From the latest issue of Trenchless International Magazine
The Treasure Island Project in Russia used HDD to install an oil transport pipeline under the Kama River and, like the Robert Stevenson story of the same title, involved an island, oil – the modern world’s treasure, and daring adventures had by the drilling crew.
In 1976, in the Public of Tatarstan, Russia, several scenic islands were formed in the Menzelinsk region by artificially elevating the water level of the Kama River. In order to extract oil from one of the islands and bring it to the mainland, a lengthy process was followed that entailed pumping the raw materials into a truck, transporting the truck by barge to the mainland, and then driving the truck to a collection station.
The client, Oil Drilling Company, wanted to streamline this process; however, it wasn’t until oil prices on the world market increased to $US100 per barrel that the company decide...
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Mon, 14 May 2012
A proposed American Society for Testing and Materials standard is currently being developed for single-sized cured-in-place liners.
Fri, 4 May 2012
Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has set up the Aqua Research Centre, its first water treatment research and development centre located outside of Japan, at national water agency PUB’s WaterHub in Singapore.
Tue, 1 May 2012
Mexico’s largest tunnel boring machine, a 10.2 m diameter Robbins earth pressure balance, has successfully excavated 7.7 km of tunnel in highly variable ground including watery clays, cobbles, and large boulders.
Fri, 27 April 2012
Sydney Water is investing $US22.2 million to fund five years of research into the best methods, models and tools to minimise concrete renewals for Sydney's wastewater network.
Thu, 26 April 2012
Don’t miss out on the China Hong Kong Society for Trenchless Technology’s upcoming event on trenchless technologies, to be held on 27 April 2012 from 2–5.15 pm at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.
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