brandylady,
it's not a masculine world of oil rigs any more.

With the high tech that we use these days, females and males have the same opprtunities in the oilfield, and to let you know, more than 30% of my company population are females, who are working in the operation side, and going to the rigs and platforms like any man, and they are as compitent as men, and sometimes better.

And to tell you the truth, When it comes to choosing my crew before any operation, I like to get the females, for me I consider them a better performer, since they have the challenge to prove themselves where I think they shouldn't have to.

And offcouse the chances in the safety section is more for females, than operation.

Good luck anyway.