Distributed remote logging

A method of remote well logging, the method comprising:

• conducting, with a plurality of remote well operation control hosts operating on corresponding remote well logging data acquisition management systems, a well logging operation using a well logging system at a logging site, wherein the well logging system includes a conveyance device having disposed thereon a first logging instrument and a second logging instrument, comprising:
• operating the first logging instrument responsive to at least one well-logging command from a first remote well operation control host of the plurality;
• and
• operating the second logging instrument responsive to at least one well-logging command from a second remote well operation control host of the plurality different than the first;
• using a Wide Area Network (WAN) to transmit a virtual presence feed associated with a logging site supervisor from the logging site to at least one of the corresponding remote well logging data acquisition management systems;
• using the virtual presence feed to construct a representation of a virtual presence perspective of the position of the logging site supervisor at the logging site;
• and
• presenting the representation to a remote well operating engineer at the at least one of the corresponding remote well logging data acquisition management systems.

A method of remote well logging, the method comprising:

• conducting, with a plurality of remote well operation control hosts operating on corresponding remote well logging data acquisition management systems, a well logging operation using a well logging system at a logging site, wherein the well logging system includes a conveyance device having disposed thereon a first logging instrument and a second logging instrument, comprising:
• operating the first logging instrument responsive to at least one well-logging command from a first remote well operation control host of the plurality;
• operating the second logging instrument responsive to at least one well-logging command from a second remote well operation control host of the plurality different than the first;
• during a logging operation, using a Wide Area Network (WAN) to transmit substantially all raw well logging data generated by the first logging instrument and the second logging instrument from the logging site to at least one of the plurality of remote well operation control hosts;
• using the logging data to control the logging operation with at least one second command in substantially real-time from the at least one of the plurality of remote well operation control hosts responsive to the logging data received;
• determining a value for at least one data transfer characteristic of the WAN with respect to the at least one of the plurality of remote well operation control hosts;
• making a comparison of the value for the at least one data transfer characteristic with at least one operational sufficiency profile, the at least one operational sufficiency profile representative of data transfer characteristic values indicating data transfer sufficient for control of the logging operation in substantially real-time;
• and
• implementing a contingent operational mode in dependence upon the comparison.