Black Gold

Seasons

2008

6.1

TV-14

Follows Texas oil men who gamble everything for a chance to make millions. This season of Black Gold takes you inside the real life action, conflict, and competition as the race for America's buried treasure really heats up.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Disaster in the Oil Fields

In the West Texas oilfields, three crews of roughnecks hit the ground running in the race for Black Gold, but all three face disaster on day one.

S1 • E2

Episode #1.2

The race heats up in the oilfield. Longhorn Driller Gerald has his team in the lead but when a no-show puts the crew in jeopardy, the no-nonsense driller explodes. Wayne and the Viking crew work 'round the clock to go from dead last to neck and neck with the Longhorn. Driller Justin takes over the powerful Big Dog rig, only to find out he's up against the toughest challenge he's ever faced:? "The Well from Hell."?

S1 • E3

Crisis Week

There's big trouble on the rigs this week.

S1 • E4

Blood and Guts

Tempers flare on the West Texas oil rigs.

S1 • E5

Enough is Enough

The West Texas oilfields unleash their fury in tonight's episode. Good-guy driller Wayne can do nothing as his crew is taken out by injuries. The powerful Big Dog rig is ground to a halt and driller Justin's job is on the line. On the Longhorn, no-nonsense driller Gerald is pushing his crew past their breaking point and winds up paying the ultimate price for it.

S1 • E6

Episode #1.6

The pressure is on as time begins to run out for the crews racing to strike oil. In dead-last place, the brawny Big Dog rig completes one hole and moves on to the next, but old tensions flare between Derek and Justin, threatening their progress. Viking overcomes all obstacles to reach pay dirt on hole number two. And when a new crew takes over the Longhorn, the inexperienced new driller puts the entire crew in danger.

S1 • E7

Hitting Bottom

Long-burning fuses come to a head in the pressure cooker of the West Texas oilfields. In last place, Driller Justin is reaching his boiling point trying to train his difficult rookie, Derek. The young, inexperienced crew of the Longhorn rig must deal with a poisonous, and deadly, gas leak. And just when things start looking good for the high-tech Viking rig, Wayne and his crew face a crisis that could destroy their well.

S1 • E8

Episode #1.8

It's do or die time in the West Texas oilfields. The tension between Big Dog's driller, Justin, and his rookie, Derek, comes to a head, and only one is left standing. On the Longhorn rig, the young driller and his crew get reckless and pay the ultimate price. Wayne and his hard-working Viking crew make an unexpected discovery that could turn a common gamble into a huge fortune.