It’s boom or bust as truTV’s hit series Black Gold – from the successful creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers – returns for its second season. With the economy continuing to struggle, the stakes are higher than ever for roughnecks working the oil rigs in Texas. These guys can’t afford to make any mistakes that might cost them their jobs or, even more importantly, their lives. This year, the series will focus on three crews of roughnecks of Rig 28, who have a seemingly impossible job. Assembled by oilman Autry Stephens, they have only 50 days to try to save the lease on a very valuable piece of land before it expires. In that time they must drill four, back-breaking holes. In the words of pipe salesman Rooster McConaughey, “It’s never been done before.”
With the economy continuing to struggle, the stakes are higher than ever for roughnecks working the oil rigs in Texas. These guys can’t afford to make any mistakes that might cost them their jobs or, even more importantly, their lives.
During the first season of Black Gold, competing oil crews put everything they could into erecting their rigs and successfully drilling crude before the other crews could get to it. This year, the series focuses on the roughnecks of Rig 28, who have a seemingly impossible job. Assembled by oilman Autry Stephens, they have only 50 days to try to save the lease on a very valuable piece of land before it expires. In that time they must drill four back-breaking holes. In the words of pipe salesman Rooster McConaughey, “It’s never been done before.”
There’s no room for error. Each crew – the cocky daytime crew, led by Pee Wee, a hard-nosed driller who could sabotage the whole operation if he doesn’t keep his anger in check; the partying evening crew, led by Ron, a man with no patience for slackers; and the scrappy relief crew, led by Oscar, a driller whose idea of fun just might push his crew over the edge – must work through the conflict between each other, the dangerous equipment and the pressures of their families to save the land and keep their jobs.
Black Gold on TruTV
