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HCS Advantage™ Diesel Cementing System

Modular Diesel Skid Units for all Types of Offshore Rigs

Equipment Configuration
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e HCS Advantage cementing unit offers cementing and
• Two Caterpillar C15 Engines – 500 BHP
well-control pump performance in a modular skid arrangement
that includes six modules assembled to form a single skid. e • Two Allison 4700 OFS Transmissions
modular design reduces the amount of time and cost required to
install the unit on offshore drilling rigs. Additionally, modularity
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• Two Halliburton HT-400 Pumps

provides greater flexibility, because the unit can be tailored to meet ®

• RCM IIIr Mixing System

the exact power train configuration needs of the operator. ®

• One 25-bbl RCM Mixing Equipment Tub with Agitators

e HCS Advantage unit is type certified to both ABS-CDS and ®

• Automatic Density Control (ADC mixing system)

DNV Drill (n) for Safe Area or Zone II hazardous area • Cementing Control/Instrumentation System
classification. • Data Acquisition System

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At the heart of the HCS Advantage unit is the RCM IIIr cement
mixing system. is system enables operators to obtain consistent,
high-quality cement slurries by mixing the correct proportions of
dry material and fluids.
e HCS Advantage unit provides improved environmental
performance with significant sound and vibration control as well as
dust control at the RCM IIIr mixing system.
• One 20-bbl Measuring Tank with Agitators
• 15,000 psi Release Manifold with Adjustable Choke & PRV
• 15,000 psi H-Manifold
• Low Pressure Manifold
• One 4x4 Centrifugal Mixing Water Pump
• One 6x5 Centrifugal Re-circulating Pump
• One Hydraulic Power Unit
• Mixing Tank Dust Extraction System
• Optional Extension For A60 Wall or Engine sound abatement

Approximate Dimensions

Length 24 ft - 6 in. (7,468 mm)

Width 10 ft - 0 in. (3,048 mm)

or 8 ft - 0 in. (2,438 mm)
Height 12 ft - 9 in. (3,876 mm)
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Weight 52,890 lb (23,990 kg)

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Shown here is a below-deck configuration of

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Halliburton’s HCS Advantage cementing system.
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HCS Advantage Skid Assembly Drawing (overhead view above, side view below)
Note: Please ask for General Assembly drawing for actual dimensions.

20BBL [3.2m³]
MEASURING TANK

25BBL [4.0m³]
MIXING TANK
131.70 [3345]
SHIPPING
HIEGHT

43.50 [1105]
C.G.

3.00 [76]
81.00 [2057] TYP

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187.50 [4763]
294.00 [7468]
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Le-hand Pump Section Operator Section Le-Hand Engine/Motor Section

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Right-hand Pump Section Mixing Section Right-Hand Engine/Motor Section

Modularity and Scalability 1575

62.0

Results in Efficiency E50 OPT

378
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14.9

1034
E50 OPT
1204 40.7
E50 OPT
47.4
E50 OPT
1444
56.9 2642
104.0

Power Pack
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RCM® IIIr High-Energy Mixing System

RCM® IIIr Mixing System Ratings
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• RCM IIIr mixer: mixes pneumatically conveyed bulk dry
Mixing rate 0-14 barrels / minute
cement and cement material with the mixing water
• Provides a linear relationship and a single control point >65 sacks / minute
Bulk Cement capacity (6,110 lbs/min)
between valve position and dry bulk material rate and
water rate Density meter 5 lbs /gal to 22 lbs / gal
• Dry cement feed rate controlled by cement throttle valve
atop mixer • RCM Tank Specifications

• Fresh water entry feed rate controlled by a rotary-jet valve • 25 barrel (bbl) volume: Pre-mix compartment is 5 bbl;
located in the mixer downhole compartment is 20 bbl

• Cement dust is minimized by the wetting of dust particles • Mechanical turbine agitators with dual 8-in. diameter
before they can escape to the atmosphere vanes and manual speed control valves: 2 mounted in
premix section; 2 located in the downhole section
• RCM Tank: Pre-mix compartment of the RCM tank receives the
• Re-circulating density meter: Slurry is weighed by the density
cement slurry, mixing it again with mechanical agitators before
meter in the re-circulation loop
returning it back to the RCM IIIr mixer via the re-circulating
centrifugal pump • Density adjustments to set point can be made to the bulk
cement throttling valve
• Designed to re-circulate slurry through Density Sensor
and back into mixer to provide higher mixing energy • Slurry density range: 8.3 lb/gal to 22.0 lb/gal

• Allows re-circulated slurry to mix with the incoming
water and cement for more effective mixing
• Diffuses the energy of the re-circulated and newly mixed
slurries to minimize air entrainment
• Downhole compartment: Mixed slurry spills over a weir into the
mixing tank’s downhole compartment; when full and at desired
density, the slurry is discharged to the suction of the
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HT-400 pump

• Result: thoroughly mixed and homogenous slurry Slurry Density Capabilities

Slurry Flow Slurry Weight Specific
Rate (bpm) (lb/gal) Gravity
6.09 16.7 2

8.01 14.67 1.75

11.92 12.5 1.5

14.15 11.5 1.25

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Note: Slurry density capability is dependent on slurry mixing rate and

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Halliburton’s HCS Advantage cementing system rig bulk cement delivery to mixer.
installed above deck.
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Cementing Control / Instrumentation System
• Control stand mounted on walkway and beside the measuring
tank and RCM IIIr tank
• Provides operator with full view of the measuring tank, RCM IIIr
tank, and other equipment to which access is needed
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• Instrumentation, valves, switches, and UNIPRO II controllers
(controls and monitors cementing skid) located in or near the
control stand for operator access and control
• Operational Control Devices
• Caterpillar C-15 Engines
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• Automatic Density Control (ADC System)
• Cement rottling Valve Auto/Manual Toggle Switch
• Cement rottling Valve Manual Position Electric
Potentiometer Knob
• Mix water Metering Valve Auto/Manual Toggle Switch
• Mix water Metering Valve Manual Position Electric
Potentiometer Knob
• UNIPRO II Controller Electric Power Toggle Switch
• Over Pressure Kick Out (OPKO)
• Centrifugal Pump
• Working light On/Off
• Push-button air horn switch
• Instrumentation
• System circuit pressure gauges for the following hydraulic
circuits
• Mixing and Re-circulating Centrifugal Pump circuit
• Mix Tank Agitator circuit
• ADC System circuit
• High-pressure pump
• Real-time display of pressure and rate
• Individual or combined rate and total volume for both
pumps
• Pump oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, and
oil warning lights on each pump
• Alarms and indicators- fault indicators for engines and
high-pressure pumps
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Caterpillar C-15 Engine
• Diesel power units rated at 500 brake horsepower
• Drives the HT-400 pumps
• Equipped with two separate cooling water pumps, filters, and
air starters
• Can be cooled by either radiators mounted directly in front of
engines, heat exchanger cooling, or by remote mounted radiators
Allison 4700 OFS Transmissions
• e Caterpillar C-15 diesel engine drives the HT-400 pump
through the Allison 4700 OFS Transmission
• Electronically controlled 5-speed transmission
• N (Neutral)
• 1 (first gear only)
• 2 (second gear only)
• 2-3 (automatically shis between second and third gears)
• 2-4 (automatically shis between second, third, and
fourth gears)
• 2-5 (automatically shis between second, third, fourth
and fih gears
Data Acquisition System (DAS)
• A portable Data Recording System augments the UNIPRO II
computer system
• Simultaneously records and displays pumping pressures, flow
rates, and slurry densities
• Data transmission: real time via RS422 Serial to DAS and to rig
via W.I.T.S. (Wellsite Information Transfer Specification)
protocol
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• Installed soware: Microso Windows ; HalWin ; Halliburton
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OptiCem simulation soware
Displacement Tank
• 20 barrel (bbl), two compartment (10 bbl per compartment)
reinforced stainless steel
• Each compartment equipped with:
• Sump and designed for quick clean out
• Input manifold consisting of three 4-in. fill-up lines for
drill water, sea water and mud, respectively
• Two quick-opening drain valves and overflow drains
• One turbine agitator to mix additives with fluid in the
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Halliburton HT-400 High-Pressure Pump
• Optional 600 or 800 hydraulic horsepower
• Horizontal 4-in. x 8-in. pump with “L” spacers type certified to
both ABS-CDS and DNV Drill (n) for Safe Area or Zone II
hazardous area classification
• Single-acting plunger type, 4-in. plungers
• Acid resistant steel plungers recommended for pumping
cement slurries, water, acids, drilling fluids, other fluids
• Totally enclosed in an all-steel power case
• 3-in. style 1502 threaded discharge flange
• 3-in. x 2-in. style Chicksan crossover
• Fluid end pressure rating of 15,000 psi (maximum)
• Maximum discharge rate of each HT-400 pump is 7.8 barrels
per minute (bpm)
• Total discharge rate of the HCS Advantage unit is
15.6 bpm
• Pressurized lubrication provided to all internal moving surfaces
by an integral mounted gear pump located on the drive gear
Pressure Volume Curve showing total capacity with both pumps operating
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• Lube oil system is cooled by engine coolant through a
water-to-oil heat exchanger
• Fluid end packing and plunger lubrication provided by
pneumatically-powered lube system that incorporates individual
lubrication injectors on each fluid end
Automatic Density Control (ADC® mixing system)
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• UNIPRO II computer system provides automatic control over
the flow rate of incoming dry material and mixing water
(automatic operational mode)
• Two back up systems: (1) electrically overrides the
UNIPRO II system with a potentiometer in the control
stand (manual electric operational mode); (2) manual
system that bypasses the hydraulic system and manually
moves the water valve and cement throttling valve
(manual mechanical emergency operational mode)
• Signals are received from the 3-in. mixing water flow meter and
the 3-in. density meter, adjusting the incoming flow to the
correct rate and density
• Allows preprogramming of up to three stages of cement blends
• Accommodates rate, density, and stage changes during the job
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High-Pressure Release Manifold Hydraulic Power Unit

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• Both HT-400 pumps are connected by a 15,000 psi working • Either 185 KW AC electric motor or a Caterpillar Diesel
pressure release manifold Hydraulic power unit can be supplied

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• Manifolds consist of three Halliburton Lo Torc plug valves and • Hydraulics cooled by air-to-oil heat exchanger
fittings arranged to allow the HT-400 pumps to pump into either
of the two displacement tank compartments • System-pressure and oil-temperature gauges displayed on the
unit’s panel and the control consol
• Discharge H-manifolds: 15,000 psi, complete with necessary
• Mounted on a single DNV-certified skid base within a
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piping, valves, and 5 Lo Torc plug valves required for either
protective/liing frame
high-pressure pump to discharge independently or
simultaneously into 2 discharge connections on top of the
Health, Safety, Environment
H-manifold connected to the rig service lines
• Mixing Tank Extractor System
• Allows discharge of cement, mud or pressure as required
for cementing operations • An option that can be fitted onto the top of the 25 bbl
Mixing tank
• ree (3) Weco 1502 discharge connections allow
connection of pressure transducers and/or emergency • A fan powered by the agitator hydraulic circuit draws
mixing manifold to the pressure pumps dust-laden air off the top of the premix side of the
RCM tank
• Release manifold assembly incorporates an adjustable choke
• Dust-laden air is filtered by a two-stage filtration system
Low Pressure Manifold • Optional 3- extension allows the transmission to be moved
• High-pressure pump suction manifold from either the forward to accept a wall or enclosure to isolate engines
displacement tank compartment or slurry mixing tub
• High-pressure pump suction from outside source
• Suction and discharge manifold for mixing centrifugal pump
including external connection for emergency mixing
• Suction and discharge manifold for re-circulating centrifugal
pump
• Low-pressure section of high-pressure release manifold to
displacement tank
• Mud-fill for filling the displacement tank from an external
mud supply

Hydraulic Power Unit

• Supplies the hydraulic power (pressure and flow) required to
drive the mixing pump, re-circulating pump, mixing and
displacement tank agitators and the ADC control system
• 4 pad Gear box
• Two Axial Piston Hydraulic pumps for centrifugal pumps
• Two gear pumps for the agitators in the RCM tank and
20 bbl displacement tank
• Pressure compensated pump for ADC system
• 40-gallon (US) hydraulic reservoir with three integrally
mounted hydraulic filters
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HCS Advantage cementing system installed below deck.
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Mixing Centrifugal Pump Re-circulating Centrifugal Pump

• Supplies water to the mixing water control manifold • Driven by a hydraulic motor powered by the hydraulic power
package
• Designed and manufactured to ANSI B31.3
• Nominal working pressure of 150 psi
Re-circulating Centrifugal Pump
Mixing Centrifugal Pump Specifications Specifications
Model Halliburton 4x4x12 Model Halliburton 6x5x11

Suction 4 in. nominal pipe size Suction 6 in. nominal pipe size

Discharge 4 in. nominal pipe size Discharge 5 in. nominal pipe size

Impeller Diameter 12 in. Impeller Diameter 11 in.

Shaft Seals Lip Seal Shaft Seals Lip Seal

Seal Lubrication Grease or Oil Seal Lubrication Grease or Oil

Drive System Hydraulic Motor Drive System Hydraulic Motor

Maximum Flow Rate 700 gal/min Maximum Flow Rate 1,100 gal/min

Closed in Pressure 100 psi minimum Closed in Pressure 30 psi minimum

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Halliburton’s HCS Advantage cementing systems installed above deck.

For more information on HCS Cementing Systems,

please call your local Halliburton representative or email us at cementing@halliburton.com.

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