Who Invented Directional Boring?

The Beginning. Horizontal directional drilling is an idea Cherrington first conjured up in the early 1960s when he was working for a utility installation company in Los Angeles. While out on a job, he witnessed another company doing some work nearby, using a hand-held air drill for a gas line installation.

Who created directional drilling?

The method, an outgrowth of the oil well drilling technology, was reportedly first developed in the early 1970s by Titan Construction, of Sacramento, California.

How long has directional boring been around?

Directional drilling has come a long way since its origins. Through most of the 1800s, wells ostensibly went in only one direction—straight down. It was in the 1920s that the industry first became aware of wellbore deviation of appar- ently vertical holes.