Real-time, bi-directional data management

A system for obtaining field data using real-time, bi-directional data management, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• an application programming interface executing on the computer processor and configured to:
• receive a requested data description list from a field application associated with a drilling system, the requested data description list pertaining to a first data channel associated with a data source;
• and
• subscribe, based on an available data description list received from the data source, to available data from the first data channel, the available data comprising a first data log and a second data log related to a plurality of drilling tool runs, the first data log being tagged with a first context identifier and the second data log being tagged with a second context identifier, the available data having a first data format and a first communication protocol;
• send, using a second communication protocol, first modified data to the field application, wherein the field application selectively performs a field operation based on the first modified data to generate processed data, the processed data comprising the first context identifier, the first context identifier identifying a portion of the processed data corresponding to the first data log;
• receive, using the second communication protocol, the processed data from the field application;
• and
• send, using the first communication protocol, second modified data to the data source;
• wherein the data source updates the available data to generate updated available data based on the second modified data, wherein the field operation is adjusted using the processed data;
• and
• data adapter software operatively connected to the application programming interface and executing on the computer processor, wherein the data adapter software is configured to:
• receive the available data description list from the data source, the available data description list pertaining to a plurality of drilling tool runs, a drilling tool run of the plurality of drilling tool runs having one or more drilling tool passes, a drilling tool pass of the one or more drilling tool passes generating the first data log, the first data log pertaining to the first data channel;
• format the available data based on the first context identifier and the second context identifier to generate the first modified data, the first modified data having a second data format and the second communication protocol;
• and
• format the processed data to generate the second modified data, the second modified data having the first data format and the first communication protocol.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform method steps for obtaining field data using real-time, bi-directional data management, the instructions comprising functionality to:

• receive a requested data description list from a field application associated with a drilling system, the requested data description list pertaining to a plurality of data channels associated with a data source;
• query the data source based on the requested data description list using a multi-channel query, the multi-channel query pertaining to the plurality of data channels;
• receive an available data description list from the data source, the available data description list pertaining to at least one data channel of the plurality of data channels;
• subscribe, based on the available data description list, to available data from the at least one data channel, the available data having a first data format and a first communication protocol and comprising a first context identifier assigned by the data source for identifying a portion of the available data, the available data including at least one data log tagged with the first context identifier;
• modify the available data to generate first modified data having a second data format and a second communication protocol for sending to the field application;
• send, using the second communication protocol, first modified data to the field application, where the field application selectively performs a field operation based on the first modified data to generate processed data, the processed data comprising the first context identifier, the first context identifier identifying a portion of the processed data corresponding to the at least one data log;
• receive, using the second communication protocol, the processed data from the field application;
• modify, in response to receiving the processed data from the field application, the processed data to generate second modified data having the first data format and the first communication protocol;
• send, using the first communication protocol, the second modified data to the data source;
• and
• update, by the data source, the available data to generate updated available data based on the second modified data, wherein the field operation is adjusted using the processed data.