Abstract

Stabilizers have been one of the most critical components in the drilling string, due to their great function to prevent the unintentional sidetracking and vibrations in whole drilling assembly. In recent years, with the increasing of the well depth, the rising of the harsh service conditions have pose big challenges to the stabilizers. So it is very necessary to conduct systematic research on the failure mechanism of the stabilizer and carry out ideal failure prevention measures. In this article, the fracture failure analysis of an internal thread joint of the back redressing stabilizer was carried out, and the failure causes were investigated by nondestructive testing, mechanical property tests, chemical composition analysis, metallographic analysis and scanning electron microscope analysis. The results show that the mechanical tests and chemical composition analysis results all meet the requirements of the SY/T 5051-2016 standard, the fracture mode of the back redressing stabilizer is fatigue fracture, and the causes of the failure is mainly belong to the pit shape defects on the surface of internal thread and the quenching crack in the internal thread.

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