HDD & directional drilling consulting in Texas

Directional drilling consulting in Texas

Texas has a lot of directional drilling: fiber builds, fast-growing metro areas, utility work and long rural runs. It also has some of the most varied ground in the country, which is where most of the trouble comes from.

A team of consultants can look at a profile before you bid, pressure-test production on a long fiber route,, get on a video call while a bore is in trouble, or come out to the job.

What we can help with

The same consulting we offer everywhere, with the local conditions in mind:

Ground conditions

• Gulf Coast & Houston area. Fat, expansive clays and high groundwater — fluid choice, hole stability and pullback loads matter.
• Hill Country & Central Texas. Limestone near the surface in many areas — rock tooling, slower production and steering in hard ground.
• West Texas. Caliche and hard layers, dry ground and long distances to water for drilling fluid.
• River bottoms. Sand and gravel near the big rivers, with lost-returns and frac-out risk.

General conditions only. Every site is different — send what you know about yours.

Permits & approvals

Texas811 locates, TxDOT utility-accommodation rules for state right-of-way, and city or county permits in town. Pipeline corridors add their own crossing agreements. We help plan the bore around them; the permits stay with the owner or contractor.

Typical crossings

• State highways and farm-to-market roads
• Bayous, creeks and rivers
• Railroads
• Pipeline corridors
• Dense metro streets and subdivisions

Time zones & remote consults

Texas is one hour ahead of Helena (Central Time; El Paso is on Mountain Time, same as us), so the whole workday overlaps. Video from the rig, the pit or the returns works well for troubleshooting; plans, profiles and bid documents can be reviewed between calls, with written recommendations after each session.

Units & documents

US customary units — feet, inches, PSI, GPM.

On your job site

We're glad to travel. A consultant can come to your site for planning, troubleshooting or training, working alongside the local engineer and contractor of record — scope and travel costs agreed up front. Consulting is field-experience based and doesn't replace a licensed engineer's stamped design.

Questions

Can you help on a Texas rock bore that's falling behind?

Yes. Call while the rig is on site — remote troubleshooting by video can often start the same day.

Will you come out to a Texas job site?

Yes. We'll come to your site or work it remotely by phone and video. Travel costs are agreed up front.