Backyard Oil: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this high stakes comical rollercoaster ride through the world of wildcat oil drilling, the right equipment, the perfect location and a hint of good luck is the key to making millions - if you know where to sink that drill bit. Backyard Oil follows the fortunes of the most boot-strappin' oil men in all of Appalachia - mogul Jimmy Reliford and his sidekick Mad Dog; Coomer, who's raking in $300-thousand a month thanks to an oil strike in his own backyard; a bearded hillbilly named Rascal; and the Page Boys, a father-son team who can't help but bicker about everything...except finding that sweet, sweet crude.

Series details

• Title: Backyard Oil
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-04-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-06-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24595
• IMDb ID: tt2827536
• TVDB ID: 268672

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-04-23; final listed air date 2013-06-11; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Backyard Oil on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.