Last Thursday, the 7th DCA Members’ Forum took place once again in Aachen, attracting over 80 participants from 8 countries to the Novotel in Aachen. The forum focussed on the comparison of the systems ‘Mud motor versus double rod system’. The DCA traditionally invited its members to a get-together at …
This year’s members’ meeting of the association took place on 5 February 2025 as a hybrid event at the Hotel Wardenburger Hof near Oldenburg. The Executive Secretary of the DCA, Mr Quante, welcomed around 60 of the 181 member companies (113 participants). The main point of the meeting was the …
The six HDD presentations at the Oldenburg Pipe Forum last Thursday and Friday and the traditional Drilling Saloon were once again extremely well attended. The new technical guidelines (5th edition) and the Drillforeurope campaign were presented at the DCA stand. Of course, the HDD competition was also a must. Well …
The invitations to the Members’ Meeting of the Drilling Contractors Association (DCA-Europe), which will take place on Wednesday, 5 February 2025 at the Hotel Wardenburger Hof south of Oldenburg, have been sent out via member information. As announced the event will be held as a hybrid event. Registration deadline: 24.01.2025.
The German version of the 5th edition of the Technical Guidelines “Information and recommendations for the planning, construction and documentation of HDD projects” was sent to members in digital form at the beginning of the week. The guidelines can now also be ordered by non-members as a book or in …
Two events will take place at the Schlosshotel Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel with the participation of the DCA: on 10 December 2024, the already fully booked training event according to GW 329 and on 11 December 2024, the HDD training course for clients and planners. Hint: The courses are in German …
The HDD image film has been completed and published. The landing page (www.drillforeurope.com) that was additionally set up to advertise new employees for the HDD industry is also virtually ready to go. Now it is important to ensure that as many interested parties as possible can access the website and …
At the members’ meeting in February this year, president Jorn Stoelinga explained that the issue of “skills shortages” has increasingly become the focus of the DCA. The DCA is therefore planning to create an image film that will be produced over the course of the year and then published on …
Finally, the time had come. On October 9, 2024, a special meeting took place in the cozy bar “11 Nudos” in Barcelona. 22 women from the HDD industry came together to get to know each other and to build networks. This event marked the beginning of a planned series of …
Adam Lisowski from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, presents his master’s thesis on the topic of ‘Accuracy of Horizontal Directional Drilling’. It is about the influence of the steering accuracy during the pilot phase on the pulling forces during pipe installation. The work was supported by the DCA as part …
