WorldWide Drilling Resource

37 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® NOVEMBER 2018 Be sure to look for the WWDR Team in the red jackets at the Groundwater Week Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 3-6, Booth #378. The 45 th Annual Kentucky Blasting Conference is December 6-7, in the Heritage Hall at Lexington Convention Center / Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky. The conference includes technical presentations, workshops, and seminars on blasting meth- ods, materials, and techniques. There’s also an exhibit area to view the latest products and equip- ment. Find out more at www.kyblastingconference.com Where are you planning to go? How about including these shows: See more events at www.worldwidedrillingresource.com online issue. Join WWDR W R Teamwork Pulls Through for Pipeline Project Adapted from Information by Mammoet Mammoet helps clients improve con- struction efficiency by providing solutions for lifting, transporting, installing, and de- commissioning large and heavy structures. The company recently worked alongside OJ Pipelines to conduct a pipe pull project for TransCanada Pipelines. In a remote area near Boundary Lake in Alberta, Canada, TransCanada’s 36-inch natural gas pipeline was installed 2600 feet beneath the Doig River. Work was completed safely and on time, but site conditions were challenging. Careful plan- ning and close collaboration between sub- contractors allowed the teams to work in snow and -35ºF (-37ºC) weather to suc- cessfully deliver the project in just three days. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was used to create the path under the river without disturbing the surrounding area. To lift the pipeline into position, Mammoet utilized a fleet of three Liebherr LTM 1130 mobile cranes, two Liebherr LTM 1090 mobile cranes, and a 100-ton link belt. A specialized harness was used to cradle the pipeline, allowing it to be pulled under the river by the drilling contrac- tor’s boring machine with little resistance. DIR