Patents by Inventor Wesley K. Nash, JR.

Wesley K. Nash, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for simultaneously mining vertically disposed beds
    Patent number: 8528989
    Abstract: A method of solution mining vertically disposed beds of water-soluble deposits comprising a lower bed and at least one upper bed having at least one non-soluble layer disposed therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a channel in the lower bed; (b) drilling at least one zero radius or ultra-short radius injection pathway in the at least one upper bed; (c) manipulating at least one of the channel and the at least one injection pathway such that a fluid pathway is established between said channel and at least one injection pathway; (d) injecting a stream of solvent through the at least one injection pathway; and (e) recovering the solvent containing dissolved deposit therein via a recovery well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Duane S. Halverson, Wesley K. Nash, Jr.
  • Method for Simultaneously Mining Vertically Disposed Beds
    Publication number: 20100225154
    Abstract: A method of solution mining vertically disposed beds of water-soluble deposits comprising a lower bed and at least one upper bed having at least one non-soluble layer disposed therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a channel in the lower bed; (b) drilling at least one zero radius or ultra-short radius injection pathway in the at least one upper bed; (c) manipulating at least one of the channel and the at least one injection pathway such that a fluid pathway is established between said channel and at least one injection pathway; (d) injecting a stream of solvent through the at least one injection pathway; and (e) recovering the solvent containing dissolved deposit therein via a recovery well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Duane S. Halverson, Wesley K. Nash, JR.