Abstract
ABSTRACTAir-assisted steam injection is used to enhance hydrocarbon recovery from heavy oil reservoirs. During this process, downhole tubular goods are subject to corrosion in a mixed oxygen-carbon dioxide-steam environment at temperature up to around 200°C causing a low-temperature oxidation phenomenon. Here we investigate the influence of the O2/CO2 ratio on the corrosion of P110 steel, a grade that is commonly used for oil well casings. Our findings show that corrosion is greatly influenced by the O2 pressure but hardly at all by the CO2 pressure. The maximum corrosion rate was in excess of 65 mm per year. However, alkalisation of the injected fluid, which promoted the formation of a protective magnetite scale, was found to greatly reduce corrosion.
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