Patent ID: 11939147
Assignee: ATLAS SAND COMPANY, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A proppant delivery system comprising:
a plurality of trailers, each:
comprising one or more containers configured to hold proppant; and
configured to be coupled to at least one other of the trailers;

a plurality of trucks, each configured to be coupled to one of the trailers; and
a proppant depot that is:
configured to contain multiple ones of the trailers and multiples ones of the trucks; and
disposed in a delivery region that has:
a plurality of wellsites that each include one or more wells; and
a plurality of routes along which the trucks can drive between the proppant depot and the wellsites, wherein for each of the routes less than 1% of a distance of the route is on a public road; and

one or more conveyors disposed at the proppant depot, each of the conveyor(s) configured to transfer proppant from one of the trailers to another one of the trailers.