Horizontal Directional Drilling is a trenchless technique of installing underground pipes and conduits that is gaining in popularity. Besides enabling crossings underneath rivers, roads and structures ...

At-a-Glance: Directional drilling in tight reservoirs is a precision workflow that plans, places, and drills long, low-tortuosity laterals within a thin target, while controlling ECD, hole cleaning, ...

I.1 Objective: Drill a collision-safe, high-quality wellbore (low tortuosity, cementable, run-completable) that meets subsurface targets while controlling ECD, vibration, and hole cleaning across all ...

as the Father of HDD, crossed the Pajaro River in northern California in 1971. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has gained popularity in the power delivery industry for undergrounding ...

Beaches Energy Services of Jacksonville Beach, Florida -- along with contractor Heart Utilities of Jacksonville, Florida -- demonstrate directional, horizontal boring, pulling 400 feet of conduit to ...

Drilling in its broadest sense is any process that involves making a circular hole in a solid material or hard surface using a boring tool. With thousands of applications across industries, drilling ...

Choosing the right size horizontal directional drill (HDD) for utility work can be a real challenge. Trying to manage multiple customers in multiple locations and varying ground conditions can ...

A pit-launched, laser-guided tool to install 10- to 14-inch-diameter pipe, the AXIS boring system from Vermeer offers underground contractors a new option for trenchless installation of water and ...