Three crews of roughnecks in West Texas are off and running in search for oil, but each hit a disaster on their first day. Although the Viking rig is state-of-the-art, the crew is having trouble in getting started. The smallest of the roughnecks on the tried-and-true Longhorn rig, suffers a crushing injury by a piece of equipment. Will one crew leader not survive the end of the first week?

Black Gold Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Disaster In the Oil Fields
• s01e02 - The Race Heats Up
• s01e03 - Crisis Week
• s01e04 - Blood and Guts
• s01e05 - Enough Is Enough
• s01e06 - An Accident Waiting to Happen
• s01e07 - Long-Burning Fires
• s01e08 - Do or Die

Black Gold Show Summary

There's an oil boom in west Texas and that means big risk, big reward and big characters drilling for crude. The oilmen risk their fortunes. It costs millions to drill two miles into the Earth. But this exhausting, dangerous work demands the young roughnecks risk something more valuable - their lives.

Not only do they have to contend with the elements on the rig like scorching heat and sudden lightning storms, there's heavy iron all around and the constant risk of a lethal blowout. But the oilman's putting up nearly a hundred grand a day to drill the well, so that bit has to keep turning. At the end of each episode, we'll see the moment of truth - did they strike it big or drill a dry hole?