Black Gold is a documentary-style reality television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 60 miles northwest of Odessa. The title "Black Gold" comes from a slang term for oil. The series 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. The three rigs are funded by independent oilmen Autry Stevens and Mike LaMonica who put up millions of dollars in hopes of finding undiscovered deposits of oil. The show also features pipe salesman Michael "Rooster" McConaughey, brother of actor Matthew McConaughey.