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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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Understanding the benefits of these advancements in technology and implementing them correctly on the jobsite can help H...

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With ever increasing costs of drilling fluids and their disposal, solids control seems to be a hot topic for a long time...

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NWA Fiber Communications Focuses on All Aspects of Fiber Projects

“If we touch a project, we own it” is the motto Chris Ward, owner of NWA Fiber Communications, has built his...

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The WBI Energy North Bakken Expansion-Lake Sakakawea HDD was selected as the 2022 Trenchless Technology Project of the Y...

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Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is one of the most efficient, and accurate forms of drilling that contractors use ...

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The manipulation of large and bulky objects is of near constant concern to engineers operating in epicenters of the U.S....

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Pipeline construction methodology is making waves off the coast of Oregon. The HDD Co. recently completed construction o...

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