as the Father of HDD, crossed the Pajaro River in northern California in 1971. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has gained popularity in the power delivery industry for undergrounding ...

Choosing the right size horizontal directional drill (HDD) for utility work can be a real challenge. Trying to manage multiple customers in multiple locations and varying ground conditions can ...

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 ...

A look into the oil patch, more specifically the practices under the ground that pull resources out of the ground, is taking ...

Vermeer puts impressive power in a small footprint with its D60x90 Navigator horizontal directional drill (HDD). The 185-hp unit delivers 9,000 ft.-lbs. of rotational torque and 60,000 lbs. of ...

For more than a century, geothermal energy has quietly provided consistent, low-carbon power to parts of the U.S. Immune to weather disruptions and environmentally clean, it offers a stability few ...

We often hear spokespeople for the oil and natural gas industry talk about how the massive new shale gas and oil resources discovered in recent years were made possible by the wedding of two ...

Saudi Aramco is developing several gas fields in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia by drilling horizontal wells in the Khuff and pre-Khuff tight carbonate and sandstone formations. To date, many ...

Mention the recent surge in oil and natural gas production in the U.S. and one word comes to mind for a lot of people: "fracking." Hydraulic fracturing is a controversial technique that uses water, ...