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Recon Technology helps oilfield operators control extraction, maintain production and move crude oil. Customers pay it for standard or customized equipment, software licenses, installation and project services. Automation products and software bring in most revenue, followed by equipment and accessories; wastewater-treatment solutions and on-site services contribute a smaller share. China is its main market, though it also serves overseas and offshore oilfields. CNPC supplies most revenue, with Sinopec another important customer. CNPC can terminate its agreements without advance notice, and demand depends on oil companies’ capital and maintenance spending.
The company is developing a separate business in Weifang, Shandong, that heats waste plastics to turn them into oil intended for sale as chemical feedstock. The plant is in trial production and commissioning and has not generated meaningful revenue. Commercial operation depends on securing waste plastics at acceptable prices, achieving stable production and finding buyers; the company intends to obtain ISCC certification for the oil.
Recon Technology also lends substantial funds to outside business partners and earns interest. These loans account for a large share of its assets, and repayment of its industrial-park loans depends on the underlying projects’ performance.
Most revenue comes through Chinese operating companies that Recon Technology controls by contract rather than equity ownership, making access to their economic benefits dependent on those arrangements remaining enforceable. Its Chinese automation operations require government licenses and permits. Separately, Gansu BHD’s oily-sludge treatment facility cannot legally conduct hazardous-waste activities without renewing its expired operating permit.
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Recon’s results depend especially on orders from CNPC and Sinopec, which are absent from this list but contributed approximately 65% and 12% of its fiscal 2026 revenue, respectively.
SLB and Recon both depend on oil producers paying for digital tools and production technology to manage fields and improve output. Watch SLB’s Digital Operations revenue for a read on demand for the field-management tools that also underpin Recon’s automation and software business.
Halliburton and Recon both rely on oil producers, including national oil companies, buying services and chemicals that help wells produce more oil. Demand for Halliburton’s well-stimulation services and specialty chemicals is worth watching alongside Recon’s production-enhancement and chemical offerings.
Core Laboratories Inc. and Recon both earn money from oil producers seeking more productive wells and greater recovery from existing fields. Watch Core Laboratories’ Production Enhancement business, which sells products and services for completing and stimulating wells, for demand related to Recon’s own well-productivity services.
National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (NESR) and Recon both depend on oil companies investing in production capacity: NESR sells well-completion and production services, while Recon sells production-enhancement services and oilfield projects. NESR’s Production Services results offer a comparison for that spending, but its main market is the Middle East and North Africa, whereas Recon’s is China.
Select Water Solutions, Inc. and Recon both earn revenue by treating oilfield wastewater and supplying related chemicals, though Select serves U.S. energy customers and Recon mainly serves China. Watch Select’s water-recycling project wins and facility utilization for U.S. treatment demand, rather than as a direct guide to the Chinese wastewater-treatment prices that lifted Recon’s fiscal 2026 environmental-protection revenue.
Halliburton Company earningsHAL
Halliburton’s report will show whether oil producers are still paying for well-stimulation services and specialty chemicals, spending that also supports demand for Recon’s oilfield projects and chemical offerings.
See whether demand holds up in both Halliburton’s well-stimulation services and specialty chemicals. Strength in both would suggest producers are still spending to improve output, a supportive demand backdrop for Recon’s oilfield projects and chemical offerings. Weakness in both would point to pressure on that type of customer spending, but would not establish that Recon’s Chinese customers are cutting orders.
SLB Limited earningsSLB
SLB’s Digital Operations revenue will show whether oil producers are still buying field-management tools, a demand signal relevant to Recon’s automation products and software.
Watch the change in SLB Digital Operations revenue. Growth would indicate that oil producers are still paying for digital field-management tools, supporting the demand backdrop for Recon’s automation products and software. A decline would suggest softer spending on these tools, but SLB’s results cannot substitute for Recon’s own orders and revenue.
