Abstract:Nigeria pipelines especially the petroleum and petroleum product pipelines are always vandalized by the sabotage. Huge amount of money is expended to put the damaged pipeline in good shape, and petroleum and petroleum product transfer is sometimes hampered due to leakages and damages caused by the oil thieves. Also huge money is being budgeted yearly to secure the pipelines. To combat this problem, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is being proposed.
HDD is a method of installing underground… Show more
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