NEW YORK, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) ("Recon" or the "Company"), today announced that Dr. Yonggang Duan has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent director, effective March 19, 2020.
Dr. Duan is currently a researcher and doctoral supervisor, a third level professor and the director of the Oil Well Completion Technology Center at the School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University. First graduated in 1984 major in oil recovery engineering, Dr. Duan got his master's degree in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree in 2009 both major in oil and gas field development engineering from Southwest Petroleum University. Long engaging in teaching and scientific research in the field of oil and gas field development engineering and well completion, focusing on the research work on oil and gas reservoirs dynamic analysis, well testing and completion, Dr. Duan has won several awards and titles including outstanding experts with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province, experts in oil and gas safety in Sichuan Province, and candidates for academic and technical leadership in Sichuan Province.
Dr. Duan has published more than 60 journals, including 20 SCI journals, 23 EI journals, and serval CSCD journals. He has participated in the writing of 4 monographs and 2 textbooks, both "Oil and Gas Layer Protection Technology" and "Reservoir Physics" have been listed as planning textbooks by the Ministry of Education. Dr. Duan was in charge of the National 973 Project "high-efficiency shale gas development technology -research on the theory and interpretation method of shale gas horizontal well fracturing test", a national 863 project, 4 national major oil and gas projects, 10 other provincial and ministerial level projects. Dr. Duan has won 5 provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards, including the first, the second and the third prizes.
"We are delighted to welcome Dr. Duan to our Board of Directors at this pivotal moment for the Company," said Mr. Shenping Yin, co-founder, and CEO of Recon. "Dr. Duan's deep scientific knowledge and reputation in the oil and gas industry promise to be an asset to the company under current challenging macroenvironment. We look forward to working with and learning from Dr. Duan."
Dr. Duan said, "I'm looking forward to working with the Recon teams. Based on my experience of more than 30 years in the oil and gas projects, I hope to help Recon to improve technology and launch new products, therefore bring better sales expectations in the future."
About Recon Technology, Ltd.
Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON) is China's first non-state-owned oil and gas field service company listed on NASDAQ. Recon supplies China's largest oil exploration companies with advanced automated technologies, efficient gathering and transportation equipment and reservoir stimulation measures for increasing petroleum extraction levels, reducing impurities and lowering production costs. Since 2017, the Company has expanded its business operations into other segments of the broader energy industry including electric power, coal chemicals, renewable energy and environmental protection in the energy and chemical industries. Through the years, Recon has taken leading positions on several market segments of the oil and gas field service industry. Recon also has developed stable long-term cooperation relationships with its major clients, and its products and service are well accepted by clients. For additional information please visit: www.recon.cn.
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