Patent ID: 9388680
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing assistance to a drilling site during a drilling operation, comprising: receiving, during the drilling operation, by a remote system remote from the drilling site, an assistance request from a quick-link communication device of a rig operator's system located at the drilling site, wherein the quick-link communication device is a dedicated communication device configured to allow connections only to the remote system; obtaining, during the drilling operation, sensor data through the quick-link communication device from a rig based on the assistance request; analyzing, by the remote system and during the drilling operation, the sensor data to identify a condition of the rig during the drilling operation, wherein analyzing the sensor data comprises: providing, during the drilling operation, instructions for drilling the next segment based on the optimized parameters to the rig operator's system.