What was once an extremely dangerous process on the rig floor has now become almost completely automated in most drilling situations. Iron roughnecks of today are fed pipe mechanically ...

It blows sideways at you when the oil or water comes shooting ... He could be sent to clean the rig manager’s — the “tool pusher’s”— kitchen. The roughneck’s iconic tools are the ...

Being a worm on an oil rig, as depicted in Landman, is more than just a job, it’s a test of endurance, grit, and character.

The salary for an oil rig roughneck is much easier to find. There are somewhat conflicting results, but Glassdoor suggests ...

In On Oil, Don Gillmor, who worked as a roughneck on oil rigs during the seventies oil boom in Alberta, looks at how the industry has changed over the decades since. The latest in our Field Notes ...

“Landman” is heading out to a small North Texas city to film “roughneck” scenes for season 2. Last week, the Paramount+ series began production on its second season in Fort Worth on TCU’s campus.