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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Kunio Goto, Kobe, JP;
Ryuichi Imai, Wakayama, JP;
Kunio Goto, Kobe, JP;
Ryuichi Imai, Wakayama, JP;
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas Grance, Aulnoye-Aymeries, FR;
Abstract
A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.