Horizontal directional drilling - Articles - Page 9

Drilling Fluids Expert Offers Advice for HDD Contractors

April 1, 2016

Contractors in horizontal directional drilling, like in other drilling industries, depend on their fluids management plans to keep current projects moving and new ones coming in.

Subsite Electronics Awards Ditch Witch Midwest

Award Recognizes Dealership Sales Performance

March 9, 2016

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The Top Volume Electronics Dealer Award and Top TK Conversion Salesman Award both went to Ditch Witch Midwest.

What Should Drillers Know About WOTUS?

New Waters of the U.S. Regulations Could Have Major Impact

Jeremy Verdusco

February 16, 2016

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New regulations on hold, but drillers need to be prepared.

New HDD Extraction Cradles From HammerHead Trenchless

Same Cradles Can be Used With Range of Hammer Sizes

February 5, 2016

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With little fabrication or welding needed, drillers can address stuck pipe or tooling right away.

Baker Hughes First LEAP Field Trial Doubles, Triples Production

Natural Gas Up 200 Percent, Oil Up 300

January 18, 2016

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The artificial lift technology is specifically designed for unconventional wells.

You Know the Drill: Rising in Rank in HDD

Valerie King

January 1, 2016

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After graduating high school in the ’90s, Cory Baker started working with pipelines and eventually learned about directional drilling.

How Can I Get Gold Shovel Standard Certified?

Olivia Elliot

January 1, 2016

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Once every minute, underground utilities are unintentionally damaged by utility strikes during excavation work.

Steps to Cut Down on Expensive Horizontal Drilling Frack-Outs

George Dugan

December 1, 2015

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Recently, this author read an article about a horizontal directional drilling contractor who fracked out under a creek.

New LaValley Tonghand Exit-Side Wrench for HDD Drillers

Increases Torque-Up Safety, Efficiency

October 2, 2015

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The new exit-side wrench works with pipe tool joints from 6.5 to 10 inches.

Tips for Calculating Setback in Horizontal Drilling

David S. Bardsley

October 1, 2015

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In a past column, we provided a general overview of horizontal wells and their uses for environmental remediation applications. Now it’s time to get a little more detailed.