Microstructure and corrosion performance of X100 steel in the oilfield produced water

ABSTRACT

The corrosion performances of X100 steels in the oilfield produced water with different temperature (30°C, 40°C, 60°C) under the simulated working conditions were studied by potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) test. Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) was used to measure the element composition of the sample after corrosion. The phase and chemical compositions of the specimens were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectrometry. The electrochemical results showed that the corrosion resistance of the specimen exposed for 24 hours increased with the increase of the testing temperature, indicating the better protective effect due to the corrosion product film formed under high temperature despite the impact of turbulence. The corrosion products consist of Fe₃O₄, Fe₂O₃, α-FeOOH, and γ-FeOOH. The corrosion mechanism model of X100 steel was established and the corrosion behavior was analyzed under simulated working conditions.

KEYWORDS:

• Corrosion
• simulated real working conditions
• X100 steel
• temperature
• oilfield produced water

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

Yanhong Gu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-1534

Additional information

Funding

This work is supported by National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFE0204200). The present work is also financially supported by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (No. 3192013), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51774046), and the Scientific Research Common Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (SQKM201710011002).