BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) ("Recon" or the "Company"), a China-based independent solutions integrator in the oilfield service, environmental protection, electric power and coal chemical industries, today announced that the Company won an additional 2 bids totaling approximately RMB 2.3 million (approximately USD 0.35 million) to procure and import customized instruments for the coal chemical business of China Energy Investment Corporation ("China Energy") through Shenhua Logistics Group Corporation Limited ("Shenhua Logistics").
Previously Shenhua Logistics was a subsidiary of Shenhua Group Corporation Limited ("Shenhua Group"), which was merged into China Energy with another group company in 2017. As of today, the Company has won bids totaling RMB 33.38 million (approximately USD 4.96 million) from China Energy (including the bids from Shenhua Group). The Company expects the total bids for 2019 from the coal and electronic power segment of China Energy to reach RMB 36 million (approximately USD 5.35 million) and up to RMB 50 million (approximately USD 8.91 million).
Mr. Shenping Yin, co-founder and CEO of Recon stated, "We are pleased to continue to win bids in the competitive Chinese energy market. Our work with China Energy highlights our expansion in a new service as we leveraged our technological knowhow and comprehensive services to provide exceptional value for our client. Our successful provision of automation solutions to the coal chemical industry demonstrates our improved vendor system and our robust service capabilities. We hope that we can build on these successes, in addition to the RMB 2.3 million we were recently awarded. We estimate that we will be rewarded with RMB 36 million for the total bids from China Energy in 2019, as we continue to innovate and demonstrate the effectiveness of our solutions in the energy sector."
About China Energy
With the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, China Energy Investment Corporation (China Energy) was formally established on November 28, 2017, following the merger of China Guodian Corporation and Shenhua Group, both Fortune Global 500 companies. Ranked 101st among the Fortune Global 500 in 2018, the company is a backbone state-owned enterprise (SOE). Operating eight business segments including coal, thermal power, new energy, hydropower, transportation, chemical industry, environmental technology and finance, China Energy is the world's largest producer of coal, thermal power, wind power, coal-to-liquid fuels and coal chemicals.
About Recon Technology, Ltd.
Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) is China's first listed non-state-owned oil and gas field service company on NASDAQ. Recon supplies China's largest oil exploration companies, Sinopec (NYSE: SNP) and CNPC, with advanced automated technologies, efficient gathering and transportation equipment and reservoir stimulation measure for increasing petroleum extraction levels, reducing impurities and lowering production costs. Through the years, RCON has taken leading positions on several segmented markets of the oil and gas filed service industry. RCON also has developed stable long-term cooperation relationship with its major clients, and its products and service are also well accepted by clients. For additional information please visit: www.recon.cn.
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For more information, please contact:
In China:
Ms. Jia Liu
Chief Financial Officer
Recon Technology, Ltd.
Phone: +86 (10) 8494-5799
Email: info@recon.cn
In the United States:
Ms. Tina Xiao
President
Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Phone: +1-917-609-0333
Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com
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