Corrosion Strength Analysis of Casing in Offshore Thermal Recovery Wells

Abstract:

Corrosion is a common problem in offshore oil and gas wells, especially in thermal recovery wells, which will greatly affect the residual strength of casing strings. Field data show that the corrosion pattern of casing is mainly pitting, local corrosion and uniform corrosion, of which pitting is the most common. For this reason, based on the engineering practice of thermal recovery well casing corrosion, the dynamic changes of wellbore temperature and pressure during the gas production process of thermal recovery wells are considered, and the numerical model of casing corrosion under transient temperature and pressure coupling is established. The influence of corrosion morphology and corrosion depth on the residual strength of the casing is analyzed. The transient stress variation law of the corroded casing is studied. The results show that: (1) Under the same corrosion depth, both pitting and uniform corrosion will reduce the residual internal pressure and external extrusion strength of the casing string, and the degree of influence is similar. The effect of uniform corrosion on the residual tensile strength of the casing string is larger than pitting and local corrosion; (2) the residual strength of the casing decreases linearly with the increase of the corrosion depth of the casing; (3) the stress of the corrosion part of the casing shows a significant dynamic change, in the initial stage of steam injection, casing stress rises rapidly at the corrosion position, and then the rate at which the casing stress rises is slowed, which tends to cause fatigue damage to the casing. The research results have reference significance for the assessment of the service status of offshore thermal recovery well casings.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 944)
• Pages: 956-964
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.944.956
• Online since: January 2019
• Authors: Jun Li*, Xue Feng Song, Gong Hui Liu, Yan Xi, Wei Lian, Tao Huang
• Keywords: Casing Corrosion, Offshore Thermal Recovery Well, Pitting Corrosion, Residual Strength, Temperature-Pressure Coupling

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