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A system is described herein for performing off shore field operations. The system includes a number of process measuring devices that measure real-time process data. The system can further include a wellhead stack positioned at a sea floor, where the wellhead stack performs managed pressure drillin

A system is described herein for performing off shore field operations. The system includes a number of process measuring devices that measure real-time process data. The system can further include a wellhead stack positioned at a sea floor, where the wellhead stack performs managed pressure drilling (MPD) as part of the field operations. The system can also include a dynamic process module executing on a hardware processor and providing first real-time output during the MPD using the real-time process data, where the dynamic process module includes a first off-the-shelf software package communicably coupled to a first model. The system can further include a dynamic integration engine executing on a hardware processor and receiving a first real-time output from the first model of the dynamic process module.

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1. A system for performing off shore field operations, the system comprising: a plurality of process measuring devices that measure a plurality of real-time process data, wherein the plurality of process measuring devices is selected from the group consisting of valve position indicators, gas analyz

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A system for performing off shore field operations, the system comprising: a plurality of process measuring devices that measure a plurality of real-time process data, wherein the plurality of process measuring devices is selected from the group consisting of valve position indicators, gas analyzers, cuttings analyzers, flow meters, pressure sensors, temperature sensors and combinations thereof and the plurality of real-time process data are associated with a manifold, seawater, a mud lift pump, a blowout preventer, a return line, a subsea rotating device and/or a solids processing unit;a plurality of drilling operation measuring devices that measure a plurality of real-time drilling operation data distinct from the plurality of real-time process data, wherein the plurality of drilling operation measuring devices is selected from the group consisting of gyroscopes, flow meters, measuring while drilling tools, electromagnetic sources and receivers, temperature sensors and combinations thereof and the plurality of real-time drilling operation data are associated with tubing string and/or drilling mud;a wellhead stack positioned at a sea floor, wherein the wellhead stack performs managed pressure drilling (MPD) as part of the field operations;a dynamic process module executing on a first hardware processor and providing first real-time output during the MPD using the plurality of real-time process data, wherein the dynamic process module comprises a first off-the-shelf software package communicably coupled to a first model configured to simulate activities involving circulation of sea water within a riser above the sea floor on a real-time basis;a dynamic integration engine executing on a second hardware processor and receiving a first real-time output from the first model of the dynamic process module; anda drilling module executing on a third hardware processor and providing real-time drilling data during the MPD, wherein the drilling module comprises a second off-the-shelf software package communicably coupled to a second model configured to simulate activities under the sea floor on a real-time basis,wherein the real-time drilling data is based on the plurality of real-time drilling operation data and the first real-time output of the dynamic process module received from the dynamic integration engine. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the dynamic integration engine further validates the real-time process data and subsequently sends the plurality of real-time process data to the dynamic process module. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the wellhead stack comprises the mud lift pump, and wherein the mud lift pump is used for the MPD. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the mud lift pump returns drilling mud, using the mud return line, from the sea floor to a mud processing unit. 5. The system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of process measuring devices further measure a plurality of real-time transient hydraulic data. 6. The system of claim 5, further comprising: a transient hydraulic module executing on a fourth hardware processor and providing real-time transient hydraulic data during the MPD using the plurality of real-time transient hydraulic data, wherein the transient hydraulic module comprises a third off-the-shelf software package communicably coupled to a third model configured to simulate activities involving return circulation of drilling mud from beneath the sea floor to a platform on a real-time basis,wherein the dynamic integration engine further receives a second real-time output from the third model of the transient hydraulic module, andwherein the real-time drilling data provided by the drilling module is further based on the second real-time output from the third model of the transient hydraulic module received from the dynamic integration engine. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the transient hydraulic module is part of the dynamic process module. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the real-time process data is associated with the mud lift pump. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the sea floor is at least 500 feet below the water level. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the dynamic process module further comprises a second dynamic process module off-the-shelf software package communicably coupled to a second dynamic process module model, wherein the dynamic integration engine further receives a second real-time output from the second dynamic process module model of the dynamic process module. 11. A method for integrating real-time process data, real-time drilling operation data, real-time process simulation output, and real-time drilling operation simulation output associated with an off shore sea floor mud lift drilling operation in which a wellhead stack positioned at a sea floor performs managed pressure drilling (MPD), the method comprising: in a dynamic integration engine executing on a processor, receiving, from a dynamic process module, a first real-time output based on a plurality of real-time process data measured by a plurality of process measuring devices during the sea floor mud lift drilling operation; andsending, on a real-time basis, the first real-time output of the dynamic process module from the dynamic integration engine to a drilling module during the sea floor mud lift drilling operation,wherein the drilling module generates a report of the sea floor mud lift drilling operation using the first real-time output of the dynamic process module and real-time drilling operation data measured by a plurality of drilling operation measuring devices during the sea floor mud lift drilling operation. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising: manipulating the first real-time output of the dynamic process module before sending the first real-time output to the drilling module. 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising: in an application interface executing on the processor and coordinated by the dynamic integration engine, receiving, on the real-time basis, the plurality of real-time process data from the plurality of process measuring devices; andsending, on the real-time basis, the plurality of real-time process data from the application interface to the drilling module. 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the sea floor mud lift drilling operation uses a mud lift pump, and wherein the real-time process data is associated with the mud lift pump. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: in the dynamic integration engine executing on the processor, receiving, from a transient hydraulic module, a second real-time output, wherein the second real-time output is based on a plurality of real-time transient hydraulic data measured by the plurality of process measuring devices; andsending, on a real-time basis, the second real-time output of the transient hydraulic module from the dynamic integration engine to the drilling module during the sea floor mud lift drilling operation,wherein the report generated by the drilling module further uses the second real-time output of the transient hydraulic module. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising: manipulating the second real-time output of the transient hydraulic module before sending the second real-time output to the drilling module. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising: in an application interface executing on the processor and coordinated by the dynamic integration engine, receiving, on the real-time basis, the plurality of real-time transient hydraulic data from the plurality of process measuring devices; andsending, on the real-time basis, the plurality of real-time transient hydraulic data from the application interface to the drilling module. 18. The method of claim 15, wherein the plurality of real-time transient hydraulic data is associated with drilling mud pumped from the mud lift pump using at least one separate mud return line. 19. The method of claim 11, further comprising: receiving the report of the sea floor mud lift drilling operation from the drilling module; andpresenting the report to a user. 20. The method of claim 11, further comprising: utilizing the report to provide calculations, estimates and/or predictions of real-time conditions associated with the sea floor mud lift drilling operation when actual real-time data is not available.