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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.

Drill Master: Monitoring What’s Down There
Andrew Farr
December 1, 2000
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Directional Drilling
Drill Master: What’s the Problem?
October 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: How to Plan a Proper Bore
August 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Shaking it Up
June 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Interference: The Invisible Obstacle
April 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Drilling Fluids With Solids Removal Systems

As more utility contractors are moving up to larger rigs, they are also moving toward the use of solids removal (solids...

February 1, 2000
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: What’s Next For Locating Technology

In the past few years, there has been incredibly innovative technological advancements in the horizontal directional dri...

December 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Plunger Mud Pumps vs. Piston Mud Pumps

The mud pump used on most directional boring machines is either of the piston/liner or plunger/packing technology....

October 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Pitch & Roll: Keys to Tracking

A modern horizontal directional drilling machine is a combination of several different systems, and every directional dr...

August 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Pushing Forward — An Inventive Method of Reaming

We all know what "back reaming" is-make a bore, remove the bit, install a back reamer or hole opener and ream back to th...

June 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Locating’s True Depths

It is often debated whether the locator or the drill operator is in charge of directionally drilling a pilot hole. The t...

April 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Drilling Fluid Properties

Bentonite-based drilling fluids are used in both vertical and horizontal drilling. The desirable drilling fluid properti...

February 1, 1999
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Getting the Most From Your Directional Mud Motor

Directional mud motors are the most proven and common method utilized by HDD contractors to complete installations in ha...

December 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: The Dollars & Sense of Mud Recovery and...

The benefits of pumping greater volumes of fluid (mud) while boring are rapidly gaining favor from most horizontal direc...

October 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Fluid Volumes — How Much is Enough?

There seems to be a certain amount of confusion about the role of drilling fluids in horizontal directional drilling, es...

August 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Taking Care of Business

In a short time, some drilling contractors have grabbed hold of the technology and are making really good money....

June 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: What to Consider When Purchasing a Locating System

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

April 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: Four-Square Drilling

When a contractor calls about a drilling fluid problem, he's sometimes surprised when we seem to ask questions about wha...

February 1, 1998
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: While We’re Making Things Cleaner for a Better...

One of the hot new topics in the horizontal directional drilling industry today is fluids recirculation and reclamation....

October 1, 1997
Directional Drilling
Drill Master: How to Poison a Pump

Expendables such as valves, plungers, packing, pistons and liners are exactly that: expendable. Over time these items wi...

August 1, 1997
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