Services

Directional Drilling

While conventional trenching used to be the go-to solution, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is now the top alternative to conventional trenching. With HDD, you have the flexibility to drill below roadways, bodies of water, environmentally sensitive areas like wetlands, and other obstructions. For the installation of gas, electric, telecommunications and water/sewer lines for utility companies and minimal disturbance to the surface, Horizontal Directional Drilling is the best solution.

How It’s Done

To accomplish Horizontal Directional Drilling, continuous sections of drill pipe, specially designed drill bits, and survey equipment are all implemented. Once underground, the drill bit and pipe can be steered within certain limits. After the bit resurfaces at the target, a reaming bit is outfitted on the end of the drill pipe. By pulling this back through the existing pilot hole, this process allows sequentially larger reamers to be used to prepare the bore hole for pipe insertion. Otherwise known as pre-reaming, this process can be repeated to provide the correct hole diameter and stability required. After pre-reaming, the drill head is then connected to the pipeline or conduit using a specialized pulling head which then is pulled through the bore hole back to the start point, completing the job.

Throughout the entire process, a wire-line locating system sends guidance information to the drill operator. A down-hole data logging package allows us to monitor multiple drilling parameters, including hole pressures, in real time. This helps to prevent tooling failure and mitigates irregular discharges.

    Benefits

  • Minimal damage to landscape
  • Environmentally sensitive
  • Cost-efficient
  • Directional possibilities
  • Quick turn-around time
  • Limited traffic disruption

    Applications

  • Communication Lines
  • Fiber-Optic Lines
  • Utility lines
  • Water lines
  • Sewer lines
  • Gas lines

Work History

  • WHC Energy Services, Inc.
    Directional bores 4,000 feet of 8″ pipe
    Houston, TX
  • Directional Bores 35,490 feet of 12″ pipe
    Eunice, LA to Liberty, TX.
    NuStar
  • Directional Bores and HDD’s 12,344.8 feet of 12″ pipe
    Baytown, TX
  • Enterprise Echo Distribution System Project
    Directional Bores and HDD’s 25,632 feet of 24″ pipe
    1 drill of 4,875 feet
    Pasadena, TX
  • Directional Bores and HDD’s 16914 feet of 30″ pipe
    Beaumont, TX
  • Directional bore 1305 feet of 24″ pipe
    Zachary, LA
  • Spirit Pipeline – 6″ Pipe
    Sprint Pipeline
    Directional bore 2,600 feet of 6″ pipe
    Orange, TX
  • Directional bore 9,935 feet of Dual 8″ pipe
    Sulphur, LA
  • Directional bores 3,000 feet of 8″ pipe
    Houston, TX
  • Directional bores 2,500 feet of 8″ pipe
    Port Lavaca, TX
  • Directional bore 800 feet of 10″ pipe
    Directional bore 470 feet of 12″ pipe
    Port Arthur, TX
  • Larrett Energy
    Directional bores 15,000 feet of 8″ and 12″ pipe
    Carrizo Springs, TX
  • HDD’s 2218 feet of 30″ pipe
    Cypress, TX
  • THI Contractors, LLC
    HDD 1,399 feet of 8″ pipe
    Westlake, LA
  • Directional bores 565 feet of 18″ pipe
    Thibodeaux, LA
  • HDD 23,061 feet of 12″ pipe
    Plaquemine, LA
  • Directional bore 420 feet of 16″
    Sulphur, LA
  • Direct Tech Drilling – Texas Horizontal Directional Drilling | Troy Construction
    Troy Construction – 24″ Pipe
    Troy Construction
    Directional bore 1,381 feet of 24″ pipe
    Sealy, TX
  • Directional Bores 2,400 feet of 24″ pipe
    Mont Belvieu, TX
  • Strike Construction
    Directional bore 3,400 feet of 8″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Directional bores 4,000 feet of 8″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Blackhawk Construction
    Directional bore 460 feet of 10″ pipe
    Mont Bellvieu, TX
  • Sun Midstream Services, LLC
    Directional bore 774 feet of 14″ pipe
    Westlake, LA 770663
  • Triple S Industrial
    Directional bore 1694 feet of 30″ pipe
    Nederland, TX
  • Willbros Construction – 36″ Pipe
    Willbros Construction
    Directional bores 3,486 feet of 12″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Directional Bores 1,025 feet of 30″ pipe
    Jones Creek, TX
  • Directional Bores 2,000 feet of 36″ pipe
    Jones Creek, TX
  • Driver Pipeline
    Directional bores 8,173 feet of 16″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Directional bores 400 feet of 24″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Double Eagle Energy Services
    Directional bore 6,000 feet of 10″ pipe
    Coushatta, LA
  • Directional bore 1,365 feet of 24″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Directional bore 3,248 feet of 24″ pipe
    Coushatta, LA
  • Tanner Construction
    Directional bore 3,245 feet of 8″ pipe
    Liberty, TX
  • Directional bore 1,149 feet of 12″ pipe
    1,060 feet of 16″ pipe
    590 feet of 8″ pipe
    Freeport, TX
  • Directional bore 1,327 feet of 24″ pipe
    Jennings, LA
  • Lott Contractors
    Directional bore 2,500 feet of 12″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • Directional bore 1,960 feet 12″ pipe
    Liberty, TX
  • Directional bore 338 feet of 16″ pipe
    Lake Charles, LA
  • Directional bore 475 feet of 16″ pipe
    Lake Charles, LA
  • Directional bore 250 feet 12″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • T&R; Pipeline
    Directional bore 3,000 feet of 6“ pipe
    Katy, TX
  • Houston Pipe Line Company
    Directional bore 1,536 feet of 2″ pipe
    Silsbee, TX
  • Hollingsworth
    Directional bore 1,497 feet of 24″ pipe
    Mansfield, LA
  • USA Environmental/City of New Orleans
    Directional bore 2,950 feet of side by side 18″ and 24″ pipe
    Chalmette, LA
  • Ranger Field Services
    Directional bore 5000 feet of 12″ pipe
    Clayton, LA
  • Trinity Utilities and Boring
    Directional bore 719 feet of 12″ pipe
    Tuttle, OK
  • Directional bore 1785 feet of 12″ pipe
    Stanley, ND
  • Directional bore 7506 feet of 16″ pipe
    Keene, ND
  • Directional bore 721 feet of 20″ pipe
    Austin, TX
  • Benton Equipment Company
    Directional bore 1,077 feet of 8″ pipe
    Grand Cane, LA
  • Terry Hebert Inspection
    Directional bore 14,000 feet of 8″ pipe
    Plaquemine, LA
  • Ritter Construction
    Directional bores 3,000 feet of 8″ pipe
    Daisetta, TX
  • Courtney Construction
    Directional bores 3,000 feet of 8″ pipe
    Logansport, LA
  • Midstates Petroleum
    Directional bores 6,000 feet of 10″ pipe
    DeQuincy, LA
  • Sunland Construction – 18″ Pipe
    Sunland Construction
    Directional bores 11,000 feet of 18″ pipe
    Sulphur, LA
  • Wyatt Construction
    Directional bores 2,500 feet of 8″ pipe
    Pawhuska, OK
  • Boardwalk
    Directional Bores 3,000 feet of 6″ pipe
    Sulphur, LA
  • EMS Global – 24″ Pipe
    EMS Global
    Directional Bores 10,500 feet of 24″ pipe
    Houston, TX
  • Dolan Directional Drilling
    Directional Bores and HDD’s 3,611 feet of 6″ pipe
    Caldwell, TX
  • MPG Pipeline Contractors, LLC
    HDD 724 feet of 8″ pipe
    Carlyss, LA
  • Progressive Pipeline
    Directional bores and HDD’s 3913 feet of 30″
    Vidor, TX
  • Directional bore 1241 feet of 24″
    Spring, TX
  • Directional bore 7976 feet of 30″
    Nederland, TX
  • Enterprise Products – 24″ Pipe
    Blake D. Hines Construction
    Directional bore 1626 feet of 30″ pipe
    Lake Charles, LA