Intrepid Potash Inc., Denver, announced on Dec. 12 the appointment of Brian Stone as Chief Operating Officer, effective Dec. 16, 2019, and Kyle Smith as General Counsel – Land, Minerals, Water, Oilfield Solutions, and Government Affairs, effective Dec. 30, 2019.
Stone will assume responsibility for Intrepid’s oilfield solutions segment and its water business, and has been tasked with continuing the organic expansion of Intrepid’s mid-stream footprint. It is expected that he will gradually take on additional responsibilities for Intrepid’s other mineral operations.
Stone has spent 34 years in all phases of the oil and gas industry, most recently as Chief Operating Officer for Hupecol Operating Co., an international oil and gas company focused on South America and Europe. Prior to joining Hupecol, he was employed by J.M. Huber Corp., initially as Vice President of Energy Marketing, and later as Chief Risk Officer. He began his career with Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
Intrepid said Smith has almost two decades of experience working in and for energy, mining, and natural resource companies in increasing levels of responsibility and leadership within business, legal, and executive teams. His clients have included BP, ConocoPhillips, Koch Industries, and Continental Resources.
Smith has spent the last 15 years in roles of increasing in-house responsibility, including as Assistant General Counsel for Operations for a large independent upstream producer, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for a start-up pure-play oil and gas operator, and most recently as General Counsel for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Regional Corp., which has 40 subsidiaries in holding lines dedicated to mining, oilfield services, construction, commercial real estate, and government contracting.