Black Gold is a documentary-style reality television series that chronicles
three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 30 miles northwest of Odessa.
The title "Black Gold" comes from a slang term for oil.

The first season follows three rigs.Longhorn, Viking, and Big Dog.that have
only 50 days to successfully locate and retrieve the crude oil. The roughnecks,
as they are called on the rig, endure exhausting, dangerous work demands and face
debilitating injury, permanent disfigurement or even death. Oil rigs Longhorn and
Viking are funded by wildcatter Mike Lamonica while the Big Dog is funded by
wildcatter Autry Stevens, both of whom have put up millions of dollars in hopes
of finding new deposits of oil. The show also features pipe salesman Michael
.Rooster. McConaughey, brother of actor Matthew McConaughey.

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