Mr. Long is a hands-on operator in the mid-south oilfield. He was born to a multi-generational oil patch family and began checking wells with his father at the age of 10. He later progressed to helping on the pulling rig and the drilling rig at the age of 14. Thus began Mr. Long’s nearly 50 years working in “The Patch”.

By the age of 20, John bought his first pulling rig and began a decade of work as an independent contractor servicing several large oil companies before acquiring his own producing leases at the age of 29. After his production and service company was firmly established, John steadily added equipment, leases and labor to his company before acquiring his drilling rig at the age of 36.

Mr. Long drilled more than 40 wells for his own production while maintaining his continued contract drilling, well service, dozer and roustabout work for other large and small oil companies in the region.