The present application belongs to the technical field of
metal processing, and particularly relates to a seamless steel
pipe and a production method thereof. The present application provides a production method of a seamless steel
pipe, which takes a round billet as a
raw material and sequentially comprises a heating process, a piercing process, a
pipe rolling process and a reducing process. The heating process comprises: heating the billet by using an annular
heating furnace, and the billet sequentially passes through a low-temperature heating section, a strengthening heating section and a soaking section of the annular
heating furnace; wherein the temperature of the low-temperature heating section is 600-1000 DEG C, the heating rate of the billet in the low-temperature heating section is 80-100 DEG C / h, the
heating time of the low-temperature heating section is greater than or equal to 300 minutes, and the
diameter of the billet is greater than or equal to 460 mm. The
diameter of the round billet type steel billet is greater than or equal to 460 mm, and the billet is first preheated in a low-temperature zone and is heated for a
sufficient time, thereby avoiding the problem that the harmful stress exists in the billet due to the large
temperature difference between the inner layer and the outer layer caused by the excessively fast heating speed and the short time in the low-temperature section.