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 ...

The salary for an oil rig roughneck is much easier to find. There are somewhat conflicting results, but Glassdoor suggests that a roughneck can make between $60-$112k per year. With that being ...

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 ...

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. Cooper’s struggles mirror the real-life challenges of roughnecks ...

Jacob Lofland says quitting college and going to work as a roughneck for the oil and gas company where his father is a ...