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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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Tough Rock Not a Problem
June 2, 2011
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Product Profile: Clear-Bore
April 26, 2011
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Drilling with the Environment
April 26, 2011
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Compact Directional Drilling:
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
Contractor Profile

Having weathered at least two major downturns in business — including the fiber bust of the early 2000s — Mike Wagne...

March 23, 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
Directional Drilling
HDD Key to Construction of Wisconsin Wind Farm

Project owner We Energies received the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing construction of the p...

February 10, 2011
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DRILLMASTER – Maintaining Emissions Compliant Engines — Part 2

The October 2008 issue of Trenchless Technology included an article discussing the role fluids play in the proper operat...

February 10, 2011
Directional Drilling
Benjamin Media & Westrade Group Named to Sell Exhibit Space...

The International Society’s 29th annual Conference and Exhibition, hosted by the Brazil Society for Trenchless Technol...

February 10, 2011
Directional Drilling
No River Too Wide, No Mountain Too High, No Rock...

When Wayne Holden left the rugged, rocky terrain of central Arkansas in 1975 on an adventure that took him nearly 2,000...

January 1, 2011
Directional Drilling
Be Patient: Fiber-to-the-Home Market Shows Promise

We’ve all seen illustrations showing a conventional telecommunications cable — thick as a man’s forearm and contai...

January 1, 2011
Directional Drilling
UIM Conference Gathers in Cleveland

Despite a healthy dose of winter weather, the annual UIM Conference — themed “A Holistic Approach to Water Managemen...

January 1, 2011
Directional Drilling
Are You Properly Insured?

Construction insurance pricing continues to be soft in the current market with rates, after falling precipitously in the...

December 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Gas Transmission Line Installed in India Using HDD

When a project is selected as the “Job of the Year,” you know it was a unique situation that required some serious i...

December 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
The Importance of Bore Planning

Although many HDD jobs don’t require extensive bore planning, there is a great deal of value in taking some basic step...

December 1, 2010
Directional Drilling
Tips for Operating & Maintaining Your Nozzles

David Bradford has been with Shamrock Pipe Tools Inc. for more than 16 years and has seen it all during that time when c...

December 1, 2010
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