Patents Assigned to Vallourec Oil and Gas France
  • Publication number: 20190040978
    Abstract: A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from an end of the pin toward the tubular body: a first male threaded portion, a first sealing surface, a shoulder surface, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. The box includes a first female threaded portion, a first sealing surface, a shoulder surface, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. A length from a boundary of the first sealing surfaces to a position of the shoulder surfaces and a length from a boundary of the second sealing surfaces to a position are each at least 15 mm, and the total length which is a sum of the length and the length is at least 50 mm. Thus, the threaded joint is capable of providing excellent sealing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Yousuke Oku, Masaaki Sugino, Fumio Ota
  • Publication number: 20190032820
    Abstract: A pin (10) includes, in order from a free end of the pin (10), a shoulder surface (11), a first sealing surface (12), a first male threaded portion (13), a second sealing surface (14), and a second male threaded portion (15). A box (20) includes a shoulder surface (21), a first sealing surface (22), a first female threaded portion (23), a second sealing surface (24), and a second female threaded portion (25). The flank angles of load flanks (13d and 23d) of the first male threaded portion (13) and the first female threaded portion (23) are each less than 0 degrees. The first male threaded portion (13) is composed of, in order from near the second sealing surface (14), an incomplete thread section (31b) and a complete thread section (31a). The incomplete thread section (31b) has a length of at least three times the thread pitch thereof and has a thread height lower than the thread height of the complete thread section (31a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Masaaki Sugino, Fumio Ota
  • Publication number: 20190010767
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective to provide a threaded connection for pipe or tube including a pin and a box, having excellent galling resistance, torque property, and anticorrosion property, and still having an excellent adhesiveness with a lubricating coating even when being repeatedly exposed to high temperature and very low temperature, and to provide a method for producing the threaded connection for pipe or tube. The threaded connection for pipe or tube according to the present embodiment includes a pin (3) and a box (6). The pin (3) and the box (6) have contact surfaces including a thread portions (4) and (5) and unthreaded metal contact portions (8) and (10), respectively. The threaded connection for pipe or tube comprises an electroplating layer consisting of a Zn—Ni alloy, a mechanical plating layer consisting of Zn or a Zn alloy, and a lubricating coating, on the contact surface of at least one of the pin (3) and the box (6), in this order from a contact surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventor: Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20180363813
    Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipe is provided that ensures good sealing performance and reduces crevice corrosion. A threaded joint includes a pin (10) and a box (20). The pin (10) includes a first shoulder surface (11), a first male thread (14), a second shoulder surface (18), and a second male thread (17). The box (20) includes a first shoulder surface (21), a first female thread (24), a second shoulder surface (28), and a second female thread (27). Supposing that the distance between the shoulder surfaces of the pin (10) is represented as Lpin and the distance between the shoulder surfaces of the box (20) is represented as Lbox, and the interference ?shld is defined by Equation (1) given below, then, the threaded joint is constructed such that Equations (2) and (3) given below are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Keita INOSE, Masaaki SUGINO, Sadao DOUCHI
  • Patent number: 10150887
    Abstract: A composition for solid coating formation, includes a mixed solvent including water and a dipolar aprotic solvent, a powdery organic resin which is partially soluble at least in the dipolar aprotic solvent. The powdery organic resin is dissolved or dispersed in the mixed solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventor: Kunio Goto
  • Patent number: 10145495
    Abstract: A threaded tubular connection including a first tube and a second tube is provided. The first tube includes a pin member which extends from an end of a main body of the first tube to a terminal end of the first tube. The second tube includes a box member which extends from an end of a main body of the second tube to a terminal end of the second tube. A cross-sectional area of a pin critical cross-section is within approximately ±5% of cross-sectional area of a box critical cross-section of the box member. The cross-sectional areas of each of the pin and box critical cross-sections are within approximately ±5% of the sum of the cross-sectional areas of a box intermediate critical cross-section of the box member and a pin intermediate critical cross-section of the pin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Russell Elder, Bertrand Maillon
  • Publication number: 20180327633
    Abstract: A composition for solid coating formation, includes a mixed solvent including water and a dipolar aprotic solvent, a powdery organic resin which is partially soluble at least in the dipolar aprotic solvent. The powdery organic resin is dissolved or dispersed in the mixed solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventor: Kunio GOTO
  • Patent number: 10119637
    Abstract: An assembly for producing a threaded connection, including tubular components provided with continuous threaded zones, in the form of helixes each provided with a first and a second taper generatrix, each of the threaded zones defining a thread profile, viewed in a longitudinal section passing through the axis of revolution, provided with load flanks, stabbing flanks, thread crests, and thread roots, wherein the height of the threads of the first threaded zones and the height of the threads of the second threaded zones are each in the range 1 mm to 2.5 mm, and the angle of the load flanks of the first and second threaded zones with the normal to the axis of revolution is in the range 1 to 20 degrees, and the angle of the stabbing flanks of the first and second threaded zones with the normal to the axis of revolution is in the range 3 to 25 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre Martin, Guillaume Porquer
  • Publication number: 20180313491
    Abstract: The invention concerns a threaded portion of a tubular element for a threaded tubular connection having an axis of revolution, the portion comprising a threading extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, and a first sealing surface on the peripheral surface, the first sealing surface being capable of producing metal-metal interference with a corresponding second sealing surface belonging to a complementary threaded portion. The threading and the first sealing surface are coated with a metallic anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is the major element by weight, the metallic anti-galling layer being at least partially coated with a lubricant layer comprising a resin and a dry solid lubricant powder dispersed in the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arnaud VERLEENE, Nicolas BAUDIN, Cedric VOGT, Adil JAAFAR
  • Patent number: 10113674
    Abstract: An assembly producing a threaded connection, including first and second tubular components with an axis of revolution and each respectively including at one end at least a first continuous threaded zone following a first helix on an outer or inner circumferential surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type, and configured to cooperate together upon makeup. The first threaded zones of the ends include a variable width dovetail thread profile, the ends respectively finishing in a terminal surface. At least one of the ends include a lip provided between the threaded zone and the terminal surface, the lip carrying a sealing surface configured to cooperate in a sealing interference fit with a corresponding sealing surface disposed facing the other end when the connection is in the made-up state. The lip is hollowed out by a groove adjoining the threaded zone and the sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre Martin, Bruno Legrand, Regis Moreau
  • Patent number: 10107047
    Abstract: A protector for a connection for a tubular component for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells, provided with a distal end surface, the protector comprising an annular housing comprising a bottom, two lateral walls, outer and inner, separated from each other and in which an annular gasket is disposed, each lateral wall comprising a bottom lateral wall portion and an exterior lateral wall portion and an upper face, the two exterior lateral wall portions defining an opening with width Au and characterized in that a distance A between two bottom lateral wall portions is greater than the width Au, in a manner such as to allow a first annular gasket to be positioned then to allow said annular gasket to be retained in the annular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Aguilar Mendez, Gerardo Manuel Magallanes Montalvo, Karim Bousbaine
  • Publication number: 20180283109
    Abstract: A threaded tubular connection includes male and female threaded elements. The male threaded element includes outer and inner male threadings, a first outer peripheral surface disposed between the male threadings, a first male sealing surface on the outer peripheral surface, a second outer peripheral surface, a male axial abutment surface disposed at the end of the male threaded element, and a second male sealing surface provided on the second outer peripheral surface between the inner threading and the male axial abutment surface. The female threaded element includes outer and inner female threadings, an inner peripheral surface disposed between the female threadings, at least one first female sealing surface on the inner peripheral surface, a female axial abutment surface, and a second female sealing surface provided between the female axial abutment surface and the inner female threading. Threads of the male and female outer threadings are engaged in a coupled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pierre MARTIN
  • Patent number: 10077612
    Abstract: In a screw joint for a steel pipe, a taper angle of a tapered surface of a pin is substantially the same as a taper angle of a tapered surface of a box. In addition, the pin and the box interfere with each other in a radial direction while a seal surface of the pin and a seal surface of the box contact each other in a process of make-up between a male screw portion and a female screw portion, and at least apart of the seal surface of the pin comes into close contact with at least a part of the seal surface of the box over the entire circumference. Moreover, a contact pressure amplification mechanism, which increases a contact pressure between the seal surface of the pin and the seal surface of the box at the completion of the make-up, is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Yousuke Oku, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Masaaki Sugino, Russell Elder
  • Patent number: 10017665
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preparing an aqueous polyamide-imide dispersion, characterized in that it comprises at least one step of selecting a polyamide-imide powder and a step of producing a dispersion comprising the polyamide-imide powder, a polar aprotic solvent with a boiling point of more than 180° C. at 760 mm Hg, and water. The invention also concerns a process for producing a dry polyamide-imide film on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed Gouider, Eric Gard, Eliette Pinel, Mikael Petit
  • Publication number: 20180187279
    Abstract: The invention deals with a corrosion resistant steel of at least 758 MPa comprising in weight %: 0.005?C<0.03, 14?Cr?17, 2.3?Mo?3.5, 3.2?Ni?4.5, Si?0.6, 0.5?Cu?1.5, 0.4?Mn?1.3, 0.35?V?0.6, 3.2×C×Nb?0.1, W?1.5, 0.5?Co?1.5, 0.02?N?0.05, Ti?0.05, P?0.03, S?0.005, Al?0.05, the balance of the chemical composition of said corrosion resistant steel being constituted by Fe and inevitable impurities. The invention deals also with the manufacturing method of such steel to obtain a quenched and tempered semi finished product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Christelle GOMES, Hafida EL ALAMI, Florent DECULTIEUX
  • Patent number: 10012332
    Abstract: A tubular threaded joint has a pin and a box. Each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion including a seal portion and a shoulder portion. A solid lubricating coating having a relatively high Knoop hardness is formed on a portion including the shoulder portion of the contact surface, such as the unthreaded metal contact portion including the shoulder portion and the seal portion, of at least one of the pin and the box. A solid lubricating coating having a relatively low Knoop hardness is formed at least on the remaining portion of the contact surface, such as the threaded portion. The threaded joint has excellent galling resistance, gas tightness, and rust preventing properties. The joint does not readily undergo yielding of shoulder portions even when made up with a high torque, thereby making it possible to perform makeup in a stable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventor: Kunio Goto
  • Publication number: 20180172197
    Abstract: The invention concerns a threaded portion of a tubular element for a threaded tubular connection hiving an axis of revolution, the portion comprising a threading extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, and a first sealing surface on the peripheral surface, the first sealing surface being capable of producing metal-metal interference with a corresponding second sealing surface belonging to a complementary threaded portion of a tube. The threading and the first sealing surface are coated with a metallic anti-corrosion and anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is tie major element by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arnaud VERLEENE, Nicolas BAUDIN, Cedric VOGT, Adil JAAFAR
  • Publication number: 20180171261
    Abstract: The invention concerns a threaded tubular connection for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells, comprising a portion of a tubular element with a male end having an axis of revolution and provided with a first threading extending about the axis of revolution, said male end portion being complementary with a portion of a tubular element with a female end having an axis of revolution and provided with a second threading extending about the axis of revolution, said male and female end portions being capable of being connected by makeup, each of the male and female end portions further comprising a sealing surface with a metal-metal interference, wherein the threading and the sealing surface of one of the two, male or female, end portions are coated with a first metallic anti-corrosion and anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is the major element by weight, said first metallic anti-corrosion and anti-galling layer being coated with a first passivation layer, and the complementary threading and sealing surface of
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arnaud VERLEENE, Nicolas BAUDIN, Cedric VOGT, AdIL JAAFAR
  • Patent number: 9957631
    Abstract: An electroplating apparatus applies an electroplated coating to a female thread formed on a pipe end portion of a steel pipe. The apparatus includes an inner seal member, a capsule, a discharge outlet, an opening, a cylindrical insoluble anode, a plating solution supply tube, and a plurality of nozzles. The seal member divides the interior of the steel pipe at a location longitudinally inward of a region on which the female thread is formed. The capsule is attached to the pipe end portion. The outlet is designed to discharge a plating solution inside the capsule therefrom. The opening facilitates discharge of the solution inside the capsule. The anode is disposed in the inside of the pipe end portion. The supply tube projects from an end of the anode. The nozzles eject a plating solution between the outer surface of the anode and the inner surface of the pipe end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Masanari Kimoto, Kazuya Ishii, Masahiro Oshima, Tatsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9909371
    Abstract: An assembly for producing a threaded connection, including first and second tubular components with an axis of revolution, each including at one end a male threaded zone produced on the external circumferential surface, the ends each finishing in a terminal surface forming a direct drive dog clutch device to fix the first and second tubular components in rotation, and including a third tubular component which also has an axis of revolution and includes at each end on its internal circumferential surface two female threaded zones, one of the two male threaded zones being capable of cooperating with one of the two female threaded zones while the other male threaded zone can co-operate with the other female threaded zone. The male end of the first tubular component and the corresponding female end of the third tubular component include a mechanism for free rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Guillaume Coeffe