A primary obstacle to successful drilling and completion of deep (20,000'+), sour wells is sulfide stress cracking (SSC), a catastrophic cracking mode of failure that affects high strength steels in environments containing hydrogen sulfide. Loss or blowout of a high pressure sour well could have disastrous consequences in terms of life and money.

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Steel structures, Materials, Microstructure, Sour environments, Acidity, Stress, Mechanical failure, Corrosion inhibitors, Steel, Sulfide stress cracking, Hardness, Stress corrosion cracking, Martensite
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1973
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