Jared Blong is an energy executive with a successful operational and financial track record including back-to-back listings on the Inc. 5000's top 1000 in 2018 and 2019 and successful asset sale in 2020 generating triple digit returns on invested capital. He's passionate about stewardship and the conscientious conservation of our natural resources.
Jared founded Octane Energy in 2013 with his wife, Lori. He currently leads the Octane team, unlocking plentiful, reliable and affordable energy to enable human flourishing. Octane Energy is a privately held, Permian focused E&P and consultancy. Octane currently operates roughly 2600 acres in the Midland Basin as well as contract operates over 300 wells on behalf of others. Octane seeks to continue growing both organically through the bit and by making accretive PDP acquisitions. Since founding Octane in 2013, Jared has lead teams drilling, completing, producing more than 2,000 wells having drilled over 30 million feet and frac'ed over 100,000 stages.
In a brief departure from Octane, Jared served as the President and COO of AquaSmart from 2020-2022. His primary charge was to lead and inspire teams toward developing, manufacturing, and commercializing impactful technologies in energy, agronomy, and infrastructure driven by a desire to use water smarter. He has since returned to leadership at Octane, expanding the portfolio of the company and looking toward additional future growth.
Prior to founding Octane, he was the Director of Risk Management for Western Drilling, Inc., and RK Ford & Associates where he established an addiction to the energy business. He managed a broad range of processes from finance to field operations. Throughout the course of Jared’s career, he has demonstrated the ability to think creatively to find innovative solutions born out of his experience within, as well as outside the energy industry. Jared loves building and leading teams into a strong future of excellence and continual innovation driven by his passion to see others thrive and his attitude of extreme ownership.
Jared currently serves on the advisory board with the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Life:Powered initiative, on the board of High Sky Children’s Ranch, on the student ministry teaching team, stewardship team and as a deacon at Stonegate Fellowship Church, on the board of MarketPlace Midland, is an adult volunteer with Scout Troop 232, was the founding Chairman of the Board of the Permian Basin Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is former Chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Permian Basin Chapter, where he worked to reestablish a strong Permian presence within the global IADC community.
Mr. Blong is also an Eagle Scout and holds a BBA with a Spanish minor from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX. A native West Texan, Jared lives with his wife and three children in Midland and is heavily invested in the community and in the long-term success of the oil and gas industry as a whole.