SSC resistance of 110 ksi sour grade low alloy steel OCTG was evaluated in highly pressurized H2S
environments assuming the application to High Pressure/High Temperature (HPHT) oil and gas fields.
The DCB test was selected to numerically evaluate the environmental severity in view of SSC. Effects
of H2S pressure and temperature on KISSC values were investigated. Test results showed that the
increase in H2S pressure from 0.1 to 1.5MPa decreased KISSC values. KISSC values increased with
increasing testing temperature over the range from 24 to 65oC. SSC mechanism in the high pressure
H2S environments was discussed in view of corrosion weight loss, structures or chemical compositions
of corrosion products formed on the steel surface, and atomic hydrogen absorption and its stability in
the steel.
Keywords: sulfide stress cracking, hydrogen sulfide, temperature, double cantilever beam test,
hydrogen