The final episode of season 1 finds the teams filled with tension as Justin, Big Dog's driller, and rookie Derek comes to blows and only one man remains standing. The Longhorn rig discovers what happens when a young driller and his crew are reckless. Plus, Wayne and his hard working Viking crew make an unexpected discovery, can this become a fortune?

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?