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A premium threaded connection for oil country tubular goods (OCTG) has a metal-to-metal seal portion to ensure its gas tightness under high pressure and high temperature. The metal surfaces are coated with grease and then integrated by rotary sliding. Despite several studies, the gas tightness mechanism of the metal-to-metal seal has not yet been clarified. In this study, as the first step to clarify the mechanism, we evaluated how grease affects the gas tightness by fundamental tests considering rotary sliding and grease degradation due to high temperature. Our results showed that grease is mandatory for the gas tightness of the metal-to-metal seals and the gas tightness is affected by both types of base oils and solid additives of grease. The seals coated with the grease composed of mineral oil had better gas tightness than those coated with that composed of plant oil, even after degradation due to high temperature. In addition, grease containing soft metal particles had better gas tightness than grease containing hard inorganic particles because the extended soft metal particles adhering to the rough parts of the seal surfaces reduced the size of the leakage paths.

Influence of Grease on High-Pressure Gas Tightness by Metal-to-Metal Seals of Premium Threaded Connections