Method for selecting an offset well when planning a section of a well within a drilling planning system

A computing system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory system comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving data representing a plurality of offset wells, wherein the data comprises an operational sequence performed therein for each of the offset wells, and wherein the operational sequence comprises a sequence of drilling activities;
• generating a consensus sequence based upon the data, wherein the consensus sequence comprises a proposed operational sequence;
• calculating a dissimilarity score between the consensus sequence and the operational sequence for each of the offset wells;
• and
• selecting the operational sequence associated with a lowest dissimilarity score to use in a well section.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving data representing a plurality of offset wells, wherein the data comprises an operational sequence performed therein for each of the offset wells, and wherein the operational sequence comprises a sequence of drilling activities;
• generating a consensus sequence based upon the data, wherein the consensus sequence comprises a proposed operational sequence;
• calculating a dissimilarity score between the consensus sequence and the operational sequence for each of the offset wells;
• and
• selecting the operational sequence associated with a lowest dissimilarity score to use in a well section.