Douglas P. Heller
Mr. Heller is a Partner in the Philadelphia-based private equity investment firm of Heller Hickox & Company.
Formed in 1991 with George K. Hickox, Jr., the firm invests partners’ capital by structuring and leading oil
and gas equity investments involving recapitalizations, restructurings, start-ups, turn-arounds, workouts,
and other special situations.
Previously, Mr. Heller served as Vice President of Butcher Resources, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Butcher & Company from 1987 to 1991, and was responsible for oil and gas
investment and merchant banking activity, with a primary emphasis on corporate and project
finance transactions. Mr. Heller began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1979 as an
exploration geologist with Texaco Inc. in New Orleans, LA where he held various
technical and managerial positions prior to 1987 with primary responsibility for offshore
exploration and production activities in the Louisiana Shelf region of the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Heller holds a B.S. in Geosciences from The Pennsylvania State University (1979). He is a
member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Petroleum
Engineers and the Foreign Policy Research Institute of Philadelphia. He currently serves as
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Sun Drilling Products Corp. having held those
positions since 2003.
He has also served on the Boards of various portfolio companies in which his firm has had a controlling interest over the years.
Mr. Heller and his wife Ellen are the parents of six children and reside in Houston, Texas.
Mr. Heller is a Partner in the Philadelphia-based private equity investment firm of Heller Hickox & Company.
Formed in 1991 with George K. Hickox, Jr., the firm invests partners’ capital by structuring and leading oil
and gas equity investments involving recapitalizations, restructurings, start-ups, turn-arounds, workouts,
and other special situations.
Previously, Mr. Heller served as Vice President of Butcher Resources, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Butcher & Company from 1987 to 1991, and was responsible for oil and gas
investment and merchant banking activity, with a primary emphasis on corporate and project
finance transactions. Mr. Heller began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1979 as an
exploration geologist with Texaco Inc. in New Orleans, LA where he held various
technical and managerial positions prior to 1987 with primary responsibility for offshore
exploration and production activities in the Louisiana Shelf region of the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Heller holds a B.S. in Geosciences from The Pennsylvania State University (1979). He is a
member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Petroleum
Engineers and the Foreign Policy Research Institute of Philadelphia. He currently serves as
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Sun Drilling Products Corp. having held those
positions since 2003.
He has also served on the Boards of various portfolio companies in which his firm has had a controlling interest over the years.
Mr. Heller and his wife Ellen are the parents of six children and reside in Houston, Texas.