If you’ve heard terms like hydraulic power pack, hydraulic power unit, HPU, or portable hydraulic power supply, they usually mean the same basic thing. They are all referring to a unit that creates hydraulic flow and pressure to run a tool, attachment, or piece of equipment. At Command Hydraulics, we call ours HydraTough portable hydraulic power units, but many customers simply call them power packs. HydraTough units are self-contained, portable, and available in gas, electri

Oilfield environments don't forgive weak equipment. You're remote, you're running hard, and downtime costs real money. A portable hydraulic power unit that can't keep up shuts down the whole operation. What Is an HPU Used for on a Wellsite? A self contained hydraulic power unit generates pressurized fluid to run tools and equipment without a fixed power source. On a wellpad, that means hydraulic torque wrenches for casing and wellhead connections, valve actuation and pressure

We get some version of this question a few times a week: "What size unit do I need?" Sometimes it comes from a contractor who just picked up a new attachment and needs power for it. Sometimes it's an OEM builder trying to spec a unit into a piece of equipment they're designing. Sometimes it's someone who bought the wrong unit somewhere else and is starting over. The answer is almost always the same — tell us your GPM and PSI requirements and we can point you to the right unit