In 2009 Statoil rolled out a performance incentive business model ensuring high quality real-time drilling data deliverables [SPE 127799]. But how do you measure performance? And how do you create a system automatically monitoring quality all the way from the rig and into target systems onshore?Talking to operators and service companies, Statoil concluded that our industry seemed to be at a starting point when it comes to deploying automated monitoring systems targeting both availability and data content.A technology development project was established in parallel with the performance incentive business model [SPE 127799], with the following goals:1. Ability to monitor real-time drilling data streams from Statoil's drilling operations into all target systems 2. Automated alarms triggered by data content automatically notifying operators on e-mail/SMS