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 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 ...

Inherent risks exist in any construction project, particularly when installing an underground transmission line. Project partners often run into unexpected encounters when working beneath the earth’s ...

New, automated closed-loop steering devices are significantly reducing deviations from ideal wellpath in horizontal wells. These devices immediately counteract deviations from the planned path through ...

Using indices to describe and compare drilling complexity and analyzing the efficiency of the energy applied to formations while drilling can improve performance. The first part of this series ...

The N.W.T. government wants the company installing the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link, Ledcor, to be able to draw water from the nearby Mackenzie River. The purpose? To support a "large" horizontal ...