Activity detection

Activities to consider.

List of Activity

Rotary drilling

static

washdown

washup

Rotate off bottom

Reaming down

Trip in

Trip out

circulate

Back reaming

Static on bottom

Slide drilling

Making connection

mnemonics Different names

Drill bit depth Dbtm, bdepth, bitdepth
Hole depth Dmea, hdepth
Rate of penetration Ropa, rop
Rotation per minute Rpm, rpma
Hook load Hkl, hkla-m,hkld
Block position Bpos,blkpos
Weight on bit Wob, woba, WOBA-M
Block weight Blockwt,
Flow in Mfia, flowin
Flow out Mfoa, flowout,mfop
 Standpipe pressure Spp, sppa
Velocity of bit Bitvel
Torque tq,TQA

Change in Mnemonics

bdept hdept flowou flowi bpo hk rp sp wo bitve

rop tq hkl_raw
Activity h h t n s l m p b l
ye ye ye
yes yes yes yes
rotary drilling s s s
Statics
yes

Washdown
yes yes yes yes

Washup
yes yes yes yes

ye
rotate off bottom yes yes
s
yes
Ye ye
reaming down yes yes yes Yes
s s
trip in
ye
yes yes
s
yes yes

trip out
ye
yes yes
s
yes yes

Circulate
yes yes

back reaming
ye ye
yes yes yes
s
yes
s

ye
yes yes yes
static on bottom s
slide drilling

making
yes yes
connection
The best approach for activity detection is to differentiate each activity based
on the change in mnemonics values.
By considering bitdepth, holedepth, rop, rpm, flowin, bitvel we can
differentiate every activities. (refer the flow chart below)