Kelly Duncan

Kelly Duncan joined King Operating Corporation in November 2021 and in June of 2023 was named Vice President of Operations. He oversees the entire operational engineering department and himself acts as the company's Drilling Engineer. He is also on the National Board of Directors for Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH), a nonprofit charitable organization helping oilfield families with financial assistance in times of crisis.
Diligent engineering planning and absolute cost control are 2 of his key drivers. Kelly’s 25 years of experience has been a mix of engineering and field operations for both operators big and small. He began his technical career with Coastal/El Paso where he rotated thru all engineering disciplines eventually became Sr. Drilling Engineer. He then joined Petrohawk and helped hone their Haynesville assets and kick off their Eagle Ford development eventually assisting in the sale and transition of the company to BHP Billiton. He next joined GeoSouthern Energy and helped build their Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk from a 1 to 6 rig program as Operations manager and assisted in the sale to Devon for $6 billion. After his time with Devon, he ran the technical side of Acock Engineering and Associates as VP of Engineering and worked with mostly independent operating companies acting in a variety of engineering and project management roles from stake to P&A. It is through this role that he met and joined King Operating. He has drilled and completed over 2,200 wells in 14 states and most the major plays throughout the country.
Mr. Duncan has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University Kingsville (Texas A&I).