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Hunting Drill Pipe Now Available On Ditch Witch Drills
As part of an expanded commitment to serve customer demand, Hunting Trenchless has partnered with The Charles Machine Works Inc. to supply Hunting one-piece forged drill pipe to the Ditch Witch organization. This pipe will be marketed as the Power Pipe Forged line of drill pipe... a comprehensive drill pipe product line and provide our customers a full line of directional drill pipe...
HDD Activities Can Resume at One Mariner East 2 Site
), which suspended horizontal direction drilling at Shoen Road Drill 360 (Shoen Road drill) as part... drill impacted water supplies at locations in West Whiteland and Uwchlan Townships, Chester County. DEP has since reviewed the company’s request to restart this drill, including information submitted... of the COA. Therefore, drilling can commence once required notices are provided to DEP, the Townships...
Melfred Borzall adds new transmitter housing for mini drill rigs
are available to adapt to different drill rigs, as well as increase the life of the housing. Bolt-holes...
Ditch Witch Boosts Drill Power With JT60, JT60 Upgrades
,” said Seth Matthesen, Ditch Witch senior product manager, directional drills. Both drill models... challenging underground conditions. With the smallest footprint in its class, the machines drill through...
Hard Rock Directional Completes 8,414-Foot Intersect Drill Under Midland, Texas
and the amount of fluid we had coming back.” Intersect solution Two Vermeer drill rigs were... and limestone. The drill units used 8-inch mud motors. Twelve-and-three-quarter-inch bits were used to ensure... on this particular crossing.” The large drill rig pulled in the pipe within 23 hours. “We did not have...
Deep Drill Solves City’s Water Main Crisis
Series II Navigator horizontal directional drill. Established in 2002, Track Utilities’ crews have... recently completed one with the same drill, a couple weeks before, that was installing 1,100 feet..., Mace and his crews employed their D80x100 Series II drill, one of five Vermeer horizontal drills they currently have in their equipment fleet. “We chose this drill because it’s...
NEXUS Pipeline Construction Can Begin
). At sites where the drill path passes through unconsolidated material based on previous geotechnical... and re-design the drill path to remain in bedrock over the entire length of the drill. ...
Pipeline Border Crossing
;long” might differ from contractor to contractor, few will dispute that a 5,000 foot drill is a very... pipeline work,” he says. Today, Dolan Directional Drilling has the capabilities to drill bores.... In the gas industry, Dolan says most contractors either trench or directional drill. Over the years... trenchers and auger boring equipment. “We can do directional bores, auger bores and trenching...
Two Ways Utility Contractors Can Transfer Risk
By Peter Kuntz Utility contractors face enormous risks in performing their work. These can include... be performing. So how do you better protect your company? The two most common risk transfer methods... agreements that can be considered for contractual risk transfer: Broad Form indemnity is the most... contractors’ pollution liability be provided by the subcontractors. This can create a dilemma for the prime...
Drilling Fluids And Polymers: Equipment Spotlight
. 800.548.7055, wyoben.com Baroid Industrial Drilling Products EZ-MUD GOLD clay and shale stabilizer...Drilling fluids and polymers from CETCO Drilling Products, Wyo-Ben, Baroid Industrial Drilling...; works best in a moderate pH range, 8.5 to 10, which enhances performance and does not water-wet clay and shale formations being penetrated. It mixes easily and can be added directly into caisson bores...
Editor's Log: Tragedy Can Create Positive Change
the opportunity. He encouraged people to reflect upon “what you can do at your companies so that what... a positive example for all people in the underground construction and rehabilitation industry. We can only...
Informative Seminars and Innovative Equipment Await UCT Attendees
will be held in the exhibit hall, so you can stay close to the people, equipment and technologies you need... the full program, secure your hotel room and register at UCTonline.com. We can’t wait to see you at UCT... if you’re not a golfer; you can select the “networking/food-only” option when registering. Sponsorships...-rental agencies—are available to whisk you into downtown Fort Worth. Once you’re there, you can get...
Underground Construction Technology: Registration is Open!
. If you’re in the business of fiber-optic installation, HDD equipment and related services will be on display. Is inflow and infiltration the bane of your existence? UCT has you covered, with an I&... hall, to help you mitigate these types of losses. We’re happy to announce that there will be another... reception. We will announce the UCT 2022 inductees in a few weeks. Tickets for the HDD Reunion can...
Utilities to Conduct Storm Restoration Drill to Help Prepare Employees for Real-Life Events
they will conduct a training drill this week to test the companies’ storm restoration process for when... to storm outage duty on responses to major events, the drill will take place at Ohio Edison’s... the drill. As part of the training scenario, the company will send messages about the drill thru its social.... This is the third drill for Ohio Edison and Penn Power in the last several years. ...
Fiber Project Pushes Through Difficult Ground Conditions, Environmental Challenges
fields long is a substantial task. But when you add in both volcanic and clay ground conditions... and then mix new mud to drill through the changed conditions. Then, they would need to retool and repeat... was through hard volcanic rock, with scattered pockets of clay along the route. The rock would test the horsepower limitations of any machine, but the clay pockets complicated matters further. Each time crew...
- Boring machine 'Chessie' resumes drilling at Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel site after anchor incident
- Guam contractor faces $1 million fine over repeated trench safety violations, OSHA investigation reveals
- Fusion in paradise
- CIPP rehabilitation of pressurized pipelines
- Submit abstracts for UIC's 30th anniversary education program