DIRECTIONAL DRILLING

Pipeline Crossings, Creek Crossings, Road Crossings and Steel and Poly Lines

If you are looking for a horizontal directional drilling service, call Westoak Directional Drilling Company.  We are proud of our expertise and our track record.  We have a standardized horizontal directional drilling procedure to ensure safety at all times and accurate boring results.  Our drillers have combined 35 years experience in the installation of liquid and gas pipelines, as well as civil infrastructure pipelines such as water and sewer.  Westoak Directional Drilling Company looks forward to continuing to serve the tri-state area!!!

What is Horizontal Directional Drilling (Directional Boring)?

Trenchless technology for installation of pipe underground without impacting the area above the borehole.  Directional boring or horizontal directional drilling is also used in the installation of utility pipelines and conduits. A pilot borehole is drilled along a pre-determined bore path from the surface with minimum disturbance. Directional boring is mainly used for making crossings under rivers, roads, and existing structures, with the purpose of installing pipes and conduits to transport different types of fluids and materials.

Directional boring or horizontal directional drilling is a way to get utilities from one point to another without destroying the existing ground or obstacles that are in between the two points.  Directional drilling goes above and beyond traditional trenching; connecting utilities and services in places that traditional trenching is impossible.

We also have Hydrovac Excavation:

Hydrovac excavation uses a combination high-pressure water and industrial-strength vacuum system to create a trench or a bore.  As the water jet cuts into the soil it creates a slurry that the vacuum system removes simultaneously.  Because the water jet is precise in the vacuum action is simultaneous, disturbance to the adjacent soil is effectively nil. The process is suitable for trenchless projects in surface or subterranean spaces where spatial leeway is extremely limited or nonexistent.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DIRECTIONAL BORING?

*Reduced soil disturbance.
*A single location area can be used to install different pipes.
*Reduces the fractures to existing rock formations.
*Reduces the contamination of groundwater pollution.
*Protects the ecosystem and adjacent areas.
*The directional drill produces twice the amount of oil or gas being extracted.
*Reduces the excavation and shoring costs.
*It is a safer operation than open cut.
*Weather will not impact directly on the process.
*Limited traffic and landscape disruption.  Ideal for sites sensitive to surface disruption  such as heavy roadways, airport runways, golf courses, etc.
*Ability to drill beneath surface obstructions or ongoing site operations.
*Some techniques can be used to replace existing pipes such as asbestos cement, non- reinforced concrete, and PVC conduits.

Westoak Directional Drilling, Inc.

4915 Western Ave.

Woodward, OK 73801

Phone: 580-254-3703

Fax: 580-256-4515