Solid lubricant for Zn-Ni coating on a threaded tubular element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12480610-B2
Application number	US-202218688181-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2022
Priority date	Sep 7, 2021
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

A tubular threaded element for the drilling, the operation of hydrocarbon wells, the transport of oil and gas, the transport or the storage of hydrogen, the carbon capture or the geothermal energy, including a metal body and at least one threaded end including at least one threaded portion, the threaded end including a multilayer coating on at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end wherein the multilayer coating includes a first layer including a solid coating including Zinc-Nickel electrodeposited on the at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end, a second oxalation-type conversion layer above the first layer, a third layer including a polyurethane or epoxy matrix loaded with solid lubricant particles above the second layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A tubular threaded element, comprising:
a metal body and at least one threaded end comprising at least one threaded portion, said threaded end comprising a multilayer coating on at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end wherein said multilayer coating comprises: a first layer comprising a solid coating comprising Zinc-Nickel electrodeposited on said at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end; an oxalation conversion layer formed on the first layer; and a layer of a polyurethane or epoxy matrix comprising solid lubricant particles formed on the second oxalation conversion layer, wherein a porosity of the oxalation conversion layer is from 5% to 35%.

2 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , wherein the oxalation conversion layer comprises nickel oxalate and/or zinc oxalate.

3 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , wherein the oxalation conversion layer has a layer weight per unit area from 0.1 g/m 2 to 20 g/m 2 .

4 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 3 , wherein the layer weight per unit area of the oxalation conversion layer is from 0.5 g/m 2 to 10 g/m 2 .

5 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , wherein the porosity of the oxalation conversion layer is from 10% to 25%.

6 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , wherein the oxalation conversion layer has a thickness from 0.5 μm to 30 μm.

7 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 6 , wherein the thickness of the oxalation conversion layer is from 1 μm to 20 μm.

8 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , wherein the oxalation conversion layer comprises a microcracked polyhedron type texture with edges of from 1 μm to 30 μm in width.

9 . The tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one threaded end further comprises a stop surface and a sealing surface, wherein the multilayer coating covers the stop surface and/or the sealing surface.

10 . A method for manufacturing the tubular threaded element according to claim 1 , comprising:
electrodepositing a zinc-nickel layer on a metal surface of a threaded end; an oxalation conversion treatment of the surface of the zinc-nickel layer to obtain the oxalation conversion layer; and covering the oxalation conversion layer with a layer comprising a polyurethane or epoxy matrix loaded with solid lubricant particles.

11 . The method for manufacturing a tubular threaded element according to claim 10 , wherein the oxalation conversion treatment is carried out at a temperature from 25° C. to 90° C.

12 . The method for manufacturing a tubular threaded element according to claim 10 , wherein the oxalation conversion treatment comprises treatment with oxalic acid solution having a concentration of from 1 g/L to 75 g/L.

13 . The method for manufacturing a tubular threaded element according to claim 12 , wherein the oxalic acid solution further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of a nitrate, a chloride, a thiocyanate, a thiosulphate and a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Vallourec Oil & Gas France
• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Baska Philippe
• Thomas Marie

Classifications

• F16L15/04

  with additional sealings · CPC title

• E21B17/042 Primary

  Threaded · CPC title

• F16L15/08

  with supplementary elements (F16L15/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C10N2030/12

  Inhibition of corrosion, e.g. anti-rust agents or anti-corrosives · CPC title

• C10M2213/062

  Polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE] · CPC title