SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FLUID TRANSPORTATION

• US 20140195453A1
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ShaleApps, LLC
• Original Assignee: Shalewater Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Richie, James Chance, Klenk, Adam M.
• Application Number:
  US14/095,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/332
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0832 Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods

Abstract

A system, method, and apparatus for managing fluid transportation includes at least one client device configured to receive fluid source data from at least one fluid source data resource at a pick-up location and receive fluid destination data from at least one fluid destination data resource at a drop-off location, and at least one server computer in communication with the at least one client device, the at least one server computer configured to receive fluid data comprising at least a portion of the fluid source fluid data and at least a portion of the fluid destination data from the at least one client device, store the fluid data, and generate at least one report based at least partially on the fluid data.

Claims

1. A system for managing fluid transportation, comprising:

at least one client device configured to;

receive fluid source data from at least one fluid source data resource at a pick-up location, the fluid source data comprising at least one of the following;

a fluid volume, a fluid type, a fluid flow rate, a pick-up location identifier, a pick-up location name, geographic coordinates of a pick-up location, a pick-up time, a pick-up date, or any combination thereof; and

receive fluid destination data from at least one fluid destination data resource at a drop-off location, the fluid destination comprising at least one of the following;

a fluid volume, a fluid type, a fluid flow rate, a drop-off location identifier, a drop-off location name, geographic coordinates of a drop-off location, or any combination thereof;

at least one server computer in communication with the at least one client device, the at least one server computer configured to receive fluid data comprising at least a portion of the fluid source fluid data and at least a portion of the fluid destination data from the at least one client device;

store the fluid data; and

generate at least one report based at least partially on the fluid data.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one fluid source data resource located proximate to the at least one pick-up location, the at least one fluid source data resource comprising the fluid source data; and

at least one fluid destination data resource located proximate to the at least one drop-off location, the at least one fluid destination data resource comprising the fluid destination data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one client device is further configured to scan the at least one first data resource and the at least one second data source, and wherein the fluid data comprises at least a portion of the at least one first data source and the at least one second data source.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising at least one vehicle data resource affixed to at least one hauling vehicle, the at least one vehicle data resource comprising vehicle data representing at least one of the following:

a trucking company name, a trucking company identifier, a truck capacity, a driver name, a truck identifier, a truck name, or any combination thereof

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one first data source comprises at least one first indicia and the at least one second data source comprises at least one second indicia, the at least one first indicia and the at least one second indicia comprising at least one matrix barcode.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the fluid data comprises at least one fluid flow rate, and wherein the at least one fluid flow rate is received by the at least one client device from a flow meter in communication with the at least one client device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server computer comprises a back-end module and a user module.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the back-end module is configured to provide a management user interface to at least one management computer, and wherein the front-end module is configured to provide a mobile user interface to the at least one client device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server computer is further configured to provide a trucking company management interface, and receive truck data for at least one trucking company from the at least one server computer, the truck data comprising at least one of the following:

a name of the trucking company, a location of a truck yard, a billing address of the trucking company, a physical address of the trucking company, a billing point of contact of the trucking company, an operations point of contact of the trucking company, or any combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one client device is further configured to display a well management interface, and receive well data for at least one well from the at least one server computer, the well data comprising at least one of the following:

a name of the well, a well pad associated with the well, a pit associated with the well, a pond associated with the well, a location of the well, or any combination thereof.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the server computer is further configured to display a reports interface, the reports interface configured to generate or retrieve at least one report based at least partially on at least one of the following options:

a truck number, a trucking company name, a location, a fluid type, a date range, a well name, a cost, or any combination thereof.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the server computer is further configured to provide a menu interface to the at least one client device, the menu interface comprising at least one of the following options:

a user management interface option, a trucking management interface option, a location management interface option, a reports interface option, or any combination thereof.

13. A computer-implemented method for managing transportation of a fluid, comprising:

receiving, on a mobile device, fluid source data from a fluid pick-up location, the fluid source data representing at least two of the following;

a type of fluid, geographic coordinates of the pick-up location, a name of the pick-up location, an identifier of the pick-up location, a volume of the fluid, a pick-up time, a fluid pick-up date, or any combination thereof;

receiving, on the mobile device, fluid destination data from a fluid drop-off location, the fluid data representing at least one of the following;

geographic coordinates of the drop-off location, a name of the drop-up location, an identifier of the drop-off location, a volume of the fluid, a drop-off capacity, a drop-off time, a drop-off date, or any combination thereof; and

transmitting, to at least one server computer, at least a portion of the fluid source data and the fluid destination data.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising receiving, on a mobile device, truck data representing at least one of the following:

a trucking company name, a trucking company identifier, a truck capacity, a driver name, a truck identifier, a truck name, or any combination thereof.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the fluid source data and the fluid destination data is received on the mobile device by scanning, with the mobile device, at least one of a pick-up indicia and a drop-off indicia.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the pick-up indicia and drop-off indicia comprise a matrix barcode.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising providing at least one of the following:

a log-on interface, a menu interface, a report interface, or any combination thereof.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising determining, based at least partially on the pick-up time and the drop-off time, a total hauling time.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, further comprising generating an expense report based at least partially on the total hauling time.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein the expense report is generated based at least partially on at least one of the following:

a user group, a fluid volume, a truck identifier, a driver name, the type of fluid, the geographic coordinates of the pick-up location, the name of the pick-up location, the identifier of the pick-up location, the geographic coordinates of the drop-off location, the name of the drop-up location, the identifier of the drop-off location, or any combination thereof.