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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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Andy Houdek, mechanical design engineer and Jeff Beste, manager of HDD Services at Century Products
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Vector Magnetics' innovations focus strictly on HDD technologies revolving around guidance and tracking....

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With ever increasing costs of drilling fluids and their disposal, solids control seems to be a hot topic for a long time...

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Trenchless Technology Special Report: Condition AssessmentWhat’s inside: How Arlington, Texas, Built a Condit...

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“If we touch a project, we own it” is the motto Chris Ward, owner of NWA Fiber Communications, has built his...

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The Imperial Oil Waterdown to Finch Project was a 63 km, 12-in. NPS proactive replacement of the Sarnia Products Pipelin...

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The WBI Energy North Bakken Expansion-Lake Sakakawea HDD was selected as the 2022 Trenchless Technology Project of the Y...

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The manipulation of large and bulky objects is of near constant concern to engineers operating in epicenters of the U.S....

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The Strong-Seal® System offers a complete family of cost-effective engineered products, specifically designed to reh...

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