Sand pile completion system and method

A method, comprising:

• receiving data from one or more sensors in a region that is proximate to a well site, within the well site, or both, the data being indicative of one or more properties of sand in a sand stockpile and one or more ambient environmental conditions of the region affecting the sand, the one or more ambient environmental conditions comprising:
• a wind velocity, a temperature associated with ambient air, or a humidity level associated with the ambient air, or a combination thereof;
• performing one or more operations to treat the sand, using equipment, based on the data from the one or more sensors indicative of the one or more properties and the one or more ambient environmental conditions;
• determining that a quantity of the sand in the sand stockpile is below a threshold value, comprising:
• generating a three-dimensional (3D) digital representation of the sand stockpile, comprising one or more of:
• receiving, via one or more image capturing devices, one or more digital images associated with the sand stockpile and generating, via a processor-based controller, the 3D digital representation of the sand stockpile based on the received one or more images;
• or
• operating one or more lasers to draw a virtual pattern of a surface of the sand stockpile to generate, via the processor-based controller, the 3D digital representation of the sand stockpile;
• and
• verifying, via the processor-based controller, a volume of the sand in the sand stockpile by analyzing the 3D digital representation of the sand stockpile to determine that the quantity of sand in the sand stockpile is below the threshold value;
• and
• delivering additional sand from a sand mine to the sand stockpile using additional equipment to cause the quantity of the sand in the sand stockpile to be at least at the threshold value.

A method, comprising:

• causing first equipment within a region proximate to a well site, within a well site, or both, to generate a fracturing slurry using sand from a sand stockpile;
• causing second equipment within the region to initiate delivery of the fracturing slurry to a well associated with the well site;
• determining that a quantity of remaining sand in the sand stockpile is below a threshold value, comprising:
• generating a three-dimensional (3D) digital representation of the sand stockpile, comprising one or more of:
• receiving, via one or more image capturing devices, one or more digital images associated with the sand stockpile and generating, via a processor-based controller, the 3D digital representation of the sand stockpile based on the received one or more images;
• or
• operating one or more lasers to draw a virtual pattern of a surface of the sand stockpile to generate, via the processor-based controller, the 3D digital representation of the sand stockpile;
• and
• verifying, via the processor-based controller, a volume of the remaining sand in the sand stockpile by analyzing the 3D digital representation of the sand stockpile to determine that the quantity of remaining sand is below the threshold value;
• and
• delivering additional sand from a sand mine to the sand stockpile using third equipment to deliver additional sand from a sand mine to the sand stockpile to cause the quantity of the remaining sand in the sand stockpile to be at least at the threshold value.