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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Frederic M. Newman, Midland, TX (US);
James B. Story, Highland Village, TX (US);
Meredith K. Peeler, Garland, TX (US);
Jesse J. Lee, Allen, TX (US);
Steven K. Stout, McKinney, TX (US);
Kevin A. Vaughn, Ii, Sachse, TX (US);
Frederic M. Newman, Midland, TX (US);
James B. Story, Highland Village, TX (US);
Meredith K. Peeler, Garland, TX (US);
Jesse J. Lee, Allen, TX (US);
Steven K. Stout, McKinney, TX (US);
Kevin A. Vaughn, II, Sachse, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for handling water and oil automatically monitors and schedules the trucking of waste water between a disposal site and multiple well sites. In some examples, the method automatically detects the presence of a tanker truck at a well site and/or at the disposal site and records the truck's arrival and departure times. In some examples, the method monitors the changing level of waste fluid collected in a waste fluid storage tank at the well site and thereby determines the volume of waste fluid transferred from the tank to the truck. In some examples, the method also estimates the volume of waste fluid transferred from the well bore into the tank while the truck is withdrawing fluid from the tank. In some examples, the method automatically generates and posts online billing information and regulatory reports associated with waste water trucking, waste water disposal and oil reclaiming.