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

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
determining, by a proppant management system, 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;
determining, by the proppant management system, an amount of proppant that is expected to become available to be added to the plurality of silos;
computing, by the proppant management system, 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;
predicting, by the proppant management system, a total amount of needed proppant for a fracking operation;
computing, by the proppant management system, 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 requesting, by the proppant management system, a proppant carrier to send the amount of additional proppant from a supplier site to the wellsite; and
automatically selecting, by the proppant management system, one or more of the plurality of silos to unload 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 unloading the amount of additional proppant and at least one of a user preference parameter or historical data from a previous operation.