ABOUT  PDS

Founded in 1984, PDS is a privately held company with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in El Dorado, Arkansas and sodium bentonite mining and processing operations in southwest Texas.

With a focus on quality and innovative solutions, PDS continually works hard to meet the needs of our customers and the industries they serve. Our customer care and dependable service has created a loyal worldwide customer base.

Drilling fluids, bentonite sealants, and polymer slurries.

PDS produces a comprehensive line of high performance drilling fluids, bentonite sealants  and polymer slurries for a variety of drilling, construction and excavation operations.

Our mining facility produces premium quality sodium bentonite clay. We process the clay into various bentonite products for specific groundwater, environmental and industrial applications.

Pioneer in slurry technology.

PDS has been the pioneer in developing and innovating polymer slurry technology for the deep foundations industry for over 25 years. Our highly successfully and widely used Super Mud and Super Mud Dry polymer slurries have become industry standards in the construction of drilled shafts (bored piling), diaphragm wall construction and slurry trenching.

Fluid loss control additives, flocculants, slurry test equipment.

To complement its polymer slurries PDS also produces a line of fluid loss control additives, flocculants and a full range of slurry sampling and testing equipment.

Our staff of knowledgeable and experienced slurry technicians are available to provide site- specific slurry program design, project estimates, on-site training and technical assistance.