INFRASTRUCTURE

Intersecting halfway… 120ft below Nueces Bay

What does it take to complete a 30in pipeline bore spanning nearly 15,000ft underwater

Christine Smith
 A Vermeer D1000x900 Navigator horizontal directional drill rig was used by Hard Rock Directional Drilling to install a 15,000ft, 30in diameter pipeline

A Vermeer D1000x900 Navigator horizontal directional drill rig was used by Hard Rock Directional Drilling to install a 15,000ft, 30in diameter pipeline

At the moment when project supervisors with NuStar Energy LP finished sharing details of the Nueces Bay underground pipeline project with Tom Forconi, division manager at Hard Rock Directional Drilling,...

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