Recon Technology, Ltd. Subsidiary Receives Two More Orders from PetroChina's Oilfield Companies

BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) ("Recon" or the "Company"), a leading independent oilfield services provider operating primarily in China, announced today that Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. ("BHD"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, received two orders for a total  of RMB 2.1 million (~US$0.3 million) from PetroChina's oilfield companies. The first order, dated January 12, 2016, is to supply two heat exchanger units, a major component of furnaces, to PetroChina's Jilin Oilfield for RMB 650 thousand (~US$0.1 million), with a scheduled delivery date of no later than March 15, 2016. The second order, dated January 21, 2016, is to supply two furnaces to PetroChina's Huabei Oilfield for RMB 1.47 million (~US$0.2 million), with a scheduled delivery date of February 29, 2016.

Both orders are part of PetroChina's furnace procurement program (the "Procurement Program") that BHD bided on and for which BHD has received a Class A Furnace Supplier qualification, as was previously announced by the Company on December 14, 2015. These two orders, combined with the RMB 3.22 million (~US$0.5 million) order received from PetroChina's Huabei Oilfield in December 2015, brings the aggregate order value to more than RMB 5.3 million (~US$0.8 million) to date for the Company under the Procurement Program.

Mr. Shenping Yin, Chairman and CEO of Recon, stated, "The Procurement Program, which covers a two year period from October 2015 to September 2017 with expected bids totaling more than RMB 2.9 billion (~US$457 million), provides Recon with an opportunity to boost our furnace business and expand our presence at PetroChina's oilfield companies. We expect to receive more follow-on orders as part of the Procurement Program in coming quarters."

About Recon Technology, Ltd.

Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) ("Recon") is China's first independent oil and gas field service company to be listed on NASDAQ. Working closely with leading global partners, Recon has achieved rapid growth supplying China's largest oil and gas exploration companies, including Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corporation, with advanced automated technologies, efficient gathering and transportation equipment and reservoir stimulation measures. The solutions Recon provides are aimed at increasing gas and petroleum extraction levels, reducing impurities, improving safety and lowering production costs. For additional information, please visit www.recon.cn.

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