Energy minister Fergus Ewing says he hopes more women would be “inspired” to take up roles in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
The Highland MSP said about 95,000 job opportunities would arise in the sector over the next seven years.
Mr Ewing said the organisation Energy Skills Scotland would work with the industry, schools, colleges and universities to try and make sure as many jobs as possible were filled by women.
Aberdeen University, the city’s Robert Gordon University, Banff and Buchan College and Aberdeen College have teamed up to form the Oil and Gas Academy Scotland (Ogas).
The organisation, funded by the Scottish Government, aims to address the skills shortage in the sector.
Mr Ewing made the remarks at Holyrood today after being questioned by Aberdeenshire West SNP Dennis Robertson.
The backbencher said a lot of work was being done to try to resolve the gender imbalance in the energy sector and asked Mr Ewing if he was hopeful attempts would be made elsewhere in Scotland to “mirror efforts to resolve the gender mismatch”.
The minister said: “I am hopeful that, throughout Scotland, we will encourage more females to enter the oil and gas, renewables and, indeed, chemical engineering sectors.
“As Finance Secretary John Swinney said, the issue applies across all sectors.
“The Irish poet William Butler Yeats said that education is not about filling a bucket – it is about lighting a fire.
“Therefore, we want our inspiration, particularly for girls in Scotland, to be truly infernal.”
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