The D23x30DR S3 Navigator horizontal directional drill is designed for drilling in rock and taking on the tough jobs in tough ground conditions. It continues the legacy of the S3 badge, delivering on ...

Lee Schroeder, sales manager for the utility infrastructure division at Vermeer, discusses how the company is working to help contractors get directional drill operators up to speed more quickly. Oct ...

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: ...

Crews in Dallas are set to begin boring the Mill Creek Tunnel, a miles-long underground tunnel that will provide flooding relief to parts of the city that have gone underwater during heavy rain.

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was introduced in the late 1980s; the process was not an overnight success. Drill manufacturers spent the initial years explaining to skeptical contractors the ...

Data from Permian basin drilling show the benefits of automation advances. Next-level drilling automation executes steering decisions from the bit guidance system automatically. Slide sequences are ...