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Recently, Shandong Kehuan Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. came to the news that the company successfully passed the audit of American Petroleum Institute (API), and officially won the API 5CT (Casing and Tubing Specification), API 5L (Line Pipe Specification) product certification and API Q1 quality management system certification. The simultaneous landing of the three authoritative certificates marks that the company's product technology, production process and quality management system in the field of petroleum equipment manufacturing have reached the international standard, which has won the key “admission ticket” for expanding the global oil and gas market and enhancing the core competitiveness.

As the most authoritative standard-setting and certification body in the global oil and gas industry, the American Petroleum Institute (API) was founded in 1919, and its standards cover the whole industry chain of petroleum exploration, development, production, storage and transportation, and the API certification is recognized as the “hard threshold” for industry access and “gold standard” for product quality. API certification is recognized as a "hard threshold" for industry access and a "gold standard" for product quality, and it is the core assessment basis for the procurement of international oil giants. The three certifications passed by Shandong Kehuan accurately cover the company's core business and management system, each focusing on and complementing the other: API 5CT standard for oil and gas exploration and production casing, tubing and accessories, the material strength, thread sealing, anticorrosion performance and other key indicators put forward stringent requirements, which can be adapted to meet the needs of the whole scenario from conventional wells to high-pressure, high-temperature and highly corrosive complex well conditions; API 5L standard as a global standard for the manufacture of pipeline tubing. API 5L standard, as a global standard for pipeline pipe manufacturing, specifies the pressure resistance, impact resistance and welding quality standards for products in long-distance oil and gas pipeline scenarios, which is a necessary qualification for multinational pipeline projects; API Q1 system certification is a quality management system certification for the oil and gas industry, which is more stringent than ISO 9001 and covers industry-specific requirements such as product design, risk analysis, change management, traceability, etc., and is the core for enterprises to continuously and stably provide qualified products. It is the core guarantee for enterprises to provide qualified products continuously and stably, and is also the basis for obtaining the API standard license.

During the certification process, the API audit expert group, strictly according to the requirements of the latest version of the standard, through the document audit, on-site verification, product sampling, process validation and other multi-dimensional evaluation, comprehensively inspected Shandong Kehuan's production workshop, testing equipment, technical documents, quality records and the operation of the management system, and gave a high degree of recognition to the company's production capacity, technological strength and level of control. As a high-tech enterprise established in 2011 and a provincial manufacturing enterprise, Shandong Kehuan has been deeply engaged in the field of oil and gas drilling equipment manufacturing for many years, with a registered capital of 100 million yuan, 21 patented technologies, and a perfect R&D and quality control system, which has accumulated a good reputation in the industry by virtue of the stable quality of its products. In order to successfully pass the certification, the company set up a special working group to optimize the production process parameters, upgrade the non-destructive testing and other professional equipment, and improve the product life cycle traceability system in accordance with hundreds of technical provisions of the three standards, and after many rounds of rectification and optimization, the company finally realized that the whole process complies with the requirements of API specifications, and successfully passed the audit.

“The successful passing of the three API certificates is the best affirmation of the company's development concept of ‘high standard, strict quality control, strong R&D” over the years, and it is an important milestone for the company to step into the international market.“ The relevant person in charge of Shandong Kehuan said that with the increasingly close global energy cooperation, API certification has changed from an industry ”plus“ to a ”necessity“ for enterprises to ”go out", and this certification will bring multiple development opportunities for the company. Landing will bring multiple development opportunities for the company: First, successfully break through the technical barriers in the international market, access to Shell, BP, PetroChina and other domestic and foreign mainstream oil and gas enterprises procurement bidding qualification, help expand the North America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other overseas markets; Second, significantly enhance the product market premium ability, according to industry data, API certified products prices can be 15%-20% higher than the price of ordinary products, and the winning of the API certification, the company will be the most competitive in the market. According to industry data, the price of API-certified products can be 15%-20% higher than ordinary products, and the winning rate has been significantly increased; thirdly, it is to force enterprises to continue upgrading, through the international standard, further optimize the production process, reduce the failure rate of the products, and improve the operational efficiency and core competitiveness of enterprises.

Based on a new starting point, looking forward to a new journey. Taking this certification as an opportunity, Shandong Kehuan will continue to deepen the implementation of API standard, increase the investment in R&D of high-end petroleum equipment, focus on the technology iteration of core products such as tubulars for complex well conditions and high-strength line pipes, and continuously improve the product quality and technology level. At the same time, the company will give full play to the advantages of certification, actively expand the international market, and make every effort to build an internationally competitive brand of petroleum equipment, help China's petroleum equipment “going out” strategy to land, and provide reliable equipment solutions for the safe and efficient development of the global oil and gas industry.