Synopsis

The story of those who dared to defy convention, fueled by ambition and hardship, and who reshaped an American industry. Beginning with the fateful strike at Spindletop in 1902, the first Texas oil gusher, this narrative weaves together rare archival footage and recollections from the industry's earliest pioneers with a present-day account of a modern-day risk-taker, chasing fortune in a new, slender well beneath the Texas soil.