Douglas Buckland was born in Maryland, but spent his formative years in Colorado. After barely graduating from the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Petroleum Engineering, his first job was working on the rigs off of the coast of Brazil. After a few years working the offshore rigs off of Brazil, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the North Sea, Douglas took a job in a tire shop in Denver while he obtained a Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver. A fortuitous phone call from an old boss sent Douglas back into the drilling arena as a drilling consultant internationally. Douglas has consulted on oilfield drilling projects in Africa, Mexico, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in Papua New Guinea.His hobbies include rebuilding old cars, riding motorcycles, firearms and shooting. Due to the drastic downturn in the oil and gas drilling industry, and the following pandemic, Douglas is now semi-retired and lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with his wife and his 2012 Harley Davidson Nightrod (modified).Read more about this authorRead less about this author