Drilling horizontally under the ground veers away from the traditional cut and cover installation. Installing pipes and utilities this way, on a predetermined path, is considered to be more beneficial ...

In Part 1 we discussed why there is rapid expansion of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) for undergrounding transmission and distribution line; mainly to prevent storm-related and wildfire outages ...

This course is designed for drilling, production and operations engineers, field supervisors, toolpushers, managers and technical support personnel This course builds a firm foundation in the ...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

Horizontal directional drill (HDD) giants Ditch Witch and Vermeer both report a strong market for directional drills and continue to invest in technology for their customer bases, including dual rod ...

Directional drilling has been an integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the same: ...

Several Russian oil field case histories have demonstrated that expandable-profile tubulars or pipes have proven to be an effective way to control formation caving and sloughing problems in ...

The popularity of ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) among homeowners has been on the rise in recent years. According to industry sources, much of the growth (10-20 percent during each of the past 10 ...

74-hp, first-generation-Toro directional drill packs 20,000 lbs of pullback force and 2,400 ft.-lb. rotary torque into a small footprint The DD2024 horizontal directional drill combines 20,000 lbs of ...

Vermeer's D8x12 Navigator horizontal directional drill is sized to work in tight spaces for small service installations, offers a low noise emission level of 85 dBA and can fit through a 36-in. gate ...

Missouri's directional-drilling crews must visually locate, or “day light” the location of, all utilities being crossed through hand digging or with a hydro-excavation system. But on a bore in July ...