Southeast Directional Drilling Completes Record Setting HDDs In Trinidad

摘要

When Tempe, AZ-based Southeast Directional Drilling was invited to bid on a job in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, they knew they faced some challenges, The purpose of the project was to move large quantities of gas from offshore to the Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago's newly built LNG plant at Point Fortin, on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad. From here, the LNG was to be loaded into vessels and shipped out for sale. The USD200 million, 56-inch diameter Cross Island Pipeline being built by Bechtel was considered unique because, once completed, it would be the largest diameter pipeline in the Western Hemisphere, Scheduled for completion later this year, the pipeline called for three horizontal directional drills (HDDs) requiring approximately 100 feet of cover.