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Marine Pilot, Captain Hanna Odengrund
Meet Captain Hanna Odengrund from Norrköping, Sweden. Hanna is a graduate of Kalmar Maritime Academy and is licensed as both a master and pilot for vessels of unlimited tonnage. Captain Hanna has worked on vessels over the course of the past 15 years; having spent...
Trailblazing the Deep: Meet the World’s First Female Submarine Captain
Norway, a NATO-member nation bordering Russia, has had a very important geostrategic role, since the onset of the Cold War, with the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. In virtually every conventional World War III–scenario of the 1950s through the 1990s, it was assumed...
Rig Administrator Melissa Harris
Meet Melissa Harris from Charleston, South Carolina. Melissa is a graduate of Trident Technical College with an A.A. in Public Service, and is also a graduate of Limestone College with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. Melissa has experience working as a 911 Operator,...
Dynamic Positioning Operator Amanda Locke
Meet Amanda Locke, from Merrimac, Massachusetts. Amanda works offshore for a major drilling contractor in the Gulf of Mexico and is a graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation. Amanda has worked on the water for 8...
Chief Officer Bree Bennett
Meet Bree Bennett, a graduate of California Maritime Academy, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation with a Minor in Marine Science. Women Offshore originally met Bree when she was a cadet at Cal Maritime over a decade ago, and it has been...
BOP Field Engineer Heather Hibbard
Meet Heather Hibbard from Bixby, Oklahoma. Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering with a Minor in Chemistry from the University of Tulsa. She currently works as a BOP (Blow-Out Preventer) Field Engineer in the offshore oil fields of the Gulf of...
Podcast
From Mexico, Meet Maria Avalos, Episode 91
MEET MARIA AVALOS. Maria Avalos is a Bridge Officer with 6 years of experience overseas and 22 years in the offshore industry. She has a wide experience working on Dynamic Positioning Vessels as a Senior DPO and DPO. She has her Chief Officer’s License and is a...
#breakthebias with Women Offshore on March 10th, Episode 90
JOIN OGGN AND THE WOMEN OFFSHORE FOUNDATION ON MARCH 10TH FOR AN INDUSTRY MIXER HONORING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. We would like to imagine a gender-equal world, one that is free of bias. It would be a world where all individuals, regardless of gender, are empowered...
Get to Know MM-SEAS, Episode 89
We are shining a light on a new maritime resource, MM-SEAS. MM-SEAS is a platform that helps captains, deckhands, mates and engineers cut through USCG licensing bureaucracy. Their software makes acquiring your merchant marine credential (MMC) easier, so you can stop...
Search & Rescue at Sea, Episode 88
“So Others May Live." One of the oldest mission of the US Coast Guard (USCG) is search and rescue (SAR). The USCG is recognized worldwide as a leader in the field of search and rescue. SAR response requires a multifaceted approach with multi-mission stations, cutters,...
Meet Galiya Sadykova: From Kazakhstan to a Thriving Offshore Career, Episode 87
Meet Galiya Sadykova. Galiya Sadykova has a background as a petroleum engineer and works onboard Shearwater Geoservices' seismic vessels as an observer operator. She started her career as an intern in Maersk Oil Company, conducting well-test on the biggest Maersk...
Black Experiences on the Water, Episode 86
How does your company support its Black Mariners? Conversations around allyship and the experiences Black people face have come to the forefront over the past year or so, but more must be done. It is important that Black mariners are elevated and heard. We call on the...
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