Activity Analyzer (Max Activity) User

Guide
The purpose of the Activity Analyzer is to help the operator improve well delivery and achieve top
quartile (TQ) performance by identifying invisible lost time (ILT) in its key rig activities. Actual
performance can then be benchmarked against set KPIs to establish performance gaps which could then
effectively be acted upon for improvements. This automated process not only delivers timely results but
also enable performance to be easily tracked across wells or drilling teams to identify improvement
trends.

The following variables are able to be used with the application to generate the needed information…

Absolutely required
 Depth
 Hole Depth
 RPM Surface Avg
 Flow In Pum Avg
 Hookload Avg

Required but can be replaced by enabled the corresponding “Calc …” checkboxes in the Options tab
 On Btm Status
 In Slips Status
 T/D Activity

Not required, but nice to have for other various charts and tables
 Block Position
 Running Speed
 Torque Abs Avg
 WOB Avg
 SPP Avg

Not all of the above variables are NEEDED. You do have the ability to generate some of the information
based off of some of the other variables being used.

The following variables have been omitted before, based off of them being unavailable, and the desired
use of the application was not hindered…
 On Bottom Status
 T/D Activity
 Running Speed
As always with any application, use as many variables as is provided, so that you can maximize its
available use.

The initial start-up of the application will produce the following view.

You will need to click on the drop down arrows in the Well and Run section in order to the proper well
and run that you want the application to write into.

Manually type the description you would like to use. Real-time is the default description name, but you
can also use labels such as a specific run number, hole size, or whatever will help you better identify the
section of the well that you are processing.

The override Current Activity with: box can be selected if you want to process a certain range with an
activity that you want to process the range with. Every available activity in the database is listed in the
drop down box for use.
Click on Options => Parameters

The main 2 tabs that will be used is the Options tab and the Variables tab. The other tabs are useful if
you have the information available for input to enhance value.

This will be your initial Parameters / Options View

Input the needed information into the respective areas to specify the time range of data you want to
process. DO NOT overlook setting your Specific Custom Start/End Time.

“Hookload Threshold” will sometimes need adjustment depending on the well. This is the threshold
used to determine whether the string is in slips or not, so usually it will be set to the block weight plus
10% or so.

“Create Time/Depth Record …” should be off unless you have a reason to create a Time/Depth record.
The last 2 check boxes, Show Connection Snapshot in Real-Time can be unchecked/disabled if you like.
The following screen capture is that image running in real time. It gives you a quick view of the data that
is being processed and the activity it is associating in that particular time interval.

These same images can/will show up in the reports that you will be able to run with the last check box
Show Connection Snapshot in Reports by Default enabled.
Once you have your Options information entered, proceed to the Variables tab.

This is your initial view. If you are writing data into the default Insite Sperry Records (i.e. Time/Depth,
Time SDL Fast, and/or Time SDL Slow), you can keep the “Use Default Variable Locations” checked and
proceed to Save Changes => Close, and Start Real-time Processing.

If there are specific records you want to pull certain variables from, you will uncheck that box, and you
will have the following view.
From this view, you can change your Record / Description / Variable to point to the desired locations
proceed to Save Changes => Close, and Start Real-time Processing.

 CAUTION

If you are writing into the database via WITSML the Activity Analyzer will not be able to recognize the
variables until edits to the database has been made.

The Activity Analyzer sees the variables based on the Unit Type. When variables are being written into
the database, they don’t always come in with the proper unit type, because they are writing into the
database based on the mnemonic it is named by the 3rd party provider. You will need to go to the
Database Admin and edit the new variables that have been added. Example below…
The variables will write into the database as W:”mnemonic” as the Variable Name, and the actual
mnemonic as the Mnemonic Curve Label. However, if you look closely at the screen capture above, the
unit types for some of the variables is incorrect.

You will need to click on and open each variable and make the proper edits to the Unit Type and save
your edits.

 CAUTION

If you have the desire to monitor your data being written into the database via RECDISP, you will need to
add the WITSML variables to the W:cs_logData record that it generates.
This is what your record should look like once you are finished adding in your variables.

This is your before view from your Parameters / Variables tab.

This is what you should be able to map, once you have made all of your database edits.

At this moment it would be a “best practice” to save your progress. At the top of your window there is a
Floppy Disk Icon that you can use to save your progress.
There is an existing folder path that will give you a default location to store your custom parameters that
you have set. Save it with the name that will allow you to properly identify with the specific well it is
associated with. This comes in handy if you are processing multiple wells with different parameters.
Once you click the Open Folder button, you will see your stored options.

 CAUTION

In order for the Reports to process properly, if you are pulling in WITSML data, you will need to change
your Class WITSML.

Activity Analyzer looks at the names Depth and Hole Depth as default for its reporting. In the case of
pulling in WITSML data, your depths will come in as whatever mnemonic it is associated with from the
3rd party provider. Because of this, it is necessary to make some edits, so that your depths will write into
those default fields.

Note: Your variables are not a concern…just your depths.

In your WITSML Admin page, click on your Mapping associated with the proper Configuration.
Click on the Class WITSML Mapping tab.

What you see in the screen shot above is the finished result of the edits that was made. The ADI Record
Name will be the record that WITSML is writing into.

The ADI Variable Name is the name of the variable you WANT the proper variables to write into. (Ex.
Depth)

The Class WITSML is the log curve description. (Ex. Bit Position)

The Mnemonic is the mnemonic provided by the 3rd party. (Ex. BIT_DEPTH) Example below…
There are some instances where you may have to edit your Class WITSML from your C:. Should you
have to do that, here is the path where the file can be found.
Edits to the ClassWitsmlMapping.txt file will like the screen shot below.

An individual mapping will go from <ClassWitsmlMapping> to <ClassWitsmlMapping> as in the visual.

Please make sure you are editing the proper range of data, so as not to cause any extraneous errors.
Once you have made all of your edits and set all of your parameters, you are ready to start processing
your data.

On your main application screen, you will see what looks like 2 banners. One is for real time processing,
and one is for historical processing.

The real time processor is what you will use to generate the initial max activity data you want to analyze.
The historical mode allows you to view data that has already been processed, and allows you to
reprocess certain time ranges. If the data is being written traditionally via Sperry, you will need to
process the data in each run separately. You have the option to process/store an entire well in one run
if you are bringing the data in via WITS or WITSML. Once you bring the entire well into the database,
you can view your data in your historical mode, and determine how to break the data down in runs for
better understanding. This idea will be shown later in this document.

Again, verify your Well, Run, and Description. If all of the information is set to your liking you are ready
to process your data.

Notice in the bottom left you have an available Status indicator. You will notice that it is currently
displaying “Stopped.”

Press Start Real-Time Processing.

You will notice a few changes to your view. Your Current Activity is no longer “Unknown,” but it displays
what the application thinks is the activity based on the information that it is processing. Your Status
indicator in the lower left now says “Processing Historical Data.”

As your data processes, your Current Activity will continue to change as the activity being written
changes (Ex. view the differences in the 3 image captures below). There is also a Data Received
indicator that lets you know when was the last time you received new data to process into your
database.

As mentioned on page 4, you also have the ability to view this data being written with Real Time
Snapshots, that you can enable or disable under your Options menu.
As the data is processing, the application creates new records in the run that specified for it to generate
the data in.

These records are only generated via Activity Analyzer.

If you look at the names of the records you will notice that they are defined by the following…
 Conn – Connections *only used to store Connection Snapshot data
 Drlg – Drilling
 POH – Pulling Out Hole
 TIH – Tripping In Hole
 Ctm – Custom *is used by both MaxActivity Basic and Activity Analyzer
 Dis – Disabled
 KPI – Key Performance Indicator
 Rpt – Report *only used for MaxActivity Basic data
 Stat – Statistics *the TD … Stat records are the primary records for any connection-based results,
and is heavily used by many of the tables/charts in the report

The TD Extended record, is your primary record for data being generated by the application, and will
provide the most comprehensive view of your data.
Once the Activity Analyzer is finished processing the data, you can view it in its entirety from your
Historical Data Mode.

Click Historical Data Mode.

From this view, you will have the ability to choose the Well, Run, and Description to view the data that
has been processed.
Click Load Processed Data.

If you look at the bottom of your window, you will notice a green status bar that will tell you how far
along in the displaying process you are.
Once the data has been fully processed, you will see a full view of your drilling activities.

If you look closely at the bottom image, you will notice a black line drawn throughout the image. That
line represents the depth where the drill string was, at that current time setting.

You should be able to interpret the TOH, TIH, and Drilling phases based on the activity of the drill string.

In the middle left most of the image you will see the Legend that identifies what color is associated to
what operation.

In the middle of the image you will see a pie chart that represents the percentage of each operation that
was performed, and the total time it took for the entire well. Based on that information you can see as
an example that this well took approximately 200 hours to drill or just short of 8.5 days.

The left most part of the chart identifies the depth, while the bottom lower part of the chart displays the
time interval.

The upper right most part of the image displays an override feature that would allow you to reprocess
an activity that you may deem needs to be edited.
In the below image I highlighted a select block of data to be reprocessed. I chose this section of data
based off of when there was an initial Trip In Hole up to the Trip Out Hole and resurface of the Bottom
Hole Assembly (BHA).

Note: When loading previously processed data, it will also load the Parameters that was used to process
it. This will replace the Parameters you have entered at the time, but is also useful if the Parameters
don’t change much between processing (since you can just load a previous dataset and use it to process
a similar new dataset).

Click on Options => Parameters and edit your Options tab to reflect the time frame you wish to
reprocess.

In this instance we will choose 12/05/12 @ 12:00 PM to 12/07/12 @ 01:00 PM

Once you have made the changes, click Save Changes.

Enter a New Description name that you want the reprocessed data to write into.

Click Process New Data.

This will result in a new image that only displays a range of the reprocessed data.

This also gives you the ability to better analyze individual sections.
Notice that your Legend is smaller, and you have a more defined view of this section of data.

I can also take my + Zoom In button, click and drag it across a specific section, and achieve a closer view
to see how long it took to make a connection, circulate, etc…

The + Zoom In button will zoom into the image incrementally as you continue to click on the image.

The – Zoom Out button will zoom out in the same increments that you zoomed in.

The Hand Button allows you to grab and pull the image left to right.

The Home Button restores the image back to its original form.

The Left Indented Button with the Right Pointed Arrow is the “Set the beginning of a section.”

The Right Indented Button with the Left Pointed Arrow is the “Set the end of a section.”
These two buttons are used to highlight a specific section that you may want to Override.

If you look at the image below closely, you will see a shaded area around the blue part of the image.
That shaded area was created using the Set the beginning and ending section buttons.

What that also does is auto-populates the top right part of the Historical Mode View, so that you can
“Override” that section with what you deem to be a more accurate activity.

You set your Override Activity to what you want it to be, and click Add, and that section will be changed.
Note: This change is not permanent change. It just allows you to view a section based off of the activity
you would like to see.

Note: There are a few features that might make it easier to apply overrides:
 The View menu has an option for the mouse to “Snap to edges” of activities if you want to
replace a specific block with something else
 The Options button in the Activity Overrides tab allows you to only override selected activities,
for example if you want to replace only Rotary Drilling with Sliding Drilling and leave other
activities untouched.

If you click Load Processed Data again, you will receive this alert
Note: If you want this change to be permanent, you will need to click Process New Data, and it will ask
you if you would like to overwrite the current description. If you would like to create a new description,
so as not to destroy the current processed data, just enter a new description and it will process with the
new description name.

By breaking down the data as it appears for Tripping Out and Tripping In, I have reasoned where the
Runs have started and stopped. Using this info, I have reprocessed the data into individual Runs, so that
I can use smaller time intervals to understand information that is given per Run.

In the screen shot below, you will see division lines where I separated each Run.

I used my mouse to give me the specific time for the start/stop and entered that time information in the
Options tab, saved the changes, then reprocessed the time frames.

Clicking on the drop down box of Old Description, you will see each available Run description that has
been processed.
Here are captures of each Run. Note, that the images are specific to the time breakdowns of the above
capture. This information is displayed by selecting the description you want to display and clicking Load
Processed Data.

Run 1
Run 2

Run 3
Run 4

Run 5

I want you to take notice of all 5 screen captures. With each image of processed data there is a different
look to the data, because it is only displaying the individual time interval that you processed into a new
description. Everything changes with the displayed data. There is a different pie chart, a different
legend, a different image, and a different time interval.

This is what your Data Manager in Insite will look like with the different available descriptions.

Under each TD record, there will be a description for each run that you processed.

Under Options there is a Run Properties.

This is the initial view you will have.

If you are able to get a Report from the Company Man, or someone that has all of this information it
would be greatly beneficial. Being able to input this information would allow the reports you will run to
be more concise.

As you can see in the previous screen capture, you can enter information such as Cementing Depth’s,
Casing info, Riser info, BHA Length, and Rig Costs. If you have your Geometry information updated, you
can click on the Geometry button and it will auto-populate that information.

I entered some numbers for effect, so that we can see how the reports will work when we get to that
point.
This is information given on the Properties tab.

If you look next to the Properties tab, you will see a tab call KPI.

The KPI tab allows you to enter information based off of how much time should be spent doing certain
activities.

You can enter information on your Standard View, which only requires a Median value in the amount of
minutes you deem as an appropriate time frame to handle the task.

Your Advances View allows you to enter a Min, Median, and Max minute value, as well as quarterly
information it is available to help generate pertinent information.
You have a Standard View.

And an Advanced View.

As stated before, the Median values are what you really need to provide good information in your
reports, in regards to cost savings. The Min and Max are added value and can provide more concise
information. Please Note: the values to be entered are for a 3 joint stand, not for a run or well.

Save your changes.

Now you are ready to run your Reports. File => Reports.

These are your initial available default reports. As you can see, you have the ability to choose your Well,
Run, Description, and Time Frame as to what you would like to generate.
In the example of running a 24 hour Drilling Morning Report, you will set your time frame accordingly,
highlight the Drilling Morning Report 1, and on the bottom left click on Print Preview.
As you see, it will give you a 3 page report consisting of the parameters you set, the drilled depth range
associated with that time frame, 3 pie-charts of each activity with a provided legends, a statistical
analysis breakdown, a chart with drilling connections with understanding of time spent, and an image
depicting how the operation flowed within the given time frame.
Drilling Morning Report 2 provides the same information in a different order.

Tripping Morning Report 1 provides a more complehensive look as it relates to TIH Connections.

Just like the Drilling Reports, Tripping Morning Report 2 provides the same information in a different
order.

If there is a desire to provide more information, you have the ability to generate more advanced
analyitcs reporting.

There is an Advanced Reports option in the top left corner of your window.

Clicking on the Advanced Reports option will give you a new view with more options.
As you see on the left there are 9 available report options.

If you look left center you can choose your Well and Run from this screen. Depending on the report that
you choose, you also have the ability to choose multiple runs, if you have processed your data into
multiple runs.

Looking at right center, you will see Report Sections, where you have the ability to choose which reports
you want to be processed, by keeping the boxes checked, or by unchecking the sections that you do not
wish to view.

On the upper right you have available Charts that you can add to the Report Sections by clicking and
dragging them over to the center part of your window for availability.

On the upper right you have available Tally Cards that you can add to the Report Sections by clicking and
dragging them over to the center part of your window for availability.
The amount of pages for a report depends on the type of report that you run, coupled with the number
section requests.

In the example pages below, when you look at the available data, you have the ability to view/compare
Total Costs, Target Costs, and Potential Savings. This information is generated based off of the
parameters entered in the Run Properties.

Drilling Connection Stats Comparison:

Total Connection Time Comparison:
Time Spent From Off Bottom To In Slips Comparison:
Time Spent in Slips Comparison:

Now you have successfully used the Activity Analyzer Application, and understand how to generate the
reports that will help the customer decrease tripping time, decrease connection time, decrease in-slips
time, and maximize drilling time, please use the application to its fullest capabilities.