Horizontal Directional Drilling is a trenchless technique of installing underground pipes and conduits that is gaining in popularity. Besides enabling crossings underneath rivers, roads and structures ...

Drilling horizontally under the ground veers away from the traditional cut and cover installation. Installing pipes and utilities this way, on a predetermined path, is considered to be more beneficial ...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

In Part 1 we discussed why there is rapid expansion of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) for undergrounding transmission and distribution line; mainly to prevent storm-related and wildfire outages ...

This course is designed for drilling, production and operations engineers, field supervisors, toolpushers, managers and technical support personnel This course builds a firm foundation in the ...

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Energy Projects Office has issued fresh Final Guidance for Horizontal Directional Drill Monitoring, Inadvertent Return Response, and Contingency Plans, it ...

Directional drilling has been an integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the same: ...

Beaches Energy Services of Jacksonville Beach, Florida -- along with contractor Heart Utilities of Jacksonville, Florida -- demonstrate directional, horizontal boring, pulling 400 feet of conduit to ...

Ditch Witch replaces its JT4020 with a 60,000-lb.-thrust directional drill that has a patented two-pipe drilling system Ditch Witch replaced its JT4020 directional drill with the new JT60, that can be ...

Maker claims the pneumatic hammer can drill 6.25-in.-diameter holes at penetration rates of up to 150 ft. per hour HammerHead claims its Roughneck R500 rock drilling system can turn any horizontal ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ryan Directional Services, a division of Nabors (NYSE: NBR)—the world’s largest owner and operator of land-based drilling rigs—has selected Alcoa’s (NYSE:AA) oil and gas ...