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Facing one of its worst crises in a generation, the oil industry is trying to open up - to women.

Even when oil was selling at above $100 a barrel, most of the industry's top executives said they struggled to find and retain young talent.

Year after year, it was cited as one of the biggest problems for the industry - one of the best paying in the world - during annual gatherings of its top brass on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos.

But never the issue of gender inequality, which has . . .