Creating a gender balance in the oil and gas sector

More than a dozen operator and service supply businesses participate and sponsor these programs to support apprentices, including Shell, BP, Chevron Upstream Europe, Repsol Sinopee Resources U.K. Ltd., Aker Solutions, Wood Group, and Maersk Oil North Sea U.K. Ltd. "A prosperous and thriving engineering industry is vital for the U.K.'s economic future. The next generation of female engineers In the past, the oil and gas sector has had few female role models for young women to see clearly how their subject choices at school can translate into careers in the oil and gas sector. [...]the biology and the time away from work can't be denied, so in my opinion, I'm not sure how much can be done to change this barrier." Edited by Emily Guenther, associate content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media, eguenther@cfemedia.com MORE ADVICE KEY CONCEPTS Initiatives to promote women in engineering The status of women in the oil and gas sector Programs that help promote gender balance within the oil and gas industry.