Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is challenging and difficult work fraught with unknown obstacles. While it's not possible to eliminate every obstacle, bore planning software tools developed ...

Additionally, directional drilling allows for multiple wells from the same vertical well bore, minimizing the wells' environmental impact. Improvements in drilling sensors and global positioning ...

Like laparoscopic surgery for the earth, horizontal directional drilling (or HDD) doesn’t require digging open a large area like a shaft or a bore pit to get started. Instead, the drill can ...