A two-phase stainless steel pipe that has not only a corrosion resistance required for oil well pipes but at the same time has a targeted strength is produced, without excessively adding alloying components, by selecting cold drawing conditions.
A method for producing a two-phase stainless steel pipe, which comprises, preparing a two-phase stainless steel material having a chemical composition that consists of, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 2%, Cr: 20 to 35%, Ni: 3 to 10%, Mo: 0 to 4%, W: 0 to 6%, Cu: 0 to 3% and N: 0.15 to 0.35%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, forming a material pipe by subjecting to a hot working or further a solid-solution heat treatment, and performing a cold drawing, where the cold drawing is characterized in being performed under the conditions that the working ratio Rd, in terms of the reduction of area, in the final cold drawing step is within a range from 5 to 35%, and the following formula (1) is satisfied:
Rd(%)≧(MYS−55)/17.2−{1.2×Cr+3.0×(Mo+0.5×W)} (1)
wherein Rd and MYS signify the working ratio (%) in terms of the reduction of area and the targeted yield strength (MPa), respectively, and Cr, Mo and W signify the contents (mass %) of the individual elements, respectively.