Patent ID: 11880804
Assignee: PROP SENSE CANADA LTD.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor of a proppant management system cause the processor to:
determine a proppant level within at least one of a plurality of silos located at a wellsite, wherein the proppant level is determined based upon sensor data received from a sensor mounted at each of the plurality of silos;
determine an amount of proppant that is expected to become available to be added to the plurality of silos;
compute a total amount of available proppant based on the proppant level within the at least one of the plurality of silos and the amount of proppant that is expected to become available at the wellsite;
predict a total amount of needed proppant for a fracking operation;
compute an amount of additional proppant needed for completing the fracking operation based on the total amount of available proppant and the total amount of needed proppant;
automatically request a proppant carrier to send the amount of additional proppant from a supplier site to the wellsite; and
automatically select one or more of the plurality of silos to load the amount of additional proppant into, wherein the automatic selection of the one or more of the plurality of silos is based upon the proppant level in each of the plurality of silos at the time of loading the amount of additional proppant and at least one of a user preference parameter or historical data from a previous operation.