Ever have one of those one-day drilling jobs that takes a week?

None of us ever wants to quit on a project. But what happens when you have a catastrophic issue on a hole that you’re not prepared to handle? Should you keep throwing more equipment and tooling at a hole, hoping for a breakthrough? Phone a colleague with a bigger rig? In episode 59 of Ask Brock, host and National Driller writer Brock Yordy weighs the options, risks and rewards of drilling projects that try to get the better of you.

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