JP2007146226A - Stainless steel pipe for oil well excellent in enlarging characteristic - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stainless steel pipe for an oil well which exhibits excellent resistance to the corrosion by CO<SB>2</SB>under a severe corrosion circumstance containing CO<SB>2</SB>, Cl<SP>-</SP>and the like, exhibits excellent enlarging characteristics and can be produced at an advantageous cost. <P>SOLUTION: The stainless steel pipe for an oil well excellent in enlarging characteristics has a chemical composition comprising 0.05% or less C, 0.50% or less Si, 0.10 to 1.50% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 10.5 to 17.0% Cr, 0.5 to 7.0% Ni, 0.05% or less Al, 0.20% or less V, 0.15% or less N, 0.008% or less O, and optionally, respective specific contents of one or more of Nb, Cu, Ti, Zr, Ca, B and W, also satisfying Cr+0.5Ni-20C+0.45Cu+0.4W>11.3, and the balance Fe and inevitable impurities. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to steel materials for oil well pipes used for oil wells for crude oil or gas wells for natural gas, and in particular, oil wells and gas wells containing extremely severe corrosive environments including carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ), chlorine ions (Cl ⁻ ) and the like. It is related with the stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes excellent in pipe expandability which was equipped with the high pipe expansion performance in addition to the high corrosion resistance suitable for use in Japan.

In recent years, the development of deep oil fields (including gas fields), which has never been seen before, has become active on a global scale in the face of rising crude oil prices and the depletion of oil resources expected in the near future. It has become. Such oil (or gas fields) is generally the depth is very deep, also and the atmosphere at a high temperature, CO 2, _Cl ^- has a severe corrosive environment and the like. Therefore, an oil well pipe used for mining such oil and gas fields is required to have a material having high strength and corrosion resistance. In addition, oil field development in cold regions has become active, and low temperature toughness is often required in addition to high strength.

On the other hand, there has been a problem that the development of these deep oil fields requires a great excavation cost. Recently, a technique for expanding a relatively thin steel pipe in an oil well has been put into practical use (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). By using this method, the excavation cross-sectional area was reduced and the excavation cost was reduced. However, excellent pipe expandability was required for steel pipes.
JP 7-567010 A International Publication No. WO98 / 00626

Generally speaking, CO 2, _Cl ^- in an environment containing such is usually 13% Cr martensitic stainless steel pipe having excellent CO ₂ corrosion resistance is used. However, a martensitic stainless steel pipe subjected to a normal quenching and tempering treatment has a problem that sufficient pipe expandability is not obtained. For this reason, in order to apply the new technology of pipe expansion in oil wells, there has been a strong demand for the development of stainless steel pipes for oil well pipes that have excellent resistance to CO ₂ corrosion and excellent pipe expansion.

The present invention, such a situation in view of the, CO _2, Cl ^- in such harsh corrosive environments including, excellent resistance to CO ₂ in addition to the corrosion resistance was, showed excellent pipe expansion properties, and cost to be advantageous, tube expansion It aims at providing the stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes excellent in property.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the inventors pay attention to a martensitic stainless steel pipe that is considered to be suitable for an oil well pipe in terms of CO ₂ corrosion resistance, and a policy of improving pipe expandability by controlling its structure. In accordance with this policy, based on 13% Cr steel, which is a typical martensitic stainless steel, an experiment was conducted to investigate the corrosion resistance of various alloy components in an environment containing CO ₂ and Cl ^−. , Repeated examination. As a result, in 13% Cr steel with C significantly reduced compared to the conventional steel, Ni and V are added, S, Si, Al and O are further reduced, and the contents of various alloy elements are restricted within a specific range. In addition, it has been found that, by controlling the structure preferably, good hot workability and corrosion resistance are ensured, and the tube expandability is remarkably improved, and the present invention is summarized as follows. is there.

  (Claim 1) By mass%, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.005% Hereinafter, Cr: 10.5 to 17.0%, Ni: 0.5 to 7.0%, Al: 0.05% or less, V: 0.20% or less, N: 0.15% or less, O: A stainless steel pipe for an oil well pipe having a steel composition comprising 0.008% or less, satisfying Cr + 0.5Ni-20C> 11.3, and having the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities and having excellent pipe expandability.

  (Claim 2) By mass%, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.005% Hereinafter, Cr: 10.5 to 17.0%, Ni: 0.5 to 7.0%, Al: 0.05% or less, V: 0.20% or less, N: 0.15% or less, O: 0.008% or less, Nb: 0.20% or less, Cu: 3.5% or less, Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, Ca: 0.001-0 0.005%, B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, W: One or more of 3.0% or less, and satisfies Cr + 0.5Ni-20C + 0.45Cu + 0.4W> 11.3 And a stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes having a steel composition comprising the remaining Fe and inevitable impurities and having excellent pipe expandability.

(Claim 3) The stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes according to claim 1 or 2, which has a steel structure containing austenite: more than 5% by volume in a structure mainly composed of tempered martensite.
(Claim 4) The stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods excellent in pipe expandability according to claim 1 or 2, which has a steel structure containing hardened martensite: 3% by volume or more in a structure having tempered martensite as a main phase.

  (Claim 5) It has excellent steel expandability according to claim 1 or 2 having a steel structure containing hardened martensite: 3% by volume or more and austenite: 5% by volume or more in the structure having tempered martensite as the main phase. Stainless steel pipe for oil well pipe.

The stainless steel pipe of the present invention is a 13% Cr steel with a significantly reduced C content compared to the conventional steel, and the content of C, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni, N, O, or even Cu, W, etc. is limited. Furthermore, by controlling the microstructure, it is possible to ensure sufficient corrosion resistance even in a high temperature severe corrosive environment containing CO ₂ and Cl ⁻ , and to ensure workability to withstand high expansion. Therefore, it is suitable as an oil well pipe used in the severe corrosive environment as described above.

First, the reasons for limiting the steel composition of the steel pipe of the present invention will be described. The unit of the component content in the steel composition is mass% and is abbreviated as%.
C: 0.05% or less C is an important element related to the strength of the martensitic stainless steel material, but it is necessary to make it 0.05% or less in order to ensure sufficient tube expandability. Also, during tempering, Cr carbide is precipitated, causing deterioration of corrosion resistance. In order not to deteriorate the corrosion resistance, it is necessary to make it 0.05% or less, and it was made 0.05% or less. Preferably it is 0.03% or less of range.

Si: 0.50% or less Si is an element necessary as a deoxidizing agent in the normal steelmaking process. However, if it exceeds 0.50%, CO ₂ corrosion resistance is reduced, and hot workability is also reduced. Therefore, Si was made 0.50% or less.
Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%
Mn is required to be 0.10% or more in order to ensure the strength as a martensitic stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes, but if it exceeds 1.50%, the toughness is adversely affected, so Mn is 0.10 to 1.. 50%. In addition, Preferably it is 0.30 to 1.00%.

P: 0.03% or less P is an element that deteriorates both CO ₂ corrosion resistance, CO ₂ stress corrosion cracking resistance, pitting corrosion resistance and sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance. Less is desirable, but extreme reductions result in increased manufacturing costs. Moreover, the lower one is preferable also from the surface of hot workability. P can be 0.03% or less as long as it can be industrially implemented at a relatively low cost and does not deteriorate CO ₂ corrosion resistance, CO ₂ stress corrosion cracking resistance, pitting corrosion resistance and sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance. .

S: 0.005% or less S is an element that significantly deteriorates the hot workability in the pipe manufacturing process, and is preferably as small as possible, but if it is reduced to 0.005% or less, it is a normal process. Since the pipe can be manufactured, the upper limit of S is 0.005%. In addition, Preferably it is 0.003% or less.

Cr: 10.5 to 17.0%
Cr is resistant CO ₂ corrosion is a major element in order to hold the anti-CO ₂ stress corrosion cracking resistance, but from the viewpoint of corrosion resistance is required than 10.5%, hot exceeds 17.0 percent Since workability deteriorates, Cr was made 10.5 to 17.0%. In addition, Preferably it is 10.5 to 13.5%.

Ni: 0.5-7.0%
Ni is to strengthen the protective coating increases, resistance CO ₂ corrosion resistance and CO ₂ stress corrosion cracking resistance, to increase the pitting resistance and sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, strength 13% Cr steel with reduced C However, if the content is less than 0.5%, the effect is not recognized. If the content exceeds 7.0%, the strength is reduced. Therefore, Ni is set to 0.5 to 7.0%. In addition, it is 1.0 to 3.0% desirably.

Al: 0.05% or less Al has a strong deoxidizing action, but if it exceeds 0.05%, it adversely affects toughness, so Al was made 0.05% or less.
V: 0.20% or less V has an effect of increasing the strength and an effect of improving stress corrosion cracking resistance, but if added over 0.20%, the toughness is deteriorated. did.

N: 0.15% or less N is an element that remarkably improves the pitting corrosion resistance. However, if it exceeds 0.15%, various nitrides are formed to deteriorate toughness, so N is 0.15% or less. It was.
O: 0.008% or less O is an extremely important element that particularly requires content regulation in order to sufficiently exhibit the performance of the steel pipe of the present invention. That is, if the content is large, various oxides are formed and the hot workability, the CO ₂ stress corrosion cracking resistance, the pitting corrosion resistance, and the sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance are remarkably reduced. 008% or less.

Furthermore, in the steel composition according to the present invention, Nb: 0.20% or less, Cu: 3.5% or less, Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, Ca: 0 0.001% to 0.005%, B: 0.0005% to 0.01%, W: 3.0% or less may be included.
Nb: 0.20% or less Nb has an effect of improving toughness and an effect of increasing strength, but addition exceeding 0.20% conversely reduces toughness, so it was made 0.20% or less.

Ca: 0.001 to 0.005%
Ca fixes S as CaS and spheroidizes S-based inclusions, thereby reducing the lattice strain of the matrix surrounding the inclusions and lowering the hydrogen trapping ability. The effect is not significant when the content is less than 0.001%. If the content exceeds 0.005%, CaO is increased, and the CO ₂ corrosion resistance and pitting corrosion resistance are reduced. %.

Cu: 3.5% or less Cu is an element that strengthens the protective film and suppresses the penetration of hydrogen into the steel and improves the resistance to sulfide stress corrosion cracking. Since CuS precipitates at the grain boundaries and the hot workability decreases, the Cu content is set to 3.5% or less.
Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, W: 3.0% or less Ti, Zr, B, and W increase the strength and It has the effect of improving stress corrosion cracking properties, but when Ti exceeds 0.3%, Zr exceeds 0.2% and W exceeds 3.0%, the toughness deteriorates. , B is ineffective at less than 0.0005%, and addition exceeding 0.01% deteriorates toughness. Therefore, Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, B: 0.0005, respectively. -0.01%, W: 3.0% or less.

Cr + 0.5Ni-20C + 0.45Cu + 0.4W> 11.3 (In this formula, the element symbol represents the content (mass%) of the element in steel of the element, and the term of the element not contained is ignored.)
In order to obtain sufficient corrosion resistance in a high-temperature carbon dioxide environment in which the steel pipe of the present invention is used, it is necessary to sufficiently add alloy elements necessary for corrosion resistance and at the same time to reduce the amount of C that deteriorates corrosion resistance, Cr + 0.5Ni− 20C + 0.45Cu + 0.4W> 11.3.

Next, for the steel structure, from the viewpoint of obtaining a stable tube expandability, in the structure with tempered martensite as the main phase,
-Austenite: More than 5 volume%-Hardened martensite: 3 volume% or more-It is preferable to set it as the steel structure containing either hardened martensite: 3 volume% or more and austenite: 5 volume% or more.

  Next, the preferable manufacturing method of the steel pipe of the present invention will be described taking a seamless steel pipe as an example. First, the molten steel having the above composition is melted by a generally known melting method such as a converter, electric furnace, vacuum melting furnace, etc., and billet or the like by a generally known method such as a continuous casting method, an ingot making-slab rolling method, or the like. It is preferable to use a steel material. This steel material is heated and hot-worked using a normal Mannesmann-plug mill method or Mannesmann-Mandrel mill manufacturing process, and piped to obtain a seamless steel tube having a desired size. The seamless steel pipe after pipe making is preferably cooled to room temperature at a cooling rate equal to or higher than air cooling.

Although the steel pipe which has been cooled after the pipe making can be used as the steel pipe of the present invention, it is more preferable that the steel pipe cooled after the pipe making is subjected to a tempering treatment or a quenching tempering treatment.
As the quenching treatment, it is preferable to reheat to 800 ° C. or higher, hold at that temperature for 5 minutes or more, and then cool to 200 ° C. or lower, preferably room temperature, at a cooling rate of air cooling or higher. If the reheating temperature is less than 800 ° C., the structure cannot be made into a sufficient martensite structure, and the strength may decrease.

As the tempering treatment after the quenching treatment, it is preferable to heat to a temperature exceeding the Ac ₁ point. By heating to a temperature exceeding the Ac ₁ point, austenite precipitation or quenching martensite precipitation occurs.
Also, when performing the steel pipe was cooled after the granulation pipe tempering alone, it is preferable to heat the Ac ₁ or 700 ° C. or less.

  Moreover, in this invention, from a hot workability viewpoint, S, Si, Al, and O are reduced significantly and the hot workability of steel materials is improved. Therefore, when manufacturing a steel pipe from this steel material, it can manufacture without adding any hand to a normal manufacturing process. It can be applied not only to seamless steel pipes but also to ERW steel pipes and UOE steel pipes.

Steel having the composition shown in Table 1 was melted in a vacuum melting furnace, sufficiently degassed, and then made into a 100 kg steel ingot. This was hot pierced and rolled by a model seamless rolling mill for research, air-cooled, and outer diameter A 3.3 inch pipe with a wall thickness of 0.5 inch was produced. Next, a test piece material was cut out from each pipe and subjected to quenching and tempering treatment under the conditions shown in Table 2.
The following investigation was performed on the test specimen after the treatment.
-Tensile property investigation: A tensile test based on ASTM A370 was conducted with the pipe longitudinal direction as the test direction, and YS (yield strength) and TS (tensile strength) were measured.
Microstructure investigation: The microstructure in the center of the wall thickness was revealed by etching, and each phase of tempered martensite, austenite, and quenched martensite was identified by image processing, and the volume% of each phase was determined.
・ Pipe expansion investigation: The plug diameter is increased by pushing the plug into the pipe to increase the pipe expansion rate ((plug diameter-initial pipe inner diameter) / initial pipe inner diameter x 100 (%)). The tube expandability was evaluated by the tube expansion rate (limit tube expansion rate) when a crack occurred in the pipe being expanded.
Corrosion resistance Survey: thickness 3mm from the pipe after tempering, width 30 mm, it was produced by machining a corrosion test piece length 40 mm, corrosion test (conditions: was equilibrated with CO ₂ atmosphere at 30 atmospheres, a liquid temperature 100 ° C. Was immersed in a 10% NaCl aqueous solution for 2 weeks), and the corrosion resistance was evaluated based on the corrosion rate calculated from the weight loss after the test and the presence or absence of pitting corrosion by 10-times magnifier observation.

Table 2 shows the results of these investigations. By setting the C amount to 0.05% or less, it was possible to secure a limit pipe expansion rate of 40% or more. When Cr + 0.5Ni-20C + 0.45Cu + 0.4W is 11.3 or less, the corrosion rate is high. It is clear that all of the examples of the present invention have high tube expandability and excellent CO ₂ corrosion resistance. Thus, it can be seen that the steel pipe of the present invention can be sufficiently used as an oil well pipe for pipe expansion in an oil well environment containing carbon dioxide gas.

Claims (5)

  In mass%, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 10 0.5-17.0%, Ni: 0.5-7.0%, Al: 0.05% or less, V: 0.20% or less, N: 0.15% or less, O: 0.008% or less And a stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes that satisfies Cr + 0.5Ni-20C> 11.3 and has a steel composition comprising the balance Fe and inevitable impurities and having excellent pipe expandability.   In mass%, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 10 0.5-17.0%, Ni: 0.5-7.0%, Al: 0.05% or less, V: 0.20% or less, N: 0.15% or less, O: 0.008% or less Nb: 0.20% or less, Cu: 3.5% or less, Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, Ca: 0.001 to 0.005%, B : 0.0005-0.01%, W: containing one or more of 3.0% or less, and satisfying Cr + 0.5Ni-20C + 0.45Cu + 0.4W> 11.3, the balance Fe and A stainless steel pipe for oil well pipes having a steel composition consisting of inevitable impurities and excellent pipe expansion.   The stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods excellent in pipe expandability according to claim 1 or 2, having a steel structure containing austenite: more than 5% by volume in a structure mainly composed of tempered martensite.   The stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods excellent in pipe expandability according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the structure containing tempered martensite as a main phase has a steel structure containing hardened martensite: 3% by volume or more.   The stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods excellent in pipe expandability according to claim 1 or 2, having a steel structure containing hardened martensite: 3% by volume or more and austenite: 5% by volume or more in the structure mainly composed of tempered martensite. .