Apparatus, system and method to transmit and display acquired well data

Abstract

The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method for transmitting logging data from a primary location to a remote location in near real time. The logs can be viewed almost simultaneously at the primary and remote locations, as data is being acquired. The present invention also provides for a system for viewing logs in near real time at a primary location and a remote location which includes a first means for reading while writing at the primary location, a second means for reading while writing at the remote location which is identical to the first means for reading while writing, a first file system at the primary location, the first file system having data written to it by the first means for reading while writing as numerical data or graphics data, a first rendering means for reading the graphics data from the first file system and rendering the graphics data so that it can be displayed, a first display means for displaying the rendered graphics data, a first file transfer utility means for transmitting the data from the primary location to the remote location over a communications system, a second file transfer utility means for receiving the data at the remote location, a second file system at the remote location, to which the second file transfer utility means writes the received data using the second means for reading while writing, a second rendering means for reading graphics data from the second file system and rendering the graphics data so that it can be displayed, a input interface means which directs signals from an user input to the second rendering means to adjust the display of the log, and a second display means for displaying the rendered graphics data at the remote location.