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Snider began his pipeline career with Willbros in 1990 and rose through the ranks to project manager before starting his own firm, Advantage Professional Services, which managed HDD engineering, design and construction projects for the oil and gas industry all over the world.
Snider came to Laney in 2011 from GeoEngineers, where he was south business unit leader, energy market director, a principal and served on the Board of Directors. Previously, he had served as Vice President of Engineering and Project Management.
Army Corps of Engineers, Valero, and many more.Alan Snider, a veteran of more than 26 years in designing and managing complex horizontal directional drilling and Direct Pipe® projects for pipeline crossings, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer at Laney Directional Drilling.Īs President and Chief Operating Officer, Snider is responsible for the overall management of the company, including leadership of the horizontal directional drilling, direct pipe, engineering, sales and marketing, and estimating teams. So far, Laney has been honored to work with clients including Air Liquide, AT&T, BASF, BP, CenterPoint Energy, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Diamond Shamrock, Dow, Dupont, ExxonMobil, Huntsman, Kinder Morgan, Koch, Oxy, Phillips 66, Shell, Southwestern Bell, Texaco, TransCanada, TXU Energy, the U.S. Laney recognizes that it would be nothing without its clients, which is why the company strives for integrity, transparency and open communication with all project stakeholders during all phases of trenchless design, procurement and construction. The total measured distance of the 42-inch diameter Direct Pipe® installation was nearly 5,000 feet, and an additional 1,350 feet of pipe pushed out to the offshore contractor. The project included a shore approach execution into the Gulf of Mexico from Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. In 2018, Laney completed its 11th successful Direct Pipe® project - the Valley Crossing Project - and set a new world record for the longest successful Direct Pipe® installation to date globally. states and 13 countries on six different continents. Over the course of the company’s history, Laney has installed more than 2,800 trenchless crossings and 990 miles of trenchless pipelines. The company is recognized as one of the most competent, experienced HDD providers for large diameter pipelines, as well as the leading Direct Pipe® contractor in the United States. The emerging company started small, with fewer than 10 employees and some compact-sized rigs, working mostly on small diameter, shorter crossings.įast forward to today and Laney is now North America’s premier independent trenchless construction and engineering contractor, with experience serving the oil and gas, power, telecom, utilities, wind and mining industries. In 1989, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) technology emerged, and the Laney brothers partnered with veteran driller Robert Hamil to create Laney Directional Drilling. Laney, Inc., focused on large pipeline installations and worked primarily with companies in the petrochemical market of the Texas Gulf Coast region. The following year, the Laney brothers formed Laney, Inc., a trenchless boring contractor based in Humble, Texas. Doc was joined by his three sons - Marcus, Dickey, and Steve - who worked with him until his death in 1978. “Doc” Laney, entered the construction industry in 1947 with the establishment of the Texas Road Boring Company. As Laney Directional Drilling enters its 30th year of operation in 2019, let’s take a look back at the company’s history, accomplishments and most notable projects to date.
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