chevron vice president for health, environment and safety Dave Payne, a 38-year veteran of the oil and gas industry, started his career at Getty Oil, at a time when “it seemed like the only women working in oil and gas were secretaries or in HR.” Of his three grown children (two sons and a daughter), only his daughter, Danielle, 31, has chosen to follow in her dad’s footsteps as a petroleum engineer in an industry where men still vastly outnumber women. Together, they discuss how things have changed and what the future holds for the new generation of energy workers.
The Changing Face of the Oilfield: A Father Passes the Torch to His Petroleum Engineer Daughter
An oil industry veteran and his petroleum engineer daughter discuss how things have changed for women in the industry and what the future holds for the new generation of energy workers.
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