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{{Short description|Practice of drilling non-vertical bores}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} [[File:Ditchwitch jt4020 mach1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A horizontal directional drill in operation]] [[File:Contour map software screen snapshot of isopach map for 8500ft deep OIL reservoir with a Fault line.jpg|thumb| A structure map generated by [[contour map]] software for an {{convert|8500|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} gas and [[oil reservoir]] in the Erath field, [[Vermilion Parish]], [[Erath, Louisiana]]. The left-to-right gap, near the top of the [[contour map]] indicates a [[fault line]]. This fault line is between the blue/green contour lines and the purple/red/yellow contour lines. The thin red circular contour line in the middle of the map indicates the top of the oil reservoir. Because gas floats above oil, the thin red contour line marks the gas/oil contact zone. Directional drilling would be used to target the gas and [[oil reservoir]].]] '''Directional drilling''' (or '''slant drilling''') is the practice of drilling non-vertical [[oil well|bore]]s. It can be broken down into four main groups: [[oilfield]] directional drilling, utility installation directional drilling, [[directional boring]] (horizontal directional drilling - HDD), and surface in seam (SIS), which horizontally intersects a vertical bore target to extract [[coal bed methane]].
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