Utilizing wet fracturing sand for hydraulic fracturing operations
AssigneeTyphon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC
InventorsJeffrey G. Morris, Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Michael Bateman, Neal Jensen
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Abstract
A system and a method that utilizes wet proppants when creating fracturing fluid by receiving wet fracturing sand at a surge tank, vibrating the wet fracturing sand located within the surge tank, liquefying the wet fracturing sand within the surge tank based on the vibration, and metering the liquefied wet fracturing sand from the surge tank to a blending tub.
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A method for creating fracturing fluid, the method comprising:
- receiving wet fracturing sand at a surge tankmounted on a transport;
- liquefying the wet fracturing sand within at the surge tank using at least one vibration component attached to the surge tank, producing to produce a liquefied wet fracturing sand;
- receiving, at an auger mounted on the transport, the liquefied wet fracturing sand from the surge tank;
- and
- metering the liquefied wet fracturing sand to a blending tub that produces a fracturing fluid, wherein an amount of the liquefied wet fracturing sand output to the blending tub affects an overall proppant concentration within the fracturing fluid.
A method for creating fracturing fluid, the method comprising:
- receiving fracturing sand at a surge tankmounted on a transport, wherein the surge tank is synchronized with a sand delivery system to receive the fracturing sand at a predetermined rate associated with a pump rate for pumping a fracturing fluid into a wellbore;
- vibrating the fracturing sand as the fracturing sand enters in the surge tank;
- receiving, at an auger and after vibrating the fracturing sand, the fracturing sand from the surge tank;
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- metering the fracturing sand to a blending tub that produces the fracturing fluid, wherein an amount of the fracturing sand output to the blending tub affects an overall proppant concentration within the fracturing fluid.
A method for creating fracturing fluid, the method comprising:
- storing wet fracturing sand in a storage tank that includes at least one vibration component;
- liquefying the wet fracturing sand using the at least one vibration component, and outputting the liquefied wet fracturing sand from the storage tank;
- receiving, at a metering system, the liquefied wet fracturing sand output from the storage tank;
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- metering, with the metering system, the liquefied wet fracturing sand to a blending tub that produces a fracturing fluid, wherein an amount of the liquefied wet fracturing sand metered to the blending tub affects an overall proppant concentration within the fracturing fluid.
A method for creating fracturing fluid, the method comprising:
- storing wet fracturing sand in a storage tank that is affixed with at least one vibrator;
- vibrating the wet fracturing sand in the storage tank using the at least one vibrator;
- receiving, at a metering system and after vibrating the wet fracturing sand, the wet fracturing sand from the storage tank;
- and
- metering, with the metering system, the wet fracturing sand to a blending tub that produces a fracturing fluid, wherein an amount of the wet fracturing sand metered to the blending tub affects an overall proppant concentration within the fracturing fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.