System and console for monitoring data stream quality in drilling and production operations at a well site

Abstract

A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing well drilling and production operations. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. A plurality of data checks are dynamically run on the data streams to determine the presence and quality of the data, and data quality indicators are presented on the various consoles and dashboards.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for monitoring drilling operations at a well-site, comprising:
 a plurality of sensors to sample or detect parameters related to drilling operations in a well, said plurality of sensors comprising surface sensors or downhole sensors or a combination thereof;   one or more computing devices adapted to receive parameter information in real time from said plurality of sensors, said one or more computing devices each further comprising a processor or microprocessor, said processor or microprocessor adapted to process the received parameter information to calculate derived parameters, and to perform one or more data quality checks on the received parameter information or the derived parameters; and   a visual display, coupled to said one or more computing devices, for displaying some or all of the received parameter information and said derived parameters, and for displaying one or more indicators of data quality states based on the one or more data quality checks.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the visual display of some or all of the data quality indicators is in real time. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , said one or more computing devices further comprising at least one software smart agent having one or more formulations applicable to said drilling or production operations. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more indicators of data quality are displayed together on the visual display. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the different indicators of data quality are used to indicate different data quality states. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor or microprocessor is further adapted to determine a single aggregate data quality indicator to represent a plurality of individual data quality indicators. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the single aggregate data quality indicator is determined based upon a set of rules. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein there data quality checks are arranged in a set of hierarchical dependencies, and a data quality check will not raise an alert if any of the data quality checks on which it depends are in an alarm state.