Experimental Researches to Establish the Optimum Hardbanding Technology and Materials of the Heavy Weight Drill Pipe

Abstract

The heavy weight drill pipe, one of the most expensive components of the drill string, is exposed, beside fatigue and corrosion, to an intensive wear process as a result of the friction with the inner wall of the casing or the borehole wall, that lead to a drastically decrease of it durability. In order to improve the durability, the worldwide specialists apply the hardbanding technology to increase the heavy weight drill pipe wear resistance. The major problem raised by the hardbanding process is the selection of the most suitable wear resistant alloy and the optimum hardbanding technology. The present research work investigate the possibility of hardbanding the heavy weight drill pipes by using the gas metal arc welding process, taking into considerations three different wear resistant materials with the trade name ARNCO 100XT, ARNCO 300XT and FLUXOFIL M58.