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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.

HDD in Marcellus Country: Where ‘Boring’ Means Exciting
Andrew Farr
November 22, 2011
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Directional Drilling
HDD Used to Drill Under Texas Golf Course
November 22, 2011
Directional Drilling
The Advantages of Rock Drilling with Pneumatic Hammers
November 22, 2011
Applications
Improving Management of Liquid HDD Waste
October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
HDD Vital to Flood Relief Project in Minnesota
October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
OnGrade Sewer Installations Using HDD By Richard Levings

There are many current methods of installing sewer ongrade including open-cut, microtunneling, auger boring, pipe jackin...

October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
IPLOCA Meets in Beijing

The International Pipe Line & Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) held its 45th annual convention Sept. 12-16 at t...

October 27, 2011
Directional Drilling
Oval Profile Sewer Rehabbed Near Entrance to Vienna

In Vienna, a 1,550-m mixed water sewer is currently being rehabilitated using light-curing GFRP pipe liners. The project...

September 29, 2011
Directional Drilling
Remediation Beneath California Tank Farm:

Horizontal directional drilling has long been established as a viable, even preferred, technology for installing remedia...

September 21, 2011
Directional Drilling
Afghan SBU Flies Below Bagram Airfield

Many of today’s trenchless projects are in challenging conditions, but completing a crossing in a war zone adds a new...

September 21, 2011
Directional Drilling
HDD Tooling: Is Renting an Option for You?

One goal of every contractor is to save time and money when and where they can. In an industry that has seen a decrease...

August 30, 2011
Directional Drilling
Products Offer Design-Build Contractor Extra Security

North Bay Village, Fla., is a small community near Miami that resides entirely on islands between the mainland and the b...

August 30, 2011
Canada
Directional Drilling in the Oilsands in Alberta, Canada

The community of Fort McMurray is located and administered by the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Cana...

August 30, 2011
Directional Drilling
John Crowe Appointed President & CEO of Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed

Saint-Gobain has announced the appointment of John Crowe as president and CEO of both Saint-Gobain Corp. and CertainTee...

August 30, 2011
Directional Drilling
Missouri HDD Contractor

Jim Shippen, owner and president of Shippen Construction Co., headquartered in Trenton, Mo., is optimistic. Having survi...

July 20, 2011
Directional Drilling
American Augers Holds First-Ever Customer Day

American Augers, based in West Salem, Ohio, has been a mainstay in the trenchless technology market since its early days...

July 20, 2011
Directional Drilling
Water Upgrades in Carpinteria, California

In 2010, the Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) began installing a new water transmission pipeline to increase gro...

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
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