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SM80S

Coupling: Red, Blue Pipe Body: Red, Blue

General description

SM80S is a low alloy Carbon steel OCTG material suitable for severe Sour Service applications. SM80S
is a Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) resistant material.

SSC failure mechanism is a form of Hydrogen embrittlement in combined presence of H2S, water and
tensile stresses. SM80S benefits from SMI’s unrivaled know-how in manufacturing sour service materials
since the 70’s and best-in-class quality control. SM80S offers a tighter quality control compared to
API L80 and is manufactured based on API 5CT/ISO 11960 PSL2 requirements.

Diameters: 2-3/8” to 16”

Weights: as per API 5CT/ISO 11960

Special application: Please contact SMI engineer, should You require specific size, weight, drift, or any
other characterization.

Reference document

● Proprietary SM-S series.TGP-2840 (latest revision)

● API 5CT / ISO 11960
● NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156-2
● API 5C1 / ISO 10405
● NACE TM0177
● VAM Book

Applicable environment

Severe Sour service application corresponding to region 3, High H2S combined with low pH, as
defined by NACE MR0175/ISO15156-2 (Fig 1) :

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Fig. 1 : Sour Service regions in the pH vs H2S diagram

* Note : Even though this low pH corner is considered non-sour as far as H2S is concerned, caution needs to be exercised, as
High Strength materials may become susceptible to Environmental Cracking (EC) even with no or very limited H2S.

For each manufactured SM80S heat, SSC resistance is verified through testing in accordance with
NACE TM0177 method A, in solution A, using an applied stress of 90% SMYS while API L80 is delivered
without SSC testing.

As an option SM80S can be supplied with NACE TM0177 method D testing.

SM80S is a low alloy sour service material; consequently SM80S can be susceptible to metal loss
corrosion if exposed to a wet dynamic acid gas containing environment, such as CO2.

For a more detailed assessment please contact SMI engineers.

Manufacturing

Process Description
Steel making Ladle refined, fully killed and vacuum degassed; continuously cast to a
fine grained practice
Pipe making Seamless
Heat treatment Quenched and Tempered

Specified mechanical properties

Tensile
Yield strength Elongation Hardness
strength Technical Note
ksi % HRC
ksi
Min Max Min Min Max

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Tensile
Yield strength Elongation Hardness
strength Technical Note
ksi % HRC
ksi
Min Max Min Min Max
80 95 95 API Formula 23.0 90% SMYS
1bar H2S, NACE A,
Solution-A

Physical and thermal properties

unit 25°C 50°C 100°C 150°C 200°C 250°C

Density Kg/m3 7800 7790 7780 7760 7750 7730
Young's modulus GPa 213 211 209 206 203 200
Poisson's Ratio - 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.28
Tensile strength 100 98.3 95.5 94.4 94.7 94.7
%
de-rating
Yield strength 100 99.3 96.4 91.7 90.3 88.2
%
de-rating
Thermal Diffusivity x10-6 m2/s 12.3 12.3 11.9 11.3 10.6 9.96
x106 J/m3 3.61 3.79 3.83 3.97 4.15 4.34
Heat Capacity
deg.C
Thermal Conductivity W/m deg.C 44.4 46.7 45.6 44.8 44.0 43.3
Specific Heat J/Kg deg.C 463 487 492 511 535 562
Thermal expansion x10-6 / deg.C - 12.5 12.4 12.6 12.8 13.0

Technical information

While the increase of temperature minimizes SSC susceptibility as outlined in Figure 2, SM80S remains
SSC resistant at all temperatures.

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Fig. 2 : Dependency of SSC susceptibility on test temperature.

SMI modified 4130 material,σappl=100%AYS, pH2S=100kPa at 25 deg.C, NACE Method A, solution A.
[Ref : R.D.Kane et,.al.J.Petroleum Technology, 1483(1977)]

In addition, Figures 2 features the major sensitivity of SSC resistance to the material strength : SSC
susceptibility increases along with material Yield strength. On that regards, SM80S preserves its SSC
resistance across the full range of its specified Yield strength range, as shown in Figure 3.

Fig. 3 : H2S partial pressure versus materials SSC behavior.

SMI modified 4130 material, σappl=100%AYS, 4PB, solution A, 25 deg.C.

While NACE TM0177 has standardized its testing environment to 100kPa H2S, SMI has explored SSC
susceptibility at higher H2S partial pressure, as illustrated in Figure 3, in order to assess the robustness
of its material designs and processes. SM80S was successfully tested up to 1000 kPa or 10 bar H2S,
and is to be considered full fledge Sour Service.

For additional information about material performances please contact SMI engineers.

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Case history from the field

A selection of critical applications of Sumitomo Sour Service proprietary grades shows the extensive
record in region 3. These Field records include SM80S, SM90S and SM95S used as intermediate,
production casing and tubing. More detailed well conditions are provided below along with the specified
material :

Storage and handling procedure

Health, Safety and Environment

While state-of-the-art HSE rules are applied throughout SMI manufacturing process, proprietary and
specific HSE regulations shall be applied along the life cycle of the pipe until it reaches its final position
in the well, according to each operator’s rules. This particularly applies to all phases of handling and
transportation, assembly on the rig floor, and rig return if applicable. OCTG are heavy and by nature
unstable. Special care shall be paid to potential risks of injury whenever handling OCTGs. Walking on
pipes shall be avoided at all times. Usage of Personal Protection Equipments (PPE) is mandatory.
Equipment and procedures will be established to capture the possible wastes generated during
maintenance (cleaning, coating, doping) and disposed according to local regulations. This applies in
particular to storage dope, running dope, or cleaning water wastes.

Best practices for transportation, handling and storage of OCTG in general are covered by ISO 10405 /
API RP5C1. VAM Book is also a good source of handling practices for VAM connections. In addition to
these general rules, specific care is recommended pertaining to SM-S series, because improper
handling could affect the material performances and by extension the corrosion resistance :

● Prevention of Spot Hardening

For more specific information please contact SMI engineers.

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