This week, host Brock Yordy takes a question from Joe, who asks: “What is one common mistake new drillers make?” Yordy says the answer boils down to changing too much too fast when you hit drilling challenges. It’s Ask Brock 169.

“We need to step back, think three-dimensionally downhole, and start making slow adjustments until we get back to the rate of penetration we want,” he says.

Change too many variables and you may not know what worked for next time, he says. Click the video to hear more.