Methods of Storing and Moving Proppant at Location Adjacent Rail Line

摘要

A method of delivering proppant to a well site has the steps of transporting a load of proppant in a vessel to a desired location, moving the load of proppant from the vessel into a container so as to create a proppant-loaded container, unloading the proppant-loaded container into a pneumatic bulk trailer, and transporting the unloaded proppant in the pneumatic bulk trailer to well site. The container is placed onto a bed of a truck and moved in proximity to the vessel. The proppant-loaded container is placed onto a tilting mechanism and then tilted so that the proppant is discharged through a flow gate of a container into a hopper. The proppant in the hopper can then be conveyed to the pneumatic bulk trailer.

主权项

1. A method of storing and moving proppant, the method comprising:
a) storing fracking proppant at a desired location to be transferred to a plurality of containers, each container comprising:
an opening adjacent the top thereof to receive proppant into the container, a pair of spaced-apart end walls connected to and extending between the bottom and the top, and a pair of sidewalls connected to an extending between the pair of end walls and the top and the bottom;an outlet adjacent a bottom for discharge of proppant therefrom;a flow gate positioned adjacent the outlet to control flow of proppant through the outlet; and b) transporting one or more of the plurality of containers from the desired location onto one or more trailers by use of a loader/unloader; c) removing the one or more of the plurality of containers; and d) tracking the amount of proppant on hand at the location.