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Directional Drilling

Directional drilling, also known as horizontal directional drilling (HDD), is a minimally invasive trenchless method of installing underground utilities such as pipe, conduit or cables in a relatively shallow arc or radius along a prescribed underground path using a surface-launched drilling rig.

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Saddle up – for the HDD Rodeo Italian Style!
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Success in Scandinavia
August 20, 2014
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HOBAS Pipe Expands Field Service Support

HOBAS Pipe USA has expanded its field service group to include seven technicians located across the...

July 16, 2014
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New South Carolina Water Main Provides for Future Needs

Building now to plan for the needs of its population to 2030, York County, S.C., decided to install...

July 14, 2014
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Teaming Up in the Bakken

For 72 consecutive years, Gabe’s Construction Co. has maintained the focus embedded by founder Jac...

July 14, 2014
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Digging Under the Desert

Desert Boring Excavation LLC arrives at a hot, sunbaked jobsite. The company has been called in for...

June 13, 2014
Canada
Powering Alberta

More than 166 windmills, 300 megawatts, 140,000 homes and just one drill; when the numbers are all a...

June 13, 2014
Archives
Enlarged and in Charge

In the early days, the bores were smaller and at shorter distances and were drilled using a reaming...

May 14, 2014
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Alternative Method

As MarkWest Energy Partners looked to complete its Majorsville to Hopedale pipeline, the company was...

May 14, 2014
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Pure Technologies Ltd. Awarded $2.6M in New Work in Australia

Pure Technologies Ltd. awarded $2.6 million in new work in Australia....

May 14, 2014
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SEKISUI SPR Americas and SEKISUI NordiTube Merge Services

Spiral wound specialist SEKISUI SPR Americas and cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) expert SEKISUI NordiTube...

April 9, 2014
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Drill Rod Check

Horizontal directional drills are rugged machines designed to handle challenging situations. They ar...

April 8, 2014
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Getting Connected

From an engineering standpoint, it might not be the largest project KCI Technologies Inc. has ever t...

April 8, 2014
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Contractor Profile: EBC Enterprises Riding the Energy Wave

In the event that you’ve been living under 25,000 psi rock formation, there’s an oil and gas boo...

March 19, 2014
International News
Norwegian Driller Tackles Glacial Obstacle

In 1982, Torbjorn Reime started a company that differed from any other in all of Norway. His company...

March 5, 2014
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Refurbishing and Strengthening an Aging Rail Culvert with UV Lining

The latest name in UV-cured CIPP pipe lining is iLine (part of the i-Group of companies), which offe...

February 19, 2014
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Vacuum Excavation and HDD: A Quick Overview

Vacuum excavators have become a common site on horizontal directional drilling (HDD) jobs these days...

February 18, 2014
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