The race to strike oil has the crews under pressure. The last place team, the Big Dog rig finishes with one hole and heads off to the next, but tensions arise once again between Derek and Justin, threatening any progress they may make. The Viking crew has hit pay dirt on the number two hole, and an inexperienced driller puts the whole Longhorn team in danger when a new crew takes over.

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?