Maybe some people learned that in college. I didn’t. A roughneck in the patch typically works 14 straight 12-hour workdays. Well, I should say a minimum of 12-hour days: When it’s time to move ...

Oil-related injury statistics tell a similar story to ... That includes 417 amputations and 1,194 hospitalizations. In short, being a roughneck is an incredibly dangerous job, and Landman's ...