In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a system for process monitoring through data collection in an industrial drilling environment comprising a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, each input channel connected to a monitoring point from which data is collected, the collected data providing a plurality of process parameter values for the industrial drilling environment; a data storage structured to store collected data from the plurality of input channels; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret the plurality of process parameter values from the collected data; and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of process parameter values to detect a process condition associated with the industrial drilling environment, wherein an operational process for the industrial drilling environment is altered based on the analysis of the plurality of process parameter values.