A crisis forces Gerald's Longhorn crew to pull their pipe out of the ground just as the crew is about to hit pay dirt. One roughneck on the Viking rig may be down and out. Driller Justin tries to show his rookie Derek the ropes on the Big Dog, but the good times won't last long.

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?