Drill Pipe - Materials

General design

Materials

Sour Service Steels

Ultra High Strength Steels

VAM DRILLING STEEL GRADES
High Strength And Performance

VAM Drilling has inherited of Vallourec & Mannesmann strong experience in steel developments.

Taking advantage of Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes leading position in the Oil & Gas market for premium products, VAM Drilling is increasingly supplying top-of-the-range grades such as VM-150 and VM-105 DP SS to meet the performance and economic demands associated with increasingly harsh drilling conditions.

All standard API grades (E-75, X-95, G-105, S-135) and all proprietary Sour Service grades, such as
VM-95 DP SS and VM-105 DP SS, are manufactured in Range 2 and Range 3 lengths and are available in the full range of pipe sizes meeting the most stringent service requirements of clients.

VAM Drilling Drill Pipe material range:

Drill Pipe Materials

Specification Drill Pipe Material Yield Strength
Min/Max (ksi) Ultimate Strength
Min/Max (ksi) Max Hardness⁽¹⁾ Min Avg Charpy
(ft-lbs @ 75°^F) SSC Threshold⁽²⁾
(% SMYS⁽³⁾)

API E-75 75/105 100/- - 40 -

X-95 95/125 105/- - 40 -

G-105 105/135 110/- - 40 -

S-135 135/165 145/- - 40 -

Tool Joints 120/- 140/- 341 HB 40 -

VAM Drilling
Proprietary VM-135 135/165 145/- - 54⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾ -

VM-150 150/170 160/- 42 HRC 44⁽⁵⁾ -

VM-105 DP MS 105/120 115/ - 29 HRC 35⁽⁶⁾ -

VM-95 DP S 95/110 105/130 25 HRC 59⁽⁴⁾⁽⁶⁾ 70%

VM-105 DP S 105/120 115/140 27 HRC 59⁽⁴⁾⁽⁶⁾ 70%

VM-95 DP SS 95/110 105/130 25 HRC 59⁽⁴⁾⁽⁶⁾ 85%

VM-105 DP SS 105/120 115/140 28 HRC 59⁽⁴⁾⁽⁶⁾ 85%

Tool Joints SS 110/125 125/145 30 HRC 66 65%

⁽¹⁾ Average value from three single point readings
⁽²⁾ As per NACE Test Method TM-0177
⁽³⁾ SMYS - Specified Minimum Yield Strength
⁽⁴⁾ Based on 3/4 size specimens
⁽⁵⁾ At -4°^F
⁽⁶⁾ Minimum Single Charpy (ft-lb)