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A modern-day story of making a fortune in the world of West Texas oil rigs
See the most popular movies and TV shows by writer/director Taylor Sheridan on IMDb, as rated by users. A landowner, at least one who works in the oil industry, acts as a middleman between exploration companies and landowners. Typically, the landowner’s job is to negotiate and finalize agreements with landowners who have mineral rights to lease those rights to the company they represent.
Quote from CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode 4424 (2022)
They essentially manage the land and secure leases so that oil and gas can be drilled. Like a foreman on a construction site, they build roads, provide living quarters for workers (man camps), assemble excavators, and drill the wells themselves, especially in remote locations. They are also parts repairers, problem solvers, and helpers.
No one on set can advise him on something so basic
Like the show and everything Taylor Sheridan does, but where there was a technical consultant. In the pumper accident, Billy Bob can’t even hold the pipe wrench properly. I had to repeat it because I couldn’t believe what I had just seen.
And a handheld monitor for explosive gases
And the right personnel at the scene of the accident would have the right equipment and skills. Like a 36″ pipe wrench that a couple of guys could get behind. No one would hammer a short pipe wrench.
Hell, get a 2-foot pipe to extend the handle if that’s all you gave them
Having worked in similar places, the show is very far from industry safety practices, which OSHA says are ridiculous based on the book. No one would stand on top of the truck, and no one would be up high without a safety harness.