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What Should Drillers Know About WOTUS?

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

Jeremy Verdusco

Jeremy Verdusco

February 16, 2016

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

HammerHead Extraction Cradle

New HDD Extraction Cradles From HammerHead Trenchless

Same Cradles Can be Used With Range of Hammer Sizes

February 5, 2016

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

Baker Hughes LEAP

Baker Hughes First LEAP Field Trial Doubles, Triples Production

Natural Gas Up 200 Percent, Oil Up 300

January 18, 2016

The artificial lift technology is specifically designed for unconventional wells.

David Bardsley

What Puts the ‘Direction’ in Directional Drilling?

David Bardsley

David S. Bardsley

January 1, 2016

In past columns we have discussed the use of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) for remediation well installations, soil sampling using HDD, and HDD drilling fluids and containment. In this article, we look at another of the unique aspects of the technology — locating and navigation.

Cory Baker, Hard Rock Directional Drilling

You Know the Drill: Rising in Rank in HDD

Valerie King

January 1, 2016

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

Olivia Elliot

How Can I Get Gold Shovel Standard Certified?

January 1, 2016

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

George Dugan

Steps to Cut Down on Expensive Horizontal Drilling Frack-Outs

George Dugan

December 1, 2015

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

HammerHead Kevin Smith

HammerHead Trenchless Welcomes New President

Kevin Smith chosen to lead HammerHead Trenchless Equipment

October 29, 2015

New appointee has experience as president of MTI Equipment, another Charles Machine Works company.

Ultimate crew winner

Vermeer Ultimate Crew Winner Announced

B&T Drainage Inc. Bested Three Other Crews

October 2, 2015

Crew wins use of a Vermeer D24x40 S3 NavigatorHDD for one year.

LaValley

New LaValley Tonghand Exit-Side Wrench for HDD Drillers

Increases Torque-Up Safety, Efficiency

October 2, 2015

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

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