by admin-optimum-549 | Feb 16, 2023 | Oil & Gas
Beautiful blue skies in southern France on Friday for SUBTERRA’s successful installation of a DN300 HDD gas pipeline under the Garonne River, the second of 2 parallel 364-metre-long crossings. Crossing the Garonne was another important step in Teréga’s network renewal...
by admin-optimum-549 | Feb 9, 2023 | Oil & Gas
Great to have accompanied Teréga for another HDD project successfully completed this week in Sauternes. The 350-metre-long DN200 pipe passed under a protected natural area and through fractured limestone crags in the heart of the region’s vineyards. OPTIMUM engineers...
by admin-optimum-549 | Dec 1, 2022 | Corporate
Avoiding breakouts is one of the biggest challenges in HDD work, especially in rural and protected environments. Ensuring the drill path is adapted to both the geology of the site and the pipe being installed is key. OPTIMUM engineers model ground behaviour before...
by admin-optimum-549 | Oct 27, 2022 | Electricity
Proud to have accompanied RTE throughout the Pont VII to Sainville trenchless crossing, now successfully installed. Drilling the curved 240m long HDD under an SNCF freight line in a heavily congested overground and underground environment called for the highest levels...
by admin-optimum-549 | Oct 6, 2022 | Oil & Gas
Sunny skies last week on the Côte d’Azur for the successful HDD installation of GRTgaz’s DN100 gas pipeline under the Marseille to Ventimiglia railway line in La Ciotat. Finding the right drill path was the key challenge for this project, since the crossing is in a...