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Articles by Andrew Farr

Directional Drilling
Drill Master: What’s the Problem?

The main problem with problem solving can be the identification of the problem. This, in many cases,...

October 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: How to Plan a Proper Bore

How many times have we been out on a directional boring job and our locator is just not acting prope...

August 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Shaking it Up

As more and more contractors are discovering the strong economics of recovering, cleaning and reusin...

June 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Interference: The Invisible Obstacle

Depth, direction, pitch and roll are the most basic information displayed by all directional drillin...

April 1, 2000
Business/People
2000 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Joseph Barsoom

As director of engineering for the Wastewater Management Division of the City and County of Denver,...

March 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Drilling Fluids With Solids Removal Systems

As more utility contractors are moving up to larger rigs, they are also moving toward the use of sol...

February 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: What’s Next For Locating Technology

In the past few years, there has been incredibly innovative technological advancements in the horizo...

December 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Plunger Mud Pumps vs. Piston Mud Pumps

The mud pump used on most directional boring machines is either of the piston/liner or plunger/packi...

October 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Pitch & Roll: Keys to Tracking

A modern horizontal directional drilling machine is a combination of several different systems, and...

August 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Pushing Forward — An Inventive Method of Reaming

We all know what "back reaming" is-make a bore, remove the bit, install a back reamer or hole opener...

June 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Locating’s True Depths

It is often debated whether the locator or the drill operator is in charge of directionally drilling...

April 1, 1999
Business/People
1999 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: Frank Canon

A colorful figure widely known throughout the trenchless industry, Frank Canon is usually surrounded...

March 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Drilling Fluid Properties

Bentonite-based drilling fluids are used in both vertical and horizontal drilling. The desirable dri...

February 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Getting the Most From Your Directional Mud Motor

Directional mud motors are the most proven and common method utilized by HDD contractors to complete...

December 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: The Dollars & Sense of Mud Recovery and...

The benefits of pumping greater volumes of fluid (mud) while boring are rapidly gaining favor from m...

October 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Fluid Volumes — How Much is Enough?

There seems to be a certain amount of confusion about the role of drilling fluids in horizontal dire...

August 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Taking Care of Business

In a short time, some drilling contractors have grabbed hold of the technology and are making really...

June 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: What to Consider When Purchasing a Locating System

Alocating system is an integral part of the HDD process and it represents a substantial investment,...

April 1, 1998
Business/People
1998 Trenchless Technology Person-of-the-Year: John Jurgens and Dave Gellings

Trenchless Resources International Inc. is a young organization founded in a partnership of Dave Gel...

March 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Four-Square Drilling

When a contractor calls about a drilling fluid problem, he's sometimes surprised when we seem to ask...

February 1, 1998
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