Stainless Steel ANSI 316L Seamless Hydraulic Tubing Metallic Bright Surface
Meilong is a supplier of welded and redrawn, seamless and redrawn coiled tubing which are made from corrosion-resistant austenitic, duplex, super duplex stainless steels and nickel alloy grades. We have been specializing in manufacturing coiled tubing used in the oil and gas industry.
Hydraulic Tubing for Control Lines
A direct hydraulic control umbilical provides direct hydraulic control of each valve on a subsea christmas tree, through a bundle of tubes from the topsides hydraulic power unit (HPU) to the subsea tree. No electrical power or signal is required. Actuation of valves is by the supply of hydraulic power to the relevant tube. This is accomplished by opening the relevant valve on the manifold located on the topsided HPU. This type of umbilical is limited to subsea production systems with short offsets to the host and few trees.
Thanks to the experience and expertise gained in the production and inspection, the tubes supplied by Meilong fully meet stringent quality requirements of the oil & gas industries. The tubing deployed in the umbilicals used in aggressive subsea and downhole conditions.
Hydraulic Tubing for Chemical Injection
One of the main challenges in the upstream processes of the oil and gas industry is to protect pipeline and process equipment against waxes, scaling and asphalthane deposits. The engineering disciplines involved in flow assurance play an essential part in mapping the requirements that reduce or prevent loss of production due to pipeline or process equipment blockage. Steel tubing from Meilong is applied to umbilicals and chemical injection systems play an effective role in chemical storage and delivery at an optimizing flow assurance.
Our tubing is characterized with integrity and quality to be specially used in subsea conditions in the industries of oil and gas extraction.
TP316L, Chemical composition
| Element | Composition, % |
| Chromium | 16.0-18.0 |
| Nickel | 10.0-14.0 |
| Molybdenum | 2.0-3.0 |
| Manganese | 2.00 max. |
| Silicon | 1.00 max. |
| Carbon | 0.035 max. |
| Sulfur | 0.030 max. |
| Phosphorous | 0.045 max. |
Application: Standard oil and gas CRA (corrosion resistant alloy)
Tensile strength, min.: 70ksi (485MPa)
Yield strength, min.: 25ksi (170MPa)
Elongation in 2 in., min.: 35%
Application (seamless tubing)
TP316L seamless pressure tubing in the heat treated condition is typically used in oil and natural gas wells for applications including hydraulically-actuated surface-controlled subsurface safety valves, chemical injection, and instrumentation. In such applications, it is commonly referred to as control line tubing. The tubing is generally deployed by strapping it to the outside of the production casing. It may be encapsulated and can be included along with other pressure or TEC and mechanical components, such as bumpers, within a flatpack. The tubing is frequently supplied as 5,000 to 35,000 ft. coils on a wooden or steel reel, depending on size.
Description
TP316L is a chromium - nickel austenitic stainless steel with an addition of molybdenum and reduced carbon content. The addition of molybdenum provides improved resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion in environments containing halides such as chlorides when compared to so-called conventional 18 chromium 8 nickel austenitic stainless steels such as 304L. The reduced carbon content minimizes harmful chromium carbide precipitation during welding and thereby improves resistance to intergranular corrosion. Austenitic stainless steels such as 316L are susceptible to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in environments containing chlorides and other halides. Alloy 316L is generally used in oil and gas production environments which do not contain oxygen and have limited amounts of chlorides and hydrogen sulfide. Consult ISO 15156-3, Table A.2 for the limits regarding alloy 316L in hydrogen sulfide containing environments for oil and gas production.
Manufacturing Process and Resultant Properties
Seamless extruded tube hollows are drawn or drawn / sunk to final size to produce seamless tubing coils 500 to 2,000 ft. long, depending upon the size. The tubing is heat treated and joined by orbital welding to achieve the desired length. The final material condition of the tubing is heat treated.
Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
Eddy current testing (ECT) is performed at final size in the heat treated condition. Radiographic testing is performed on all orbital welds. Yield pressure hydrostatic testing is performed on the heat treated tubing at final size.
Quality Assurance
Eddy current test (ECT)
Ultrasonic test
Hydrostatic test
Chemical composition analysis
Tensile test
Hardness test
Dimension & visual inspect
Metallographic analysis
Standards and Specifications
ASTM A269, Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
Meets the material limits for 316L austenitic stainless steel listed in ISO 15156-3, Table A.2.
Coiled Tubing Size
| Imperial size | Metric size |
| OD inch | WT inch | OD mm | WT mm |
| 1/8 (0.125) | 0.028 | 3.18 | 0.71 |
| | 0.035 | 3.18 | 0.89 |
| 3/16 (0.188) | 0.028 | 4.76 | 0.71 |
| | 0.035 | 4.76 | 0.89 |
| | 0.049 | 4.76 | 1.24 |
| 1/4 (0.250) | 0.035 | 6.35 | 0.89 |
| | 0.049 | 6.35 | 1.24 |
| | 0.065 | 6.35 | 1.65 |
| | 0.083 | 6.35 | 2.11 |
| 3/8 (0.375) | 0.035 | 9.53 | 0.89 |
| | 0.049 | 9.53 | 1.24 |
| | 0.065 | 9.53 | 1.65 |
| | 0.083 | 9.53 | 2.11 |
| 1/2 (0.500) | 0.035 | 12.7 | 0.89 |
| | 0.049 | 12.7 | 1.24 |
| | 0.065 | 12.7 | 1.65 |
| | 0.083 | 12.7 | 2.11 |
| 5/8 (0.625) | 0.049 | 15.88 | 1.24 |
| | 0.065 | 15.88 | 1.65 |
| | 0.083 | 15.88 | 2.11 |
| 3/4 (0.75) | 0.065 | 19.05 | 1.65 |
| | 0.083 | 19.05 | 2.11 |
| 1 | 0.065 | 25.4 | 1.65 |
| | 0.083 | 25.4 | 2.11 |
Tubing length up to 32,808 feet (10,000 m)
For control line, chemical injection line, umbilicals
Available materials
Austenitic: 316L
Duplex: S31803, S32205
Super Duplex: S32750
Nickel alloy: N06625, N08825
Norm Equivalence
| Grade | UNS No | Euro norm | Japanese |
| No | Name | JIS |
| Alloy | ASTM/ASME | EN10216-5 | EN10216-5 | JIS G3463 |
| 316L | S31603 | 1.4404, 1.4435 | X2CrNiMo17-12-2 | SUS316LTB |
| 2205 | S31803 | 1.4462 | X2CrNiMoN22-5-3 | SUS329J3LTB |
| 2507 | S32750 | 1.4410 | X2CrNiMoN25-7-4 | |
| 625 | N06625 | 2.4856 | NiCr22Mo9Nb | |
| 825 | N08825 | 2.4858 | NiCr21Mo | |
