CA2074132A1 - Method of producing a corrosion-protective layer on pipe threads - Google Patents

Method of producing a corrosion-protective layer on pipe threads

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Publication number
CA2074132A1
CA2074132A1 CA002074132A CA2074132A CA2074132A1 CA 2074132 A1 CA2074132 A1 CA 2074132A1 CA 002074132 A CA002074132 A CA 002074132A CA 2074132 A CA2074132 A CA 2074132A CA 2074132 A1 CA2074132 A1 CA 2074132A1
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Prior art keywords
oil
threaded portions
pipes
corrosion
pipe end
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Abandoned
Application number
CA002074132A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Reiner Krings
Helmut Monser
Volker Rohden
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Vodafone GmbH
Original Assignee
Reiner Krings
Helmut Monser
Volker Rohden
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
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Application filed by Reiner Krings, Helmut Monser, Volker Rohden, Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft filed Critical Reiner Krings
Publication of CA2074132A1 publication Critical patent/CA2074132A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/02Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 in situ inhibition of corrosion in boreholes or wells
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/006Accessories for drilling pipes, e.g. cleaners
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/04Couplings; joints between rod or the like and bit or between rod and rod or the like
    • E21B17/042Threaded
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B33/00Features common to bolt and nut
    • F16B33/008Corrosion preventing means
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B33/00Features common to bolt and nut
    • F16B33/06Surface treatment of parts furnished with screw-thread, e.g. for preventing seizure or fretting
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16LPIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L58/00Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation
    • F16L58/02Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation by means of internal or external coatings
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16LPIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L58/00Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation
    • F16L58/18Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation specially adapted for pipe fittings
    • F16L58/182Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation specially adapted for pipe fittings for screw-threaded joints

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method of producing a protective layer which is effective against corrosion on threads of screw connections of pipes which are used for conveying oil or gas. Before a thread protection device is screwed onto the threaded portions of the pipes, a corrosion-resistant lubricant is applied on the previously cleaned threaded portions. The lubricant used is a highly viscous but transparent oil, so that a visual check of the threaded portions is possible when the pipes are to be screwed together. The oil is selected to be of a type which is mixable with screw greases which are used when the pipes are screwed together.

Description

2~7 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the ~nven~iQn The present invention relates to a method of producing a protective layer which is effective against corrosion on threads of screw connections of pipes used for conveying oil or gas. The method includes applying by the manufacturer of the pipe a corrosion-resistant lubricant on the previously cleaned threaded pottions of the pipe connection before a thread protection device is screwed onto the connection.

G:\MARGo\324s1~2.APP --2--2. Descn~tion of the Related Art For transporting and storing pipes used in oil fields, it is necessary to protect the sensitive threa~ed portions of sleeve and pipe journal against impacts and the resulting corrosion attack. For this purpose, a corrosion-resistant lubricant, for example, API grease or a comparable highly viscous paste-like medium is applied onto the previously cleaned threaded portions and a protection device is subsequently screwed onto the pipe end. In this regard, it is of no significance whether it is a sleeve connection or an integral connection.
Before the pipe is used in the field, the pipe end protection device, which usually is of plastics material or steel-reinforced plastics material, is again screwed off. In order to make it possible before screwing the pipes together to perform a visual check for mechanical damage and corrosion of the individual p;pes lo be screwed together, it is necessary in a complicated manner to remove the corrosion-resistant medium which was applied by the manufacturer. Solvent-containing cleaning agents and appropriate brush systems are used for removing the corrosion-resistant medium. For reasons of environmental protection, it is not possible simply to discharge the removed medium as well as the cleaning agent used for removing the medium. Rather, it is necessary to dispose of them in a difflcult and expensive manner.

G~ ARGo\3245162.App --3--2~? ~ .3~

MARY OF T~IE IN~NTIQN
Therefore, it is the object of the present invention to provide a method of producing a protective layer effective against corrosion on the threads of screw connections of pipes used in oil fields, wherein before the pipes are screwed together in the field, the removal of the medium of the protective layer and the disposal thereof are no longer necessary.
In accordance with the present invention, a highly viscous but transparent oil is applied onto the threaded portions, wherein the oil permits a visual check of the threaded portions and wherein the oil is of a type which can be mixed with the screw greases which are used during screwing together of the pipes on the derrick.
The method according to the present invention provides the advantage that without losing the production of a temporary corrosion protection, the expensive cleaning procedure and the subsequent complicated disposal of the agents used in the procedure are unnecessary. The thickness of the applied oil film is so small that, after the pipe end protection device has been screwed off, the transparenc~ of the oil film permits a visual check of the threaded portions without having to remove the oil film by means of a cleaning agent. Moreover, the removal of the oil film is not necessary when the pipes are screwed together later in the field because the oil is mixable with conventionally used screw greases and the efficiency of the screw grease is in no way impaired.
Particularly effective in the method according to the present invention is conventional sliding track oil. Utilizing a sliding track oil having a kinematic viscosity of 460 mm2/s at 40C provides the additional advantage that the screwed-on pipe end protection device of plastics material can adhere better and cannot be separated during transport movements.

G:~M~RGOU245162.MP --4--2~

The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of the disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages, and specific objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the drawing and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention.

G:\M~RGo\3z4s162.~Pp --5--2~7 BRIEF DESCRIPI7ON OF THE I)~AWING
In the drawing:
Fig. 1a is an elevational view of 8 pipe end with a journal element;
Fig. Ib is a sectional view of a pipe end protection device for the journal element of Fig. Ia;
Fig. 2a is a partially sectional view of a pipe end with a sleeve screwed onto the pipe end;
Fig. 2b is an elevational view of a pipe end protection device for the sleeve element of Fig. 2a;
Fig. 3 is a partially sectional view of a pipe end with a pipe end protection device screwed onto the pipe end; and Fig. 4 is a partially sectional view of a pipe end with a sleeve screwed onto the pipe end and a pipe end protection device screwed into the sleeve.

G: \MARGO\3245 1 ~S2 . App --6--2~ t '~3 DESCRIPIION OF THE PREFERl~ED EMBODIMENT
Fig. la of the drawing shows a pipe end 1 with a threaded portion constructed as a journal 2 ~hose thread-free end portion, in the illustrated embodiment, has an abutment shoulder 3.
Fig. Ib of the tlrawing is a longitudinal sectional view of a pipe end protection device 4 which fits onto the journal element of the pipe end. This pipe end protection device 4 is usually made of a plastics material which is reinforced by sheet steel.
Fig. 2a of the drawing shows a pipe end 1 similar to Fig. la, however, the difference being that a sleeve 5 is screwed onto the pipe end as a connection element. Sleeve 5 has two internal thread portions 7, 8 which are constructed complementary to the respective journal element 2. In the alternative, it would also be possible to have an integral connection, i.e., the pipe end itself is constructed as a sleeve element.
Fig. 2b of the drawing is a longitudinal sectional view of an end protection device 6 which can be screwed into the sleeve 5.
~ n accordance with the method of the present invention, the unprotected threaded portions 2, 8 are first cleaned, and a highly viscous but transparent oil is then brushed onto the threaded portions 2, 8. Finally, the pipe end protection 4 or 6 is screwed on or into the threaded portion 2, 8.
Figs. 3 and 4 show a state in which the pipe end protection devices 4, 6 secure the unprotected threaded portions 2, 8 during transport. The threaded pipes 1 which have been delivered to the location where they are to be used are either subjected to interrnediate storage or are immediately transported to the construction site. During the intermediate storage, the oil G:~MARGO\3245162.APP --7--2~ 3 applied to the threaded portions 2, 8 acts as a temporary corrosion protestdon.
The method proposed in accordance with the present invention provides the advantage that; after the respective pipe end protecdon device 4, 6 has been screwed off, the threaded portions 2, 8 can be visually checked for damage and corrosion attack without having to remove and dispose of the oil film in a complicated manner.
Before the threaded pipes 1 are screwed together, a standard screw grease is applied onto the threaded portions 2, 8 with the remaining oil film, since the oil has been selected in such a way that it can be mixed with the screw grease and does not impair the effectiveness of the screw grease by being mixed therewith. Screwing together of the threaded pipes I and sinking of the strand of pipes is then carried out in the known manner.
It should be understood that the preferred embodiments and examples described are for illustrative purposes only and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention which is properly delineated only in the appended claims.

G: \MARGo\3245 1~52 . ~PP --8--

Claims (4)

1. A method of producing a protective layer effective against corrosion on threaded portions of screw connections of pipes which are used for conveying oil or gas, the method comprising cleaning the threaded portions, applying a highly viscous, transparent, corrosion-resistant oil on the threaded portions for facilitating a visual check of the threaded portions, wherein the oil is mixable with screw greases utilized in screwing pipes together, and screwing thread protection devices onto the threaded portions.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the oil is a sliding track oil.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the sliding track oil has a kinematic viscosity of at least 200 mm2/s at 40°C.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the sliding track oil has a kinematic viscosity of 460mm2/s at 40°C.
CA002074132A 1991-07-18 1992-07-17 Method of producing a corrosion-protective layer on pipe threads Abandoned CA2074132A1 (en)

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DE4124102A DE4124102C1 (en) 1991-07-18 1991-07-18
DEP4124102.9 1991-07-18

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