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 ...

JT922 horizontal directional drill is easy to set up and operate in tight spaces, Ditch Witch says, yet still has the power for long bores. It holds up to 300 feet of pipe, and the carriage travels at ...

WALHALLA, N.D. When Larry Kotchman first learned of plans to build a crude oil pipeline through Cavalier and Pembina counties, his first thought was the need to protect a valuable and environmentally ...

Efficient drilling in shale reservoirs requires detailed 3-dimensional (3D) horizontal well trajectories. An orthogonal-arc trajectory (OAT) method assumes a single constant curvature in the curved ...

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 ...

Model JT5 horizontal direction drill replaces the Ditch Witch JT520 with design upgrades. The compact HDD can fit through a 36-inch yard gate and is 10 feet long. Carriage thrust force is 4,100 pounds ...

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 ...

US & Canada, March 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new comprehensive report from The Insight Partners, “the global Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Market Size and Forecast (2022 - ...

BreitBurn Energy Partners is making a big investment in horizontal drilling, which hasn’t actually worked for MLPs. BreitBurn thinks it can replicate other energy companies' success in the Permian ...