Patents Assigned to Intrepid Potash, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11059003
    Abstract: A method of providing a salt solution at a wellbore site includes delivering solid salt in a mixing tank containing water from a local source and pumping the water through nozzles in the mixing tank using a pump adjacent to the mixing tank to circulate the water in the mixing tank and form a concentrated brine by dissolving the solid salt in the water. The concentrated brine is transferred from the mixing tank to a reservoir using the pump, and the concentrated brine is diluted with additional water from the local source to form a dilute brine. A related mixing tank and a system including the mixing tank and a vehicle structured and configured for travel over a roadway and within an oilfield site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Intrepid Potash, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick York, Frank Martorana, James Hanson
  • Patent number: 11059756
    Abstract: A method of forming a pelletized fertilizer includes combining a fertilizer material with an organic binder to form a wet mixture, and drying the wet mixture to form particles comprising the fertilizer material and the organic binder dispersed therein. The fertilizer material includes solid particles of langbeinite, and the organic binder includes at least one cellulose polymer in a solid phase or a liquid gel phase. The dried particles are coated with mineral oil to form coated particles. A pelletized fertilizer includes pellets comprising solid particles of langbeinite (and optionally, other fertilizer materials) interspersed with at least one cellulose polymer. A mineral oil coating is over the pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Intrepid Potash, Inc., Enviro Tech Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Morrison, Kenneth G. Taylor, Stephen C. Bytnar, Elizabeth Paden