Salt and Light Energy Equipment

The rugged nature of fracking operations results in frequent breakdowns and machinery deterioration. Lack of knowledge and inefficient maintenance practices result in expensive machinery being discarded, instead of identifying the faults proactively and repairing them. While replacing machinery was feasible during the pre-pandemic era, volatile oil prices pose serious questions today.

The overall increase in operational costs associated with replacement puts a dent in the shrinking profit margins precipitated by rising fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, forcing organizations to look for alternative methods of maintaining machinery. While enterprises in the fracking industry look to streamline their service operations, Salt and Light Energy Equipment (SNLEE) leverages data gathered from frac pumps to design efficient maintenance strategies, saving its clients millions in service costs.

SNLEE harnesses the power of data to provide clients with a sophisticated platform to identify, measure, and analyze critical metrics gathered during daily maintenance checks. The data is reported through the intuitive platform with a customizable dashboard that allows clients to make quick decisions regarding the fracking system inventory, failures and needed repairs.

Data is gathered round-the-clock by well-trained, dedicated professionals who take complete accountability for the maintenance activities. The site workers conduct routine checks, create daily reports on frac pumps, and send images of the machinery to the engineers, who analyze the images to develop actionable data that is then collated, refined, and uploaded onto the platform in a structured format. Reports on the performance of the machinery are sent to the clients on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to provide a holistic understanding of the fracking systems, which aid in designing efficient operations. The first-of-its-kind data monitoring system serves as binoculars into maintenance activities, providing critical maintenance information, updates on components retrieved from inventory, and even the efficiency of the workers undertaking the project.

“For every dollar that our clients spend on our company for data and service, they probably save around five or six dollars themselves. So that’s a savings of almost 600 percent,” says Shawn Mudigere, CEO of Salt and Light Energy Equipment. The firm inspects, repairs, and maintains the fluid ends to allow frac crews to place their focus entirely on the operations, saving precious time and improving overall efficiency. By reducing failures, downtime, and consumables used through constant inspection, SLNEE saves a considerable portion of overall operational costs.

The effectiveness of SNLEE’s data tracking system in improving service operations is demonstrated through a partnership with a fracking enterprise. Using data collected from the analysis of machinery and fluid end equipment SNLEE created the dashboards providing a comprehensive visualization of the performance metrics of the systems. SNLEE’s fracking customer, which spent $4 million in overhaul costs each month, saved more than 50 percent by conducting operations adhering to the information provided by SNLEE and the dashboard. The regular maintenance schedules and the data-centric approach employed by SNLEE helped the client save $2 million each month throughout its partnership which was crucial when oil prices were falling during the pandemic.

The patent-pending data tracking system, along with the intuitive dashboard, is the first of its kind in the fracking industry. In addition, SNLEE has developed a track route that opens and closes in under a couple of seconds. With a mission to think outside the box, it assists clients in achieving environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals by incorporating environmental metrics into the dashboard. Tracking and mitigating the environmental impact of fracking operations, Salt and Light Energy Equipment is striving to save the environment while saving money for its clients.