Premier Oilfield Laboratories has acquired MUD Geochemical

HOUSTON -- Premier Oilfield Laboratories (POL) has acquired MUD Geochemical, a geochemical laboratory and consulting company that provides X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis, and other geophysical services.

MUD Geochemical brings a progressive Big Data approach to geochemical consulting and subsurface analysis, utilizing state of the art instrumentation to characterize resource plays at a significantly higher resolution than conventional techniques.

MUD Geochemical, based in Austin, Texas, was founded by Nathan Ganser and other alumni from the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas, Austin, along with Harry Rowe, a research professor at the Jackson School and Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG).

"This acquisition enables us to better serve our customer base with expanded capabilities, products and services," said Steve Cobb, CEO, Premier Oilfield Laboratories.

While industry standard techniques are to sample reservoir rock at the foot scale, MUD Geochemical has developed the means to quantitatively analyze on the inch to mm scale.

MUD serves some of the largest and most successful operators in the North American unconventional arena. To date, the company has primarily focused on the Permian basin and the Eagle Ford.