A pipeline journey across the Danube River

Horizontal Drilling International (HDI), a major international player in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) for the energy market, has completed the works to replace the crude oil import pipelines between stations C1 - C2 and C3 - C4, including the crossing of the Danube River and the Borcea branch, by trenchless method, for CONPET SA, in Romania.

The crossing site was in Fetesti, about 150 km east of Bucharest. This place is well known by Romanian geologists and is used as a site for learning for future geologists, since it has almost all the types of soil that can be found in Romania (rocky and sandy ground).

The project was carried out jointly by the CIS GAZ S.A, Romania, as the leader of the association, and HDI. The contract was concluded on 30 August 2021 for the design and execution of the works, with a deadline for the completion on 15 August 2023. The execution of the works started on 10 May 2022 and was completed four months ahead of schedule.

The scope of work included …

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