Wear Experiment and Influencing Factors Analysis of 13Cr-L80 Tubing String in High-Pressure, High-Temperature and High-Yield Gas Wells

Abstract:

Due to wear failures caused by tubing string vibrations in high-pressure, high-temperature and high-yield (3H) gas wells, a wear experiment was performed on the 13Cr-L80 tubing string. The influence of contact load, friction frequency, and reciprocating stroke length on the wear characteristics of the tubing string were effectively analyzed using the control variable method. The results demonstrate that, the wear patterns of the tubing-casing were primarily abrasive and adhesive wears, with minimal corrosion wear. The wear amount of tubing increases linearly with the increase of contact load and reciprocating stroke, but increases nonlinearly with the increase of friction frequency, and the friction coefficient of tubing string do not change with the increase of contact load, friction frequency and reciprocating stroke. In-field operations, the service life of the tubing string in 3H gas wells can be effectively augmented by reducing the contact load and longitudinal vibration displacement of the tubing-casing, maintaining the vibration frequency of the tubing string below 1.5 Hz. These results provide useful guidance for designing and implementing approaches to improve the service life of tubing strings in high-yield gas wells.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1026)
• Pages: 169-175
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1026.169
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Xiao Qiang Guo*, Jun Liu, Liang Huang, An Chao Wei, Da Ke Fang
• Keywords: 13Cr-L80 Tubing String, 3H Gas Wells, Reciprocating Wear Experiment, Wear Characteristics, Wear Failure

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