Patent ID: 8682586

Claim:
A system to create an executive dashboard depicting an editable real time well log comprising: a. a processor connected to a network and a plurality of client devices; and b. a data storage connected to the processor, wherein in the data storage comprises: (i) computer instructions to form an editable well log template; (ii) computer instructions to import user information into the editable well log template; (iii) computer instructions to continuously import 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, simultaneously: well sensor information, well event based observation data, and well fluid testing data; (iv) computer instructions to compute a microview log plot and a macroview log plot using the scaled values associated with the user information; and (v) computer instructions to form an executive dashboard with a plurality of control buttons that allow a user to navigate on the executive dashboard; and displaying the microview log plot and macroview log plot simultaneously on a real time basis on the executive dashboard enabling a user to achieve safe drilling with fewer accidents, and wherein the microview log plot comprises at least one track and an index and at least one curve corresponding to the index; and wherein the executive dashboard enables safety interpretations for drilling, geological interpretations for drilling, operational interpretations for drilling, and combinations of these interpretations, in real time by multiple client devices simultaneously; and (vi) wherein, the executive dashboard comprises a view menu button, wherein the view menu button presents view choices to the user, wherein the view choices are selected from the group comprising: a view data source wherein a user views sources of imported data; a measured depth view wherein the microview log plot index is a measured depth index; a true vertical depth view, wherein the microview log plot index is a true vertical depth index; and a vertical section view, wherein the microview log plot index is a vertical section index, and the view menu button includes buttons for zoom; toggle horizontal view; and editing enabled.