Threaded tubular component and resulting connection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9644432-B2
Application number	US-201214348711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2012
Priority date	Oct 14, 2011
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A threaded tubular component configured for drilling or working hydrocarbon wells, the tubular component including, at one of its ends, a threaded zone formed on its external or internal peripheral surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type. The end portion is at least partially coated with a dry film, including a thermoplastic or thermoset matrix including microcapsules filled with compounds in liquid form.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tubular element configured for drilling and/or working a hydrocarbon well, comprising:
an end portion comprising at least one threaded zone,
wherein the end portion is at least partially coated with a dry film, including a thermoplastic or thermoset matrix including microcapsules filled with compounds in liquid form chosen from linear polydimethylsiloxanes with a kinematic viscosity in a range of 100 to 12500 mm 2 /s at 25° C. and with a molecular mass in a range of 10000 to 80000 g/mole.

2. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the microcapsules comprise at most 85% by weight of hydrophobic liquid compounds with a kinematic viscosity of less than 2000 mm 2 /s at 100° C.

3. The element according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the microcapsules is in a range of 1 to 60 μm, or in a range of 2 to 10 μm, in diameter.

4. The element according to claim 1 , wherein a membrane of the microcapsules is constituted by at least one wall formed from a melamine-formaldehyde resin, or a double wall.

5. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix comprises in a range of 1% to 25% by weight of microcapsules.

6. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix comprises in a range of 1% to 15% by weight of micro-encapsulated lubricating oil, or in a range of 5% to 10% by weight.

7. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix is a thermoplastic polymer selected from copolyamides, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene butyl acrylate, and olefinic resins.

8. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix is a thermoset polymer selected from polyureas, polyurethanes, and fluorourethanes.

9. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix comprises a tackifying resin selected from terpene resins based on alpha pinene, rosin and resin acids esterified with pentaerythritol, hydrogenated rosin and resin acids esterified with glycerine, and polymerized rosins.

10. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix comprises one or more additives selected from solid lubricants, corrosion inhibitors, waxes, plasticizers, and antioxidants.

11. The element according to claim 1 , wherein a coated portion of the end portion has undergone a surface preparation of type selected from a group formed by sand blasting, conversion treatments, electrolytic deposition, and non-reactive treatments.

12. The element according to claim 1 , wherein a whole of the threaded zone is coated with the dry film.

13. The element according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion comprises at least one sealing surface configured to provide a metal/metal contact, and the sealing surface is coated with the lubricating dry film.

14. A tubular connection configured for drilling and/or working a hydrocarbon well, comprising:
at least one tubular element having an end portion,
wherein the end portion is at least partially coated with a dry film comprising a thermoplastic or thermoset matrix including microcapsules filled with compounds in liquid form chosen from linear polydimethylsiloxanes with a kinematic viscosity in a range of 100 to 12500 mm 2 /s at 25° C. and with a molecular mass in a range of 10000 to 80000 g/mole.

Assignees

• Vallourec Oil & Gas France
• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Gard Eric
• Pinel Eliette
• Petit Mikael

Classifications

• C10N2050/12

  Micro capsules · CPC title

• C10M2209/0845

  used as base material · CPC title

• C10M2213/0606

  used as base material · CPC title

• C10N2020/02

  Viscosity; Viscosity index · CPC title

• F16B33/06

  Surface treatment of parts furnished with screw-thread, e.g. for preventing seizure {or fretting (corrosion preventing means F16B33/008; settable coatings for locking threaded members F16B39/225; deformable coatings for locking threaded members F16B39/34)} · CPC title