Abstract:
The effects of temperature, partial pressure of CO2(pCO2) and alloying elements on corrosion rate of casing steels L80 and K55 in simulative oil field formation water containing CO2 were studied, and the corrosion morphology was observed .The results show that the corrosion rate of K55 steel increased with the increase of temperature and pCO2, and then decreased after temperature was over 90°, and L80 steel was not sensitive to temperature and pCO2. The maximum corrosion rate of L80 steel and K55 steel were 0.162 5, 0.983 6 mm·a-1, respectively. The corrosion resistance of L80 steel was superior to K55 steel because of high Cr content. The corrosion products of K55 steel was stacking-loose FeCO3 with regular shape, only tiny etch pit was found on L80 steel surface.