Faced with various challenges surrounding how to avoid delaying the property redevelopment without compromising the efficacy of their remedial solution, the consultant began evaluating their potential options.
Directional Technologies understands that no two sites are the same and there is no one-size-fits-all approach that will work effectively for every project. In this article, we review two projects of drastically different scales to demonstrate how horizontal wells solved challenges for both the consultants and their clients and provided cost-effective solutions.
The proposed footprint of a new hangar building meant that the existing horizontal extraction well would have to be decommissioned and a new remediation well needed to be installed at a nearby location.
Why some of the best in the industry turn to horizontal wells when they need a solution that performs better and more quickly.
Solutions for a groundwater contaminant plume that was spreading over a wide area and was migrating toward a nearby surface water.
Faced with the urgent need to remediate beneath an active runway at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City, Lou Fournier, Ph.D. of Star Environmental, Inc. contacted Directional Technologies, Inc. to install the first horizontal wells using mid-sized directional drilling rigs. His innovative approach to this pivotal project helped create the horizontal remediation industry as we know it today.
Installation of horizontal remediation wells with directional drilling prevented an estimated 200 hours of manufacturing downtime.
To achieve the remedial goals for the consultants and their client, horizontal wells were used as the solution. They provided an alternative to typical remedial technologies with less of an impact to both the site and the general public.
Horizontal wells are utilized for many diverse remedial methods: air/oxygen/ozone sparge, soil vapor extraction (SVE), multiphase extraction (MPE), in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) injection, bio-amendment injection, thermal remediation, hydraulic control, and more.
Expedited installation of horizontal sub-slab soil vapor extraction wells provides a quick solution to an emergency vapor intrusion site.
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