GeoEngineers’ trenchless experts presented two papers at the recent North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) No-Dig 2011 conference March 28 – 30 in Washington DC. Michelle Ramos and Brian Ranney presented a paper titled Mixing Oil and Water—Lessons learned from oil/gas and municipal projects. This paper presented similarities and differences in design approach between private oil and gas projects and public sector projects on trenchless projects. Drew Sparks co-presented a paper with Paul Bearden of Laney Drilling titled Hydraulic Fracture and Inadvertent Returns Evaluation and HDD Construction—Rheology is Key.
Michelle will continue her involvement in NASTT by serving on the Program Committee for the upcoming 2012 No-Dig Conference in Nashville, TN.