IP Library Granted Patent US 7,670,547
Granted Patent B2
US 7,670,547 · App. 12/007,165 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods having high sulfide stress cracking resistance

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Patent No.
US 7,670,547
App. No.
12/007,165
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods contains, in percentage by mass, 0.20% to 0.35% C, 0.05% to 0.5% Si, 0.05% to 0.6% Mn, at most 0.025% P, at most 0.01% S, 0.005% to 0.100% Al, 0.8% to 3.0% Mo, 0.05% to 0.25% V, 0.0001% to 0.005% B, at most 0.01% N, and at most 0.01% O, the balance comprising Fe and impurities, the steel satisfying Expression (1): 12V+1−Mo≧0 (1) where the symbols of elements represent the contents of the elements in percentage by mass. In this way, the steel according to the present invention has high SSC resistance.

Claims (20)

1. Low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods having high sulfide stress cracking resistance, comprising, in percentage by mass, 0.20% to 0.35% C, 0.05% to 0.5% Si, 0.05% to 0.6% Mn, at most 0.025% P, at most 0.01% S, 0.005% to 0.100% Al, 0.8% to 3.0% Mo, 0.05% to 0.25% V, 0.0001% to 0.005% B, at most 0.01% N, and at most 0.01% O, the balance comprising Fe and impurities, said low alloy steel satisfying Expression (1):

12V+1−Mo≧0  (1)

where the symbols of elements represent the contents of the elements in percentage by mass.

2. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 1 , further comprising at most 0.6% Cr and satisfying Expression (2):

Mo−(Cr+Mn)≧0  (2)

where the symbols of elements represent the contents of the elements in percentage by mass.

3. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of at most 0.1% Nb, at most 0.1% Ti and at most 0.1% Zr.

4. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 1 , further comprising at most 0.01% Ca.

5. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 1 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

6. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one of at most 0.1% Nb, at most 0.1% Ti and at most 0.1% Zr.

7. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 2 , further comprising at most 0.01% Ca.

8. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 3 , further comprising at most 0.01% Ca.

9. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 2 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

10. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 3 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

11. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 4 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

12. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 6 , further comprising at most 0.01% Ca.

13. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 6 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

14. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 7 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

15. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 8 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

16. The low alloy steel for oil country tubular goods according to claim 12 , further having at least 861 MPa yield strength.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded May 14, 2019
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049165/0517 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2008
From: KOBAYASHI, KENJI; OMURA, TOMOHIKO
To: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020793/0175 →