Sanicro® 29 for OCTG Tube and pipe, seamless Skip to content

Standards

• UNS: N08029
• ISO: 13680 27-31-4

Product standards

Approvals

• NACE MR0175/ISO 15156-3 (Petroleum and natural gas industries - Materials for use in H₂S-containing environments in oil and gas production)

Chemical composition (nominal)

Chemical composition (nominal) %

C	Si	Mn	P	S	Cr	Ni	Mo	Cu	N
≤0.020	≤0.7	<2.0	≤0.020	≤0.015	27	33.5	4.4	1.0	≤0.1

Applications

Sanicro^® 29 is used for high strength downhole production tubing, casing, and liners in sour gas wells. This includes environments with high temperatures, high partial pressures of CO₂ and H₂S, and high chloride concentrations.

Corrosion resistance

Environments in sour wells, which commonly include high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide (H₂S), carbon dioxide (CO₂) and chlorides (Cl^-), are often very severe with respect to corrosion. However, the risk of corrosion attack can be significantly reduced by selecting a suitable material. In these environments, materials with high levels of nickel, chromium and molybdenum have proven to reduce the risk of corrosion. Sanicro^® 29 has been specifically designed to optimize the contents of these elements for sour service corrosion resistance.

Pitting corrosion

Sanicro^® 29 can withstand high temperatures in aggressive environments without pitting. A recognized method of ranking a material's susceptibility to localized corrosion is by means of the PRE number (Pitting Resistance Equivalent). This PRE number is based on the contents of chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen in the alloy according to the following formula:
PRE = %Cr + 3.3 × %Mo + 16 × %N

A PRE number is the relative measure of a material's ability to resist pitting corrosion in chloride containing environments. Sanicro^® 29 has a minimum PRE number of 42, which confirms its high resistance to pitting corrosion when chlorides are present. For comparison, the minimum PRE number of Sanicro^® 28 is shown in the table below.

Critical pitting temperature (CPT) were determined on cold worked Sanicro^® 28 per modified ASTM G150. The temperature of the test solution was started at 20°C, and heated at a rate of 1 °C/min. The tests were carried out in NaCl solutions of three chloride concentrations without pH adjusting; and also in 3 wt% Cl- with three fixed pH. The solution of 1.7 liter was purged with nitrogen during the test. The assessments were carried out at a potential of +634 mV vs. Ag/AgCl on triplicate specimens per test environment. The high CPT suggests the high pitting corrosion resistance of the material in the environments tested.

The CPT as the function of chloride as well as the function of pH are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 respectively. The results show a trend that CPT decreases with increasing chloride concentration whereas CPT increases with increasing pH of the solutions.

Figure 1. Critical pitting temperature (CPT) as a function of chloride concentrations for cold worked Sanicro® 29 and Sanicro® 28. The potential was +634 mV vs Ag/AgCl.

Figure 2. Critical pitting temperature (CPT) as a function of pH for cold worked Sanicro® 29 and Sanicro 28 in a 3% Cl- solution. The potential was +634 mV vs Ag/AgCl.

Stress corrosion cracking

Environmental assisted cracking, especially in the presence of hydrogen sulphide (H₂S), is one of the more serious forms of corrosion in sour environments. Failure of tubing as a result of environmental assisted cracking can occur rapidly without any warning. For that reason, the prevention of this form of corrosion must be considered when selecting tubing materials for sour wells.

According to ISO 15156-3 (2015), cold worked Sanicro^® 29 belongs to type 4c material which can be safely used in the limited environmental combinations of temperature and H₂S in order to avoid the risk of SCC. Laboratory testing data shows that cold worked Sanicro^® 29 is not susceptible to SCC in sour environments even outside of the limits for 4c type materials.

Figure 3 illustrates SCC testing on Sanicro^® 28 in Cl-H₂S-CO₂ environments with and without elemental sulfur compared to ISO 15156-3 limits for type 4c materials (under the green dashed line), type 4d materials (under the blue dashed line), and type 4e materials (under the red dashed line). The SCC testing has been performed on cold worked (minimum yield strength 110 ksi) Sanicro^® 29 stressed at 100% actual yield strength (AYS) using tensile constant load per NACE TM 177 method A, as well as slow strain rate test (SSRT) per NACE TM0198 at strain rate of 4×10^-6 in/in/sec. Sanicro^® 29 showed good ductility in the tested sour environments with no failures.

Figure 3: SCC testing data of cold worked Sanicro® 29 tube materials in sour environments in comparison with the ISO 15156-3 limits for 4c type materials. The SCC testing has been performed on Sanicro® 29 tube materials stressed at 100% actual yield strength (AYS) using tensile constant load per NACE TM0177 method A, as well as slow strain rate test (SSRT) per NACE TM0198 at strain rate of 4×10-6 in/in/sec. Sanicro® 29 showed good ductility in the tested sour environments with no failures.

Stress corrosion cracking tests have also been performed in the presence of elemental sulfur. Cold worked Sanicro^® 29 tube with an R_p0.2 value of 910 MPa (132 ksi) has been tested. The tests were performed according to NACE TM0177, with tensile specimens stressed to 100% of the actual yield strength.

Fabrication

Sanicro^® 29 tubes are supplied in the cold worked condition and are intended for use with threaded connections.

Forms of supply

Materials for oil and gas production

Cold hardened (cold worked) seamless tube and pipe

For production tubing, casing, liner, and coupling stock for downhole oil and gas applications, Sanicro^® 29 is supplied cold hardened with high strength properties. (Sanicro^® 29-110 ksi, -125 ksi)
Full details on sizes, finishes and mechanical properties are available on request.
Email: stog.smt@alleima.com

Heat treatment

Tubes for downhole oil and gas applications are delivered in the high strength, cold hardened condition. They are not annealed after cold working.

Mechanical properties

At 20°C (68°F)

1 MPa = 1 N/mm²
a) R_p0.2 corresponds to 0.2% offset yield strength.

The PSL-2 requirements in ISO 13680 can be fulfilled for certain products. Further information is available on request. Email:stog.smt@sandvik.com

At high temperatures

Sanicro^® 29 cold worked material also displays very good mechanical properties at higher temperatures.

* Approximate yield strength at temperature is achieved by multiplying the corresponding de-rating factor and yield strength at 20^oC (68^oF).

Impact strength

Due to its austenitic microstructure, Sanicro^® 29 has very good impact strength, both at room temperature and at lower temperatures. Tests have demonstrated that the steel readily fulfills the requirements in accordance with ISO 13680 (min. 40 J at -10^oC (50^oF)).

Physical properties

Physical properties of cold worked Sanicro^® 29.
Density: 8.0 g/cm³, 0.29 lb/in³

Thermal conductivity

Specific heat capacity

Resistivity

Thermal expansion, mean values in temperature ranges (×10^-6)

Modulus of elasticity (×10³)

Poisson's ratio

The Poisson's ratio for Sanicro^® 29 at room temperature is 0.30.