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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.

Lessons Learned
Andrew Farr
September 1, 2010
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Directional Drilling
Directional Drilling for Environmental Remediation
September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Where Is Mortimer?
September 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Pneumatic Boring Head
August 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Tracking Plastic Pipe
August 1, 2010
Canada
Trenchless Road Show a Success in Toronto

The final stop for the 2010 Trenchless Road Show program was in Toronto, Canada, June 9-10....

August 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Taking the Pulse of the HDD Market

One thing the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) community has learned is that the HDD market is resilient. After bou...

July 1, 2010
Canada
HDD in Nigeria

Chris Frisch and Darwin Wiebe and their HDD team went a long way from home to complete a difficult horizontal directiona...

July 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Pump-less Flow Diversion

The two large interceptor structures at Sand Creek in Colorado Springs, Colo., have been due for a new pipe connection a...

July 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
DRILLMASTER Report

Installing geothermal or ground source heat pump systems to heat and cool homes and businesses is nothing new and has be...

June 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
PCCA 2010 Held in Orlando

More than 350 PCCA members, family and friends made the journey to Orlando, Fla., in March for the 65th annual PCCA Conv...

June 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
HDD in the Bayou

Monty Scruggs with Isaacks Directional Drilling has some basic advice when it comes to large-diameter pipeline installat...

June 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Air Hammer Technology Used on Texas HDD Project

On a pipeline installation near Godley, Texas, pipeline contractor Pumpco Inc. of Giddings, Texas, was contracted to ins...

June 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Groundwater Festival

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May 18, 2010
Directional Drilling
Ground Penetrating Radar:

Development of new technologies in today’s world seems ever more so to move at light speed in many disciplines — uti...

May 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Directional Drilling Safe Practices

Underground utility contractors are familiar with horizontal directional drilling (HDD)....

May 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
HDD Success in Poland

In the Polish city of Kielce, a 76-m long HDPE pipe OD 160 mm had to be laid to the exhibition area....

May 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
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April 6, 2010
Archives
Selecting a Mud Engineer:

Engineering drilling fluids for HDD rigs is becoming more popular — it can be as simple as measuring and monitoring dr...

April 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Electronic Drillmaster

A locating system is an integral part of the HDD process and it represents a substantial investment, ranging from about...

April 1, 2010
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