Every hour your frac crew isn’t pumping costs you.

But getting a clear answer to why you’re idle isn’t easy. The data is there—but it’s buried in reports, scattered across services, and often misclassified.

So…Why are you waiting to frac?

The Problem: You Have Data, But No Clear Answer

Completions teams track massive amounts of data every day.

But when frac operations stop, the burden falls on engineers to piece together the “why”—manually. That’s a slow and often inconsistent process.

Here’s what makes it hard:

• Activities like wireline runs or well switches block frac but aren’t marked as non-productive time (NPT).
• Some downtime gets mislabeled to force explanations, distorting post-job reviews.
• Not all NPT prevents pumping.
• Even productive steps can still delay the frac.

You end up with time logs that don’t match reality—and no reliable way to fix it.

A Simpler Way to See the Truth

Cold Bore’s Waiting-to-Frac (WTF) Analytics solves this.

Built into the SmartPAD platform, WTF Analytics gives you real-time visibility into what’s actually stopping frac—without you needing to dig.

Here’s how it works:

• It tracks the operation directly in front of each frac delay.
• It tags that activity automatically, whether it’s NPT or not.
• It scores the impact based on how much it delays pumping.

So instead of asking, “Is this NPT?”  You get: “This specific operation stopped frac for 2.4 hours today.” That’s a different kind of insight.

See WTF visualized right on SmartPAD’s dashboard below.

What Can You Do With WTF?

When you know exactly what’s blocking frac, you can act faster and plan smarter. WTF helps you:

• Spot bottlenecks in real time.
• Compare delays across crews or pads.
• Quantify the impact of vendors, equipment, and tasks.
• Automate daily reports and improve accountability.
• Cut review time and get straight to what matters.

Every hour now fits into one of two buckets: Pumping or Waiting to Frac. No guesswork. No gaps.

One customer reported saving $1 million per fleet per year after rolling out WTF across their completions operations.

Built Into the Platform You Already Trust

WTF runs on the same SmartPAD foundation you already use to track critical path, so there’s no need for extra hardware, no frustrating lag time, and no piecing together scattered reports. Instead, you get clean, synced, site-level data that flows seamlessly from edge to cloud—giving you answers the moment you need them. If you’re tired of wasting time digging through files, chasing down service companies, or second-guessing what actually happened, WTF Analytics is built to give your team the instant clarity and confidence you’ve been missing.

Ready to experience the Cold Bore difference? Contact us today!