Fitting in on the Bakken

In the first quarter of 2013, more women than men entered the oil gas industry, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Every year since 1991, when the BLS began collecting data, more than a third of new hires in the industry have been women — until 2013. Women filled about 1,800 of the 3,900 positions added in the oil and gas sector last year.“It’s a boys club,” says Camille Raymond, a drilling fluid specialist for M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger Company.She has been working in the Bakken Shale play for three years. Her job title is more commonly