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Directional Drilling

New techniques enable crews to drill around natural or man-made obstructions for oil and gas. These same methods are used to sample underground pollutants and bury service lines

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 270 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Directional Drilling” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 270 No. 5 (), p. 82
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0594-82