Cross-plot engineering system and method

A system comprising a processor and memory, wherein the processor and memory in combination are operable to implement a method comprising:

• collecting channel data in real-time as the channel data is generated, the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at a site of a current well;
• providing a real-time cross-plot display for the current well;
• wherein the real-time cross-plot display comprises a drilling-performance data plot and a drilling-event data plot;
• wherein the drilling-performance data plot and the drilling-event data plot each comprise a plurality of data points determined in real-time over a progression of time as the channel data is received;
• in real-time as the channel data is received:
• creating, via the channel data, a new drilling-performance data point for the drilling-performance data plot;
• populating the drilling-performance data plot with the new drilling-performance data point as the new drilling-performance data point is created;
• detecting, via the channel data, a drilling event based, at least in part, on a specified condition defining the drilling event;
• responsive to a determination that the specified condition defining the drilling event is met, creating, via the channel data and the detected drilling event, a new drilling-event data point for the drilling-event data plot;
• populating the drilling-event data plot with the new drilling-event data point as the new drilling-event data point is created;
• and
• updating the provided real-time cross-plot display with the populated drilling-performance data plot and the populated drilling-event data plot.

A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

• collecting channel data in real-time as the channel data is generated, the channel data comprising measured physical properties determined by sensors in use at a site of a current well;
• providing, over a network interface, a real-time cross-plot display for the current well;
• wherein the real-time cross-plot display comprises a drilling-performance data plot and a drilling-event data plot;
• wherein the drilling-performance data plot and the drilling-event data plot each comprise a plurality of data points determined in real-time over a progression of time as the channel data is received;
• in real-time as the channel data is received:
• creating, via the channel data, a new drilling-performance data point for the drilling-performance data plot;
• populating the drilling-performance data plot with the new drilling-performance data point as the new drilling-performance data point is created;
• detecting, via the channel data, a drilling event based, at least in part, on a specified condition defining the drilling event;
• responsive to a determination that the specified condition defining the drilling event is met, creating, via the channel data and the detected drilling event, a new drilling-event data point for the drilling-event data plot;
• populating the drilling-event data plot with the new drilling-event data point as the new drilling-event data point is created;
• and
• updating the provided real-time cross-plot display with the populated drilling-performance data plot and the populated drilling-event data plot.