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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.
Failure Analysis of Drill Rod Fracture During Large-Diameter HDD Pipeline Reaming
Awadh O. Al-Oadah, PhD and Misfer S. Al-Zahrani, BSE
October 14, 2026