Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)

Fenog carries out non-vertical drilling with skill and precision. HDD enables high performance drilling, without disturbing the environment and leaving only a small cost of clean up afterwards, without exposing clients to risk of grievance.

Benefits to HDD technology to clients include:

• Reduce construction time
• Saves expensive or historic landscapes and structures
• Reduce impact on resident and business around construction site
• Decrease overall surface disturbance

Fenog uses state of the art HDD equipment in all its HDD operations an Fenog's staff are adept at implementation of HDD technology. Fenog ensures that directional drillers are advised by engineers and geologists prior to the commencement of any non-vertical drilling.

A record in Africa

Fenog set a record in Africa when the company attained 1631 metres of HDD to a depth of 40 ft, during the Escravos/Warri Gas to Liquid project, which was the expansion of the Escravos/Lagos gas pipeline. Directional drilling crossed below the Escravos River allowing it to stay open where conventional drilling would have meant river closure for approximately 9 months.