MODULE SUPPLY CHAIN
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1. A method of supplying modules to a hydrocarbon processing plant site, the method comprising:
- establishing a large-sized module assembly site on one side of the US-Canadian border;
receiving raw construction materials at the assembly site;
receiving a standard truck module at the assembly site;
assembling a large-sized module using the raw construction materials and the standard truck module; and
sending the assembled large-sized module by land across the US-Canadian border to the hydrocarbon processing plant site for assembly.
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Abstract
A system and method of fabricating and assembling of large-sized modules remote from a heavy industrial hydrocarbon processing plant site, and overland transportation thereof to the plant site. The method may rely on a computer-based heavy-haul transportation logistics system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of supplying modules to a hydrocarbon processing plant site, the method comprising:
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establishing a large-sized module assembly site on one side of the US-Canadian border; receiving raw construction materials at the assembly site; receiving a standard truck module at the assembly site; assembling a large-sized module using the raw construction materials and the standard truck module; and sending the assembled large-sized module by land across the US-Canadian border to the hydrocarbon processing plant site for assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of assembling a hydrocarbon processing plant, the method comprising:
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rigging a large-sized module for transportation by land on one side of the US-Canadian border; and sending said large sized module by land across the US-Canadian border for assembly into a hydrocarbon processing plant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A heavy-haul transportation logistics system comprising:
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a server connected to a network; a database accessible by the server, the database comprising heavy-haul transportation logistics information; and a mobile first client computer connected to the server via the network, the mobile first client computer being adapted to provide a graphical user interface configured to allow substantially real-time updating of the database with information pertaining to land routes suitable for heavy-haul transportation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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