Oil and gas is a wild and fun industry. Some wells are awesome, and some make you want to cry. It's tempting to think that with really spectacular engineering, that we can save the day and turn a bad well into a good well. Unfortunately, geology is the ultimate determining factor as to whether or not a well turns out good, not us. The truth is that some wells are bad because the geology just isn't on our side, and there not a lot we can do to change that. Don't kill yourself trying to turn a bad well into a good well. Trying to overcome bad geology is like trying to paddle upstream. Our job is to turn good wells into great wells, and to make bad wells not quite so bad. Try to make every well 10% better and in the long run you'll have a lot more success.