Drilling methods and systems with automated waypoint or borehole path updates based on survey data corrections

1. A drilling method that comprises:

collecting survey data at a drilling site using a survey tool;

determining a waypoint or borehole path based on the survey data;

upon said collecting, automatically sending the survey data to a remote monitoring facility that automatically applies a correction to the survey data if the survey data is within a predetermined tolerance, and generates a first alert to a survey analyst if the survey data is outside of the predetermined tolerance;

receiving from the remote monitoring facility the corrected survey data or a related correction message;

upon said receiving the corrected survey data or the related correction message, automatically updating the waypoint or borehole path based on the corrected survey data or the related correction message; and

automatically adjusting a drilling trajectory based at least in part on the updated waypoint or borehole path.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying an update acceptance prompt or alert notification related to the updated waypoint or borehole path.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the survey data is not corrected within a threshold amount of time after the first alert has been generated, a subsequent alert is generated to a survey manager.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the update acceptance prompt or alert notification includes a plurality of response options.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the updated waypoint or borehole path.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an operator of the drilling site modifies the automatically adjusted drilling trajectory.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said adjusting includes manually adjusting the drilling trajectory based at least in part on the updated waypoint or borehole path.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the survey data comprises time, depth, inclination, and azimuth data, magnetic field components, and gravitational field components.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the survey data comprises passive ranging data.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the correction to the survey data is based further on observatory data or multi-station analysis.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a survey tool replacement indicator is automatically included to the related correction message when a quality of the survey data is below a threshold.

12. A drilling system that comprises:

a survey tool that collects survey data at a drilling site; and

at least one drilling site computer that:

receives the survey data from the survey tool, to determine a waypoint or borehole path based on the survey data;

upon receiving the survey data, automatically sends the survey data to a remote monitoring facility that automatically applies a correction to the survey data if the survey data is within a predetermined tolerance and generates a first alert to a survey analyst if the survey data is outside of the predetermined tolerance; and

automatically updates, upon receiving corrected survey data or a related correction message from the remote monitoring facility, the waypoint or borehole path based on the corrected survey data or the related correction message;

wherein the at least one drilling site computer provides a drilling control interface that enables a drilling trajectory to be adjusted based at least in part on the updated waypoint or borehole path.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one drilling site computer displays an update acceptance prompt or alert notification related to the updated waypoint or borehole path.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one drilling site computer allows an operator of the drilling site to modify the automatically adjusted drilling trajectory.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein if the survey data is not corrected within a threshold amount of time after the first alert has been generated, a subsequent alert is generated to a survey manager.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the drilling trajectory is automatically adjusted based at least in part on the updated waypoint or borehole path.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the drilling trajectory is manually adjusted based at least in part on the updated waypoint or borehole path.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the survey data comprises magnetic field components and gravitational field components.

19. The system of claim 12 , further comprising at least one computer at the remote monitoring facility that applies at least one of a BGGM correction, an IFR correction or an IIFR correction to the survey data.

20. The system of claim 12 , further comprising at least one computer at the remote monitoring facility that applies the correction to the survey data.

21. A system that comprises:

a first computer that determines a waypoint or borehole path based on survey data collected by a survey tool; and

a second computer of a remote monitoring facility in communication with the first computer, wherein the second computer automatically applies a correction to the survey data if the survey data is within a predetermined tolerance and generates a first alert to a survey analyst if the corrected survey data is outside of the predetermined tolerance;

wherein the first computer automatically sends the survey data to the remote monitoring facility, automatically updates the waypoint or borehole path based on the corrected survey data or a related correction message received from the remote monitoring facility, and enables a drilling trajectory to be adjusted based at least in part on the updated waypoint or borehole path.

22. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a third computer in communication with the second computer, wherein the third computer receives alerts related to the corrected survey data.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the third computer comprises a mobile computing device.