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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ditch Witch JT25 is an exceptionally powerful and productive horizontal directional drill designed specifically for—and with input from—the utility contractor. The Ditch Witch JT25 is an ...

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 ...

Ditch Witch brought out its Tier4 Final-compliant horizontal directional drills at the International Construction Utility Equipment Expo in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The Tier 4 Final ...