Method of delivering, storing, unloading, and using proppant at a well site
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-088/30
B65D-088/28
B65G-065/40
B60P-001/56
B65D-088/26
B65D-090/58
B65G-065/42
B65D-083/06
B65D-006/00
B65D-088/12
B65D-088/32
B65D-088/54
B65D-088/02
B65D-090/54
B65G-065/30
B65D-090/20
B65D-090/66
출원번호
US-0084613
(2016-03-30)
등록번호
US-9656799
(2017-05-23)
발명자
/ 주소
Oren, John
Oren, Joshua
출원인 / 주소
OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Hogan Lovells US LLP
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A proppant discharge system has a container with an outlet formed at a bottom thereof and a gate slidably affixed at the outlet so as to be movable between a first position covering the outlet to second position opening the outlet, and a support structure having an actuator thereon. The container is
A proppant discharge system has a container with an outlet formed at a bottom thereof and a gate slidably affixed at the outlet so as to be movable between a first position covering the outlet to second position opening the outlet, and a support structure having an actuator thereon. The container is removably positioned on the top surface of the support structure. The actuator is engageable with gate so as to move the gate from the first position to the second position. A conveyor underlies the container so as to receive proppant as discharged from the container through the outlet. The container is a ten foot ISO container.
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1. A method of handling fracking proppant at a well site, the method comprising: a) removing one or more proppant containers that contain fracking proppant from a trailer of one or more transport road vehicles when positioned adjacent a well site at a location where hydraulic fracking is to be perfo
1. A method of handling fracking proppant at a well site, the method comprising: a) removing one or more proppant containers that contain fracking proppant from a trailer of one or more transport road vehicles when positioned adjacent a well site at a location where hydraulic fracking is to be performed so as to provide a plurality of proppant containers that contain fracking proppant to the well site, each of the plurality of proppant containers having an outlet positioned at a bottom thereof with a plurality of slanted lower inner wall portions positioned to direct the fracking proppant toward the outlet, each of the one or more proppant containers having a closed and substantially rectangular upper proppant containing portion, the plurality of slanted lower inner wall portions being positioned to underlie the upper proppant containing portion and having proppant also positioned therein, a pair of vertically-extending end walls and a pair of vertically-extending side walls defining the closed and substantially rectangular upper proppant containing portion, a frame including a plurality of structural support members positioned to enhance support of the end walls and the side walls when the proppant container is full of fracking proppant, and each of the plurality of containers has an open area positioned about the plurality of slanted lower inner wall portions and below the upper proppant containing portion adjacent a bottom of the respective each of the plurality of proppant containers to allow for visual access of a respective exterior surface of the plurality of slanted wall portions even when the container is full of fracking proppant, the open area being visible through one or more spatial gaps extending through the frame in a location positioned below at least each of the side walls of and above the bottom of the proppant container;b) transferring, after removal from the trailer of the one or more transport road vehicles, each of the plurality of proppant containers to a support structure positioned at the well site so that each of the plurality of proppant containers is positioned to discharge by gravity feed the fracking proppant therefrom, the support structure including a plurality of cradles that correspond to the plurality of proppant containers transferred thereto; andc) discharging by gravity feed the fracking proppant contained within each of the plurality of proppant containers when positioned on the support structure and within the plurality of cradles from the outlet positioned at the bottom of each of the plurality of proppant containers so that the fracking proppant passes onto a common conveyor. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising conveying the fracking proppant away from the plurality of proppant containers, after the discharging of the fracking proppant onto the common conveyor, toward a desired location at the well site where hydraulic fracking is to be performed so that the fracking proppant is introduced to fracking fluid for passage into a wellbore at the well site. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of structural support members is operably fixed to the frame, and wherein the support structure further comprises: a plurality of hoppers each positioned to receive fracking proppant from one of the plurality of proppant containers and direct the fracking proppant to the common conveyor, each hopper corresponding to one of the plurality of cradles and having a gate positioned between the one of the plurality of cradles and the common conveyor to interrupt the flow of fracking proppant between the one of the plurality of cradles and the common conveyor when the fracking proppant passes from the one of the plurality of proppant containers to the common conveyor, the plurality of hoppers being vertically spaced apart from the plurality of proppant containers and the common conveyor; anda receptacle positioned to engage a gate positioned over the outlet of the proppant container, the gate being operatively coupled to an actuator to drive movement of the gate between an open position and a closed position. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the support structure further supports the common conveyor, and wherein step c) includes directing the flow of fracking proppant from each of the plurality of proppant containers to the common conveyor through one or more separate hoppers fixedly connected to the support structure, and metering the fracking proppant as it passes from the plurality of proppant containers to the common conveyor. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: directing the fracking proppant from the common conveyor positioned to underlie the plurality of cradles to a desired location with a chute attached to the support structure and configured to receive the fracking proppant from the common conveyor. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: controlling the flow of fracking proppant from each of the plurality of containers with one or more flow gates positioned adjacent the plurality of proppant containers when positioned on the support structure, the one or more flow gates configured to move between closed and open positions. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of structural support members further span surfaces of each of the end walls and each of the side walls of each container from a bottom of the proppant container to a top of the proppant container, and the plurality of structural support members are in direct contact with and coupled to the end walls and the side walls. 8. A method for storing and unloading of fracking proppant at a well site for use when hydraulic fracking is to be performed, comprising: a) removing one or more proppant containers that contain fracking proppant from a trailer of one or more transport road vehicles when positioned adjacent a well site at a location where hydraulic fracking is to be performed so as to provide a plurality of proppant containers that contain fracking proppant to the well site, each of the plurality of proppant containers having an outlet positioned at a bottom thereof, each of the plurality of proppant containers having a closed and substantially rectangular upper proppant containing portion, a funnel-shaped portion underlying the upper proppant containing portion, defined by a plurality of slanted inner walls, and having proppant also positioned therein, a pair of vertically-extending end walls and a pair of vertically-extending side walls defining the closed and substantially rectangular upper proppant containing portion, a frame including a plurality of structural support members to enhance support of the end walls and the side walls when the proppant container is full of fracking proppant, and the plurality of proppant containers having open areas adjacent the funnel-shaped portions and bottoms of the proppant containers to allow for visual access inside a portion of the containers, the open areas extending through one or more spatial gaps between adjacent structural support members to enable visual inspection at a location below all side and end walls and above the bottom of the proppant containers even when the container is filled with fracking proppant;b) stacking the plurality of proppant containers in a vertical orientation so that a bottom of one or more of the plurality of proppant containers overlies a top of another one or more of the plurality of containers so as to define a container stack;c) transferring, after removal from the trailer of the one or more transport road vehicles, each of the plurality of proppant containers from the container stack to a support structure that includes a plurality of cradles to receive the proppant containers, each of the plurality of cradles positions the outlet of one of the plurality of proppant containers adjacent a conveyor, the conveyor being positioned to underlie each of the plurality of cradles;d) selectively opening one or more of the outlets of the plurality of proppant containers to discharge by gravity feed the fracking proppant from the outlet positioned at the bottom of each the plurality of containers so that the fracking proppant passes onto the conveyor; ande) conveying the fracking proppant away from the plurality of proppant containers toward a desired location at the well site where hydraulic fracking is to be performed so that the fracking proppant is introduced to fracking fluid for passage into a wellbore at the well site. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of structural support members are operably fixed to the frame, the method further comprising: directing the fracking proppant from the conveyor to a desired location with a chute attached to the support structure and configured to receive fracking proppant from the conveyor. 10. The method of claim 8, further comprising: controlling the flow of fracking proppant from each of the plurality of proppant containers onto the conveyor with a flow gate positioned adjacent the proppant container and the conveyor when the proppant container is positioned on the support structure, the flow gate being arranged on the support structure, separate from the proppant container, and configured to move between closed and open positions. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein steps a) and c) include lifting each of the plurality of proppant containers with a forklift to respectively stack and transfer the plurality of containers, the method further comprising: transporting the support structure from one location to another location at the well site. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the support structure further comprises: a plurality of hoppers each positioned to receive fracking proppant from one of the plurality of proppant containers and direct the fracking proppant to the conveyor, each hopper corresponding to one of the plurality of cradles and having a gate positioned between the one of the plurality of cradles and the conveyor to interrupt the flow of fracking proppant between the one of the plurality of cradles and the conveyor when the fracking proppant passes from the one of the plurality of proppant containers to the conveyor. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of structural support members span the end walls and the side walls of each container from a bottom of the proppant container to a top of the container. 14. A method for controlling the unloading of fracking proppant at a well site for use when hydraulic fracking is to be performed, the method comprising: a) positioning a plurality of proppant containers that each contain fracking proppant onto a support structure configured to include a plurality of discrete cradles, each of the plurality of proppant containers having an outlet positioned at a bottom thereof, each of the plurality of proppant containers having a closed and substantially rectangular upper proppant containing portion, a funnel-shaped portion underlying the upper proppant containing portion and having proppant also positioned therein, a pair of vertically extending end walls and a pair of vertically extending side walls defining the closed and substantially rectangular upper proppant containing portion, a frame including a plurality of structural support members positioned to enhance support of the end walls and the side walls when the proppant container is full of fracking proppant, the plurality of structural support members being operably fixed to the frame and positioned on an exterior surface of each of the end walls of the pair of end walls and on an exterior surface of each of the side walls of the pair of side walls, and the proppant containers have open areas positioned below the plurality of structural support members and adjacent the bottoms of the proppant containers to allow for visual access of the funnel-shaped portion of the proppant containers through spatial gaps formed between the end frame members at locations below at least each side wall and above the bottom of the proppant container even when the proppant container is filled with proppant, each of the plurality of cradles configured to receive one of the plurality of proppant containers, an outlet of each the plurality of proppant containers positioned to discharge the fracking proppant form the proppant container;b) discharging by gravity feed the fracking proppant contained within each of the plurality of proppant containers from the outlet positioned at the bottom of each of the plurality of proppant containers so that the fracking proppant passes therefrom;c) selectively moving one or more flow gates from a closed to an open position to allow fracking proppant to pass therefrom at a desired flow rate; andd) allowing the fracking proppant to flow away from the plurality of proppant containers toward a desired location at the well site where hydraulic fracking is to be performed so that the fracking proppant is introduced to fracking fluid for passage into a wellbore at the well site; ande) directing the fracking proppant from a common conveyor positioned to underlie the plurality of cradles and to a desired location with a chute attached to the support structure and configured to receive fracking proppant from the common conveyor. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein step a) includes using a forklift to position each of the plurality of containers on one of the plurality of cradles of the support structure. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of proppant containers each includes a gate arranged over the outlet that interacts with one or more receptacles coupled to the support structure when the plurality of proppant containers are positioned thereon, to drive the gate between an open position and a closed position, the method further comprising: transporting the support structure from one location at the well site to another location at the well site on wheels attached to the support structure. 17. The method of claim 14, further comprising: prior to step a), stacking the plurality of proppant containers vertically with one bottom of a container overlying a top of a container. 18. The method of claim 14, further comprising: subsequent to steps b) and c), removing one or more empty proppant containers from the support structure and replacing them with one or more proppant containers that contain fracking proppant. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein the support structure further comprises: a plurality of hoppers each positioned to receive fracking proppant from one of the plurality of containers and direct the fracking proppant therefrom. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of hoppers corresponds to one of the plurality of cradles and having a gate to interrupt the flow of fracking proppant between the one of the plurality of cradles when the fracking proppant passes from the one of the plurality of proppant containers therefrom.
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