In this month's column, Wayne Nash challenges fellow drillers with some industry math problems. And as always, there's an anecdote.
A funny thing happened just after I arrived. I had flown into Denver and rented a car. Since I couldn't smoke on the plane or in the airport, as soon as I got on the road, I started chain-smoking Camels to get my nicotine levels back to normal. For some dumb reason, the rental car didn't have an ashtray so I rolled down the window, turned on the radio and really was enjoying the view when my phone rang.