WITH an abundance of job opportunities, great pay, the chance to travel the world and a new push for gender diversity, now is the time forwomento enter the oil and gas industry, according to employers.

The wealth of job opportunities comes at a time when the industry is implementing a variety of programs designed to attract and retain women in the oil and gas sector.

Last November AREEA launched the Australian Women in Resources Alliance and companies have ramped up their programs to increase gender diversity in the workforce.

Click here to read the full article published in The Australian on 13 October 2012.