Corrosion Behavior of P110 Steel in Simulated CO₂ and Formation Water Environment

Abstract

The corrosion behavior and mechanism of P110 steel tubing in in low CO2 particle pressure and high salinity formation water environment was investigated through high temperature and high pressure dynamic immersion tests, macro-morphology analysis, scanning electron microscopy(SEM) inspection, energy disperse spectroscopy(EDS) analysis and X-ray diffraction(XRD) analysis. The Results showed that the increasing of CO2 partial pressure accelerated the corrosion process of P110 tubing steel, and the corrosion rates of P110 tubing decreased with the increasing of temperature. Furthermore, the high content of Ca2+ in the formation water also had a big influence on the corrosion behavior of P110 tubing steel, for it could affect the precipitation quantity and morphology of CaCO3 at different temperature and CO2 particle pressure.