Strengthen the guidance of standards and support the high-quality development of the petroleum industry

With the in-depth development of economic globalization, the role of standardization in facilitating economic and trade exchanges, supporting industrial development, promoting scientific and technological progress, and standardizing social governance has become increasingly prominent. Standards are the technical rules of economic trade and industrial cooperation, affecting 80% of world trade, and the battle for standards is not only a battle for technology research and development, but also a battle for market development, and a battle for development strategy. It is an inevitable requirement to ensure national energy security to better play the basic, strategic and leading role of standardization in the development of the petroleum industry, and to better support and lead the high-quality development of the petroleum industry.

The development history and achievements of petroleum standardization

The origins of standardization can be traced back to the first productive labor and social activities of human beings. In order to survive and communicate, human beings have formed the first forms of standards, such as language, numbers, and production tools that can be used uniformly and repeatedly. In the murals of Fuxi Nuwa in the Han and Tang dynasties unearthed in Xinjiang and other places, Fuxi and Nuwa are holding "rules" and "moments" respectively. "Rules" contains the meaning of "standard", and it can be seen that human civilization, including Chinese civilization, has a sense of standardization at the beginning of its development. In ancient times, the unified standards of writing, currency and measuring instruments, such as Qin Shi Huang's "car on the same track, book on the same text", etc., all showed their tremendous role in promoting the division of labor in production, national unification and the consolidation of political power. In modern times, the Western Industrial Revolution directly gave birth to standardization with modern significance. Especially in the field of production, through interchangeable standard parts, the simplification and unification of production have been realized, the degree of generalization and scale has been improved, the product quality has been ensured, the cost has been reduced, and the production efficiency has been improved, which in turn has promoted the development of the industrial revolution.

The standardization of China's petroleum industry began in the early 50s of the 20th century, when it was mainly in the technical standards of petroleum products, and the technical standards of the Soviet Union were adopted. In 1954, the first batch of petroleum product standards in China was issued. In the 60s of the 20th century, began inPetroleum equipmentIn the manufacture of pipes, with reference to the standards of the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, the technical standards of China's petroleum equipment and products are formulated. In 1963, the Ministry of Petroleum Industry organized the formulation and release of the first ministerial standard "Oil and Gas Transmission Pipe". Since the reform and opening up in 1979, the standardization of the petroleum industry has been greatly developed. In 1984, the former Ministry of Petroleum Industry established the Petroleum Industry Standardization Technical Committee to comprehensively carry out the formulation of standards in the upstream field of the petroleum industry. Subsequently, it has successively established the National Technical Committee for the Standardization of Drilling and Production Equipment and Tools, the National Natural Gas Standardization Technical Committee and other standardized technical organizations. After the reform of China's petroleum industry system in 1998, a new Petroleum Industry Standardization Technical Committee was established in 2000 composed of the three major oil companies, relevant scientific research units, and colleges and universities. Since 2008, it has successively established standardized technical organizations for coalbed methane, shale gas and shale oil in the energy industry, and the standardized organization and management system has been further strengthened and improved.

After decades of efforts, the standardization of the petroleum industry has always implemented the new development concept, built a new development pattern, and promoted the high-quality development of the petroleum industry. Focusing on the needs of the development of the petroleum industry, scientific design and reasonable layout have built a new standard system, and now it has 235 national standards and 1,630 oil and gas industry standards, providing technical standard support for petroleum exploration, development and production. New field standards have been incorporated into the system, and a large number of pilot standards in key areas have been developed, which are more prominent in public welfare and basic in order to ensure the basics, and market supply standards continue to release vitality and better meet the needs of innovation. In the fields of unconventional energy, marine exploration and development, safety and environmental protection, energy conservation and water saving, a series of standards have been issued, which have played a role in improving the level of oil and gas exploration, promoting the growth of reserves and production, and ensuring the national oil and gas supply. In some key areas, the consistency level between petroleum industry standards and international standards has reached more than 90%. The formulation of a number of international standards supported by independent intellectual property rights and technical patents of China's petroleum industry indicates that the standardization and innovation ability in some technical fields has reached the international advanced level. The standardization of some professions in the field of petroleum industry is changing from "accompanying dance" to "leading dance" on the international stage.

Standardization work should grasp the overall situation and innovate and develop

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has entered a period of building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and it is also a period of comprehensive improvement of the standardization cause. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "standards promote innovation and development, and standards lead the progress of the times" and "China will actively implement the standardization strategy to promote innovative development, coordinated development, green development, open development and shared development with standards". On October 10, 2021, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council publicly released the "National Standardization Development Outline", which is a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core based on national conditions, looking at the world and facing the future, and is a major milestone in the history of the development of China's standardization industry.

Standing at a new historical starting point, we must have new ideas, new goals, and more importantly, new actions and new measures. In the future, the standardization of the petroleum industry will adhere to the principle of "strategic guidance, innovation-driven, and service development", strive to improve the advancement, effectiveness and applicability of oil and gas industry standards, give full play to the supporting and leading role of standardization in the development of the petroleum industry, and vigorously build a clean and low-carbon standard system for the petroleum industry that leapfrogs from conventional oil and gas to unconventional oil and gas, from traditional oil and gas to new energy, and promotes the clean and efficient development and utilization of fossil energy.

In terms of supporting the current situation, we will focus on improving domestic oil and gas exploration and development, accelerate the formulation of a number of key and urgently needed standards for conventional and unconventional oil and gas exploration and development, and promote the increase of oil and gas resources and production. Focusing on the layout of new energy and new business, we will organize the combing and research of standard systems in the fields of natural gas hydrate, hydrogen energy, and geothermal, and do a good job in formulating standards for cleaner production, energy conservation and environmental protection, so as to help the layout of green industries and the creation of green enterprises. In terms of leading the future, it is necessary to increase strategic forward-looking, and the emerging industries should increase the standard layout. Actively pay attention to and closely track the development trend of standardization at home and abroad in the fields of wind energy, photovoltaic, energy storage, cloud computing, Internet of Things, big data, etc., and carry out standardization research in smart oil and gas fields, smart refining, smart sales, etc., so as to make standard preparations for building a green industrial structure and a low-carbon energy supply system, and realizing digital transformation and intelligent development.

To cope with international challenges, it is necessary to strengthen the strategic leading role of standards. Economists have dubbed the battle for standards a "winner-takes-all".

First, we have to meet it. Closely follow the standard competition strategy and international standardization development direction of developed countries, strengthen the research on the international standardization strategy of China's petroleum industry, determine strategic objectives, strategic priorities and strategic measures, and take the initiative to respond to international challenges.

Second, we must stand up. Actively participate in the work of international standards organizations, lead and substantively participate in the formulation of international standards, especially in the emerging industries with strong market demand and broad application prospects, promote a number of important standards with independent intellectual property rights to become international standards, and occupy some commanding heights.

Third, we must go out. Vigorously promote the overseas promotion and application of independent technical standards, establish the "Chinese standard" brand, gather the advantages of "Chinese standard", improve the international competitiveness of petroleum industry products, enterprises and industries, and promote the transformation of overseas oil and gas business from scale expansion to quality and efficiency improvement.

For a long time, Sany Petroleum has been committed to providing efficient and flexible integrated solutions for energy development and utilization, and creating maximum value for customers. In the future, in the oil and gas industry, Sany Petroleum will show more comprehensive and professional engineering service capabilities, drive the coordinated development of the entire equipment manufacturing industry, and firmly hold China's energy energy jobs.