Case Study: Tecpetrol achieves $500,000 in savings in fracking sand transportation with AnyLogic

Simulation and Optimization of Sand Transportation for Fracking Operations

Tecpetrol, a leading energy company in oil and gas, needed a better way to manage sand transportation for fracking operations. Its existing Excel-based analysis was too static to answer questions about truck and container needs, disruptions, and logistics performance. Tecpetrol worked with AnyLogic and Eurystic to model this complex supply cycle, including trucks, containers, stock levels, and forklift operations.

Using AnyLogic simulation software, the team built a flexible logistics model with customizable inputs, parameter variation, and simulation experiments. The solution helped Tecpetrol reduce non-production time and save an estimated $500,000 after eight months, while also creating a tool for future decisions such as contract negotiation, bottleneck analysis, and evaluating new platform and container designs.

Tecpetrol

Chiara Dolci

Tecpetrol