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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.

Directional Drilling in the Oilsands in Alberta, Canada
Kelly Foos
August 30, 2011
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Directional Drilling
John Crowe Appointed President & CEO of Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed
August 30, 2011
Directional Drilling
American Augers Holds First-Ever Customer Day
July 20, 2011
Directional Drilling
Water Upgrades in Carpinteria, California
July 20, 2011
Directional Drilling
Missouri HDD Contractor
July 20, 2011
Directional Drilling
Getting the Right Drill Pipe Is Key to Your HDD...

When it comes to a directional drilling project, no part of the job gets more down and dirty and outright abused than th...

June 29, 2011
Directional Drilling
Hammer Time!

Making a living in directional drilling is never easy, however, once in a great while a bore so challenging arises that...

June 29, 2011
Canada
Area Drilling & Boring Expertise a Vital Resource to Marcellus...

Area drilling and boring specialists can make it easier for pipeline contractors to deal with geological unknowns and ag...

June 29, 2011
Directional Drilling
The Ins and Outs of the Inlet Manifold System of...

The majority of problems occurring with reciprocating pumps originate on the suction side of the pump. The term “sucti...

June 29, 2011
Directional Drilling
Application of Trenchless in Multilaterally Funded Urban Infrastructure Projects in...

Urban infrastructure projects, owing to their physical locations, are prone to the risk of time and cost overruns. Such...

June 29, 2011
Directional Drilling
SAERTEX multiCom GmbH Expands Production Capacities

SAERTEX multiCom GmbH has seen encouraging increases in orders in recent years. To continue warranting its usual short-t...

June 8, 2011
Directional Drilling
Utility Locating with Ground Penetrating Radar:

In the trenchless world, taking a step onto any jobsite comes with certain risks. With so many active and abandoned util...

June 2, 2011
Directional Drilling
Tough Rock Not a Problem

As far as jobsites go, it doesn’t get much more beautiful than drilling on the coastal bluffs of northern California....

June 2, 2011
Directional Drilling
Product Profile: Clear-Bore

Simply put, drilling fluid originated as water, revolutionized in to mud and refined to bentonite — and is now the sta...

April 26, 2011
Directional Drilling
Drilling with the Environment

When Bortech Co. Inc’s HDD crew began working on a project for National Grid in Malden, Mass., it never anticipated wo...

April 26, 2011
Directional Drilling
Compact Directional Drilling:

As part of its system maintenance program in Colorado, Xcel Energy is in the process of replacing a significant portion...

April 26, 2011
Directional Drilling
Pipe Inspections Target Sewer Cross Bores in Minnesota

In February 2010, a St. Paul, Minn.-home exploded as a plumber was snaking out a clogged sewer lateral.The reason? A gas...

April 26, 2011
Directional Drilling
Challenging HDD Project in Trinidad Completed

Not all horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractors are created equally. That much was clear last fall in the Repu...

March 23, 2011
Directional Drilling
Northwest Boring Receives Microtunneling Award

Northwest Boring Co. Inc. (NWB) of Woodinville, Wash., was awarded the prestigious 2011 Microtunnel Achievement Award fr...

March 23, 2011
Directional Drilling
Mud System Buying: Do Your Homework

When the economy took a nosedive in 2008, contractors pulled back on their spending on equipment, deciding to maintain t...

March 23, 2011
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