Patent ID: 8199166

Claim:
A method of visualizing oilfield data for an oilfield operation, comprising: obtaining the oilfield data, at least a first portion of the oilfield data being real-time data generated from a borehole of an oilfield at a plurality of time segments; generating a current position object comprising current position information of an oilfield object in the borehole; updating the current position object responsive to receiving the real-time data at one or more of the plurality of time segments; displaying a representation of a first geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object in a three dimensional (3D) display based on a second portion of the oilfield data; annotating the representation of the first geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object using a two dimensional (2D) callout, the 2D callout comprising an attachment handle coupled to the representation of the first geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object in the 3D display; updating the 3D display in an animation sequence in real-time, responsive to updating the current position object, by displaying the representation of the first geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object at an updated location and adjusting a position of the 2D callout in the 3D display according to the updated location; updating the 3D display responsive to a change in a user viewing direction, wherein the 2D callout remains coupled to the representation of the first geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object, and wherein the 2D callout remains substantially horizontally aligned and perpendicular to the user viewing direction; displaying a representation of a second geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object in the 3D display; and expanding the 2D callout to further comprise a second attachment handle coupled to the representation of the second geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object based on a user selection wherein the 2D callout comprises information relating to at least one selected from a group consisting of the first geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object and the second geology, geophysics, drilling, and production object based on the user selection.