Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of diverse ...

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 ...

Directional drilling has been an integral part of the oil and gas industry since the 1920s. While the technology has improved over the years, the concept of directional drilling remains the same: ...

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 ...

Several Russian oil field case histories have demonstrated that expandable-profile tubulars or pipes have proven to be an effective way to control formation caving and sloughing problems in ...

Ditch Witch replaces its JT4020 with a 60,000-lb.-thrust directional drill that has a patented two-pipe drilling system Ditch Witch replaced its JT4020 directional drill with the new JT60, that can be ...

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 ...