Patent ID: 7519475

Claim:
A method for determining an activity completed by a rig by analyzing a block position data chart comprising block position data, comprising the steps of: evaluating a display of block position data on the block position data chart; identifying a plurality of block position data on the block position data chart as a first activity; and determining the first activity for the rig by comprising the steps of: evaluating the plurality of block position data wherein the block position data comprises a plurality of peaks and troughs along a curve representing a position of a block; evaluating the display of block position data to determine if substantially all of the troughs for the first activity on the data curve are substantially near a first predetermined point; evaluating the display of block position data to determine if substantially all of the peaks for the first activity on the data curve are substantially near a second predetermined point based on a positive determination that the substantially all of the troughs for the first activity on the data curve are substantially near a first predetermined point; and identifying the first activity as picking up a tubular off of a first location and inserting it into a well based on a positive determination that substantially all of the peaks for the first activity on the data curve are substantially near a second predetermined point; wherein said steps are performed by a processor.