Recently, Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd.'s high strength tempered pressure vessel steel was put into use in the crude oil storage tank area of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Located in the Gulf of Oman area, the crude oil storage tank area of Fujairah is the only area in the UAE that does not lie on the waters of the Persian Gulf. Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. initiated the international market rapid response mechanism, eliminated the foreign party's doubts with actual quality, and impressed its customers with considerate services. Aiming at this important ‘strategic high ground’ in recent years, only in the Fujairah region has it successively supplied such projects as the Netherlands's Royal Vopak, Black Pearl and VTTI.  The main supplied types of steel include A537CL2, A573Gr70, A516Gr70, A36, etc., with the total supply reaching 28,500 tons. The accumulated supply to the Middle East has reached 55,000 tons, of which A537Cl2 is high-end American standard high-strength tempered pressure vessel steel, with a product specification ranging from 8 to 87 mm and an accumulative supply reaching 10,200 tons.

The high-end American standard high-strength tempered pressure vessel steel A537CL2 is the main raw material for the manufacture of storage steel, for which excellent welding performance and simulated post-weld heat treatment performance are required. Committed to research, Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. fully investigated the historical production data for different order requirements and different thickness specifications, and constantly optimized its economical process program. It followed every detailed requirement of the users in the MPS, ITP and production process, developed an on-line quenching process and repeatedly optimized the process parameters to ensure product quality, thereby meeting the users' delivery requirements.

Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. fully considered the customers' schedule requirements and actively organized the production. During the supply for the Black Pearl Project, the customer wanted the first 1,000-ton batch of A537CL2 quenched and tempered steel to be supplied in advance. Facing a tight delivery deadline, difficult production organization and other difficulties, all the production processes worked together to carefully organize the production and strictly control the parameters of each stage of product smelting. Within only 3 weeks, the production and delivery were completed, meeting the users' urgent needs.

Because of crude oil price fluctuations in the international market and the oil product storage tank demands in the Middle East, the whole Middle East region, including the Fujairah region of the United Arab Emirates is further improving its storage tank capacity. By virtue of its good reputation, Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. will certainly take an important place in the list of qualified suppliers of high-quality storage tank steel for the Middle East.