Doug Frederick -
Vice President of Drilling
Doug Frederick has over 40 years of experience in drilling and well operations. Doug began his career working on drilling and workover rigs for Shell Oil Company in Glendive, Montana and ended up in Houston, Texas after transfers to Baker, Montana and Cortez, Colorado.
Doug has drilled and worked on wells in Montana, Texas, Colorado, Alaska, Louisiana, Michigan and Mississippi.
Doug joined Kinder Morgan CO2 Company as the Drilling and Production Director in October 2000 when KM acquired the McElmo Dome CO2 production and transportation assets from Shell Oil Company. Doug put together the first ever drilling program for Kinder Morgan and spudded the first well in December 2000. Doug put together a team of Managers and Engineering staff and directed the drilling and workover of over 2500 wells. This included several managed pressure, short radius horizontal CO2 wells on a National Monument. Doug was responsible for annual drilling and workover budgets of over $500M.
Doug also served in other roles at KM such as, Production Engineering Director, Procurement Director, EHS Director and Energy Management Director, all while maintaining his role as Drilling and Production Director.
Doug has a tremendous focus on safe operating practices and continuous improvement efforts to achieve the most cost effective wellbore.
Doug holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Doug and his wife of 41 years, Claudia, reside in Montgomery, Texas.