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Texas Eastern tests directional drilling in Little Missouri crossing

Patrick Becker

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This article discusses the replacement of Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Company's 24-inch War Emergency Pipeline (WEP) crossing the Little Missouri River near Prescott, Arkansas. It was the company's first experience with horizontal directionally drilled river crossing and represented a test case for future river-crossing applications. Initially two methods for pipe installation were considered: conventional dredging and horizontal directional drilling. The most economical method of pipe installation proved to be the horizontal directionally drilled method. The article discusses the installation of this river crossing.

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Key concepts: Directional drilling, Drilling, Dredging, Pipeline (software), Trenchless technology, Pipeline transport, Engineering, Geology