Control system for a well drilling platform with remote access

A method of controlling a well drilling platform, the well drilling platform having a plurality of well platform systems, the method comprising:

• providing a first control station located at a well drilling platform and a second control station located at a location remote from the first control station, the first control station and the second control station each comprising a respective human machine interface (HMI) including at least one input device and at least one display device;
• providing a controller located at the well drilling platform, the controller in communication with the well platform systems, the controller having at least one processor that executes instructions, and a memory device that is coupled to the at least one processor and that stores the instructions;
• wherein the first control station and the second control station are configurable in a first configuration and in a second configuration, wherein:
• in the first configuration the first control station is configured as a master control station to permit an operator to send input commands to the controller and to display information from the controller, and the second control station is subordinate to the master control station, and as a subordinate the second control station is configured to display information from the controller and does not permit the operator to send all of the input commands to the controller possible from the master control station;
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• in the second configuration the second control station is configured as the master control station to permit the operator to send input commands to the controller and to display information from the controller, and the first control station is subordinate to the master control station, and as the subordinate the first control station is configured to display information from the controller and does not permit the operator to send all of the input commands to the controller possible from the master control station;
• in the first configuration, using the first control station to cause the controller to selectively electronically communicate with one or more of the well platform systems to receive information from the respective one or more well platform systems and to selectively send system control commands to the respective one or more well platform systems;
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• in the second configuration using the second control station to cause the controller to selectively electronically communicate with one or more of the well platform systems to receive information from the respective one or more well platform systems and to selectively send systems control commands to the respective one or more well platform systems, further including:
• providing a plurality of security profiles stored in the controller, wherein:
• a first group of the plurality of security profiles enable selectively changing the configuration of the first and second control stations to designate which of the control stations is configured as the master control station;
• and a second group of the plurality of security profiles does not enable changing the configuration of the first and second control stations to designate which of the control stations is configured as the master control station;
• and using one of the first group of the plurality of security profiles to cause the controller to selectively change the configuration of the first and second control stations to designate which of the first and second control stations is configured as the master control station.