New Advancements in the Abrasion Resistance of Internal Plastic Coatings

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For more than 60 years, internal plastic coatings have been used for corrosion protection on tubing, casing, line pipe and drill pipe. One of the historic concerns with the use of internal plastic coating is the threat of mechanical damage and subsequent corrosion cell generation. Through the earlier years of usage of internal plastic coatings, applicators relied solely on enhanced surface preparation and adhesion to ensure minimal exposure of the steel substrate if damage were to occur. Even with this minimization, the potential for corrosion was still a concern for some. Due to this, a focus on developing internal coatings that offered higher degrees of abrasion resistance was initiated. At this time, several materials have been developed that offer abrasion resistances up to twenty times greater than what had previously been seen. These abrasion resistant materials allow internal coatings to be used in applications that were previously filled with alloys and glass reinforced epoxy (GRE) liners. These applications include: production/injection wells that rely on frequent mechanical intervention, rod pumping wells, completion string systems and environments containing high amounts of entrained solids. This paper outlines the development of these products including the different chemistries used and their abrasion resistance, impact, laboratory evaluation of their abrasion resistance and initial case histories of applications where internal coatings have historically been excluded.