Oil is still a booming industry, and energy companies spend a lot of money to find and drill in oil exploration. While oil exploration is expensive, the job itself can be less than glamorous. The daily life of an oil rig worker is both dirty and dangerous.
Living on an offshore rig can be a difficult life working long days and nights in the middle of the ocean. The machinery is loud and much of it dangerous, and the work is strenuous.
Discovery's "Dirty Jobs" show took a look at Roughnecking. If you are not familiar, roughnecks are oil drilling professionals who set up rigs, maintain drilling equipment, and connect pipelines. In this clip from "Dirty Jobs," Mike Rowe learns if he has what it takes to work in this demanding, dangerous field.
