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51318-11123-Super Martensitic Stainless Steel UNS41426 Bar Manufactured to Optimize Sour Service Performance

To explore if the sour service performance gap between SMSS tubular and bar stock could be overcome, work was conducted to optimize the performance of 110ksi specified minimum yield strength UNS(1) S41426 bar product.

Product Number: 51318-11123-SG
Author: Lee Smith / Chertsey Road / Lucrezia Scoppio / Perry Nice / Giuseppe Mortali / Daisuke Matsuo / Takuji Nakahata / Hisashi Amaya
Publication Date: 2018
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13%Cr alloyed Super Martensitic Stainless Steels (SMSS) are widely used as down-hole tubular products in the Oil & Gas industry. Optimization of the tubular material chemistry, cleanliness and manufacturing route has delivered useful sour service performance and application in a wide range of oil and gas projects. SMSS bar stock alloys are a common selection for the manufacturing of down-hole equipment, but their application remains restricted by sour service performance that is lower than can be achieved in the tubular product. It is desirable, where strength requirement allows, to match the tubular grade for accessories and equipment. The sour service performance gap between SMSS tubular and bar stock makes this difficult for many fields. To explore if this gap could be overcome, development work was conducted to optimize the performance of 110ksi specified minimum yield strength UNS(1) S41426 bar product. Lessons learned in the manufacture of UNS S41426 tubulars and in the manufacture of high criticality bar products were combined to develop a bar manufacturing route to close the sour service performance gap. An initial operating window (as a function of pH, pH2S, dissolved chloride ion and temperature) has been established and is presented.

Key words: super martensitic stainless steel, bar stock, SSC, SCC, application window, mild sour service, qualification

13%Cr alloyed Super Martensitic Stainless Steels (SMSS) are widely used as down-hole tubular products in the Oil & Gas industry. Optimization of the tubular material chemistry, cleanliness and manufacturing route has delivered useful sour service performance and application in a wide range of oil and gas projects. SMSS bar stock alloys are a common selection for the manufacturing of down-hole equipment, but their application remains restricted by sour service performance that is lower than can be achieved in the tubular product. It is desirable, where strength requirement allows, to match the tubular grade for accessories and equipment. The sour service performance gap between SMSS tubular and bar stock makes this difficult for many fields. To explore if this gap could be overcome, development work was conducted to optimize the performance of 110ksi specified minimum yield strength UNS(1) S41426 bar product. Lessons learned in the manufacture of UNS S41426 tubulars and in the manufacture of high criticality bar products were combined to develop a bar manufacturing route to close the sour service performance gap. An initial operating window (as a function of pH, pH2S, dissolved chloride ion and temperature) has been established and is presented.

Key words: super martensitic stainless steel, bar stock, SSC, SCC, application window, mild sour service, qualification

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