The use of wirelines in the operation of sour gas and oil wells is a common and needed activity. These wirelines must be high strength, and they must resist corrosion by the environments of such wells, environments that cause stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) of many alloys. Specially prepared samples of 17 alloys, including austenitic stainless steels, a duplex stainless steel, nickel-base alloys, a cobalt-base alloy, a nickel-cobalt alloy and a titanium alloy, were tested in seven environments in the laboratory to measure their resistance to SCC. Simulated sour well environments were included among the tests. Mechanical properties also were measured. A system was devised to rank the alloys based on the corrosion test results. Considering also the mechanical properties requirements, the Ni-Cr-Mo-W-Fe alloys rate highest and best for sour well wireline applications.

Subject
Corrosion resistant alloys, Stainless alloys, Corrosion rate, Wirelines, Nickel based alloys, Sodium chloride, Wiring, Corrosion resistance, Stainless steel, Aluminum alloys, Titanium alloys, Alloys, Stress corrosion cracking
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1989
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