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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2025, Vol. 45 Issue (4): 837-848    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2024.279
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Research Status and Progress on Corrosion Performance of Super Martensitic Stainless Steel for Oil and Gas Fields
ZHANG Xiongbin1,2, DANG En1,3, YU Xiaojing1,4, TANG Yufei1,4, ZHAO Kang1,4()
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, China
3 Baoji Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd., Baoji 721000, China
4 Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Corrosion and Protection, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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ZHANG Xiongbin, DANG En, YU Xiaojing, TANG Yufei, ZHAO Kang. Research Status and Progress on Corrosion Performance of Super Martensitic Stainless Steel for Oil and Gas Fields. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2025, 45(4): 837-848.

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The working conditions of oil and gas fields with high temperature, high pressure and high concentration of corrosive medium have put forward strict requirements for the corrosion resistance of steels and alloys in service. In terms of common sense, martensitic stainless steel has become an economical and effective alternative to expensive corrosion-resistant alloys in oil and gas fields due to its good corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. This paper mainly introduces various martensitic stainless steels for oil and gas fields and their corrosion resistance characteristics and relevant mechanisms, summarizes their corrosion failure modes and the factors affecting their corrosion resistance, sort out the measures to improve and optimize their corrosion resistance, and summarize the current research status at home and abroad for improving the corrosion resistance of martensitic stainless steels used in oil and gas fields, in terms of the alloy composition, microstructure, anti-corrosion coating and corrosion inhibitor etc. Finally, look forward to the research directions of improving their corrosion resistance. The purpose of this study is to provide a reference for the development and production of martensitic stainless steels with better corrosion resistance for the application in oil and gas fields.
Key words:  martensitic stainless steel for oil and gas fields      corrosion resistance mechanism      corrosion failure mode      corrosion resistance improvement     
Received:  31 August 2024      32134.14.1005.4537.2024.279
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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52172074);Shaanxi Province Key Research and Development Program(2023-YBGY-431);Key Core Technology Research Project of China National Petroleum Corporation(2022ZG15)
Corresponding Authors:  ZHAO Kang, E-mail: kzhao@xaut.edu.cn
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Fig.1  Schematic illustration of pitting corrosion in Cl--containing aqueous environments: (a) passivation film breakdown, (b) sub-stable pit generation, (c) stable pit growth[14]
Fig.2  Overall (a) and local (b) morphologies of surface cracks of 13Cr MSS after four-point flexure test at 150 ℃[30]
Fig.3  Diagrams of the local corrosion mechanism of S13Cr MSS at ultra-high temperature in supercritical H2S-CO2 system: (a) static condition in supercritical CO2, (b) static condition in liquid medium, (c) dynamic condition in supercritical CO2, (d) dynamic condition in liquid medium[37]
Fig.4  Schematic diagrams of the initiation and propagation of Al2O3/MnS induced pits for 13Cr4Ni MSS: (a) Al2O3/MnS-type inclusions during immersion in Cl- containing solution, (b) preferential dissolution of MnS as an anodic phase, (c) anodic dissolution of Al2O3 at microgap in contact with the substrate, (d) complete dissolution of MnS and nonparticipation of Al2O3 in the electrochemical reaction[51]
Fig.5  Surface SEM images of AISI 420 MSS with different types of ZrN coatings after corrosion in an acidic Cl- corrosive environment: (a) uncoated, (b) single layer, (c) multi layer, (d) gradient layer[71]
Improvement measuresAdvantagesDisadvantages
Optimize Alloy compositionLong-term and effective, and simpleIt is easy to form intergranular inclusion segregation and induce pitting corrosion
Regulate microstructureObvious effect, stableIt is difficult to regulate the microstructure in a directional manner and the uncertainty is high
Adopt anti-corrosive coatingSimple, wide range of anti-corrosionThe preparation cost is high, and the bonding between the coating and the substrate is insufficient
Add Corrosion inhibitorsInexpensive, efficient and simpleThe dosage is large, which is easy to cause pitting or perforation in small parts that are not completely passivated
Table 1  Advantages and disadvantages of improvement measures of corrosion resistance of martensitic steels
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