Drilling success requires proper planning followed by thorough execution of that plan. However, what happens when the plan doesn’t work? A good drilling plan requires the ability to make changes when new information surfaces or when the plan starts to fail. When unforeseen problems occur on a project, I imagine myself as a contestant on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” When the drill plan isn’t working, I have four options just like the game show.
Who Wants to be a Driller and the Millionaire game show have many similarities, starting with an easy million dollars’ worth of drilling equipment on site making the stakes very high. You have a short amount of time to answer questions before failure can occur downhole. Finally, just like the game show, the rules do not say “you have to go at it alone.” The best solutions come from a team effort.