Analytical Laboratory & Testing Services

Crescent's Technical Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana houses a full-service analytical laboratory with capabilities ranging from classical wet chemical analyses and fire assaying, to the most modern applications of atomic spectroscopy and X-ray technology. The analytical group has collected and analyzed a wide assortment of environmental, exploration, process, and product samples from around the world, and their ability to develop new procedures enables them to meet special client needs.

The Technical Center also comprises facilities for the development, testing, and demonstration of chemical and metallurgical processes, and for the testing and characterization of materials.


• Full-service laboratory and Technical Center
• Environmental analyses
• Chemical analyses

• Metallurgical and mineral analyses
• Petrographic services
• Radiometric surveys
• Process piloting
• Materials testing and identification