Identification of the current state of digital transformation of the leaders of the oil and gas industry in Russia

Abstract

Relevance. Currently, digital transformation plays a leading role in the development of the Russian oil and gas industry. Its relevance and significance are growing due to the special position of this industry in changing political and economic conditions under the influence of great challenges and threats, such as, for example, the changing global oil market; the need to remain competitive in the industry; the complexity of developing hard-to-recover oil reserves in the conditions of depletion of exploited fields; difficulties in developing offshore fields in the Arctic; and changes in the sanctions policy towards Russia. The purpose of the research is to identify the current state of the digital transformation of the leaders of the oil and gas industry in Russia by identifying the existing achievements and key problems with the corresponding directions for their resolution. The methodological base of the research was the methods of comparison, grouping, analysis, synthesis, historical, abstract-logical, along with systemic and evolutionary approaches. The results are presented by a comparative analysis of the digitalization and digital transformation activities of such leaders of the Russian oil and gas industry as Rosneft Oil Company PAO, Gazprom Neft PAO, Lukoil PAO and identification of the current state of the industry under study. The article notes the positive results of the implementation of digital transformation of companies, as well as identifies the main problems related to the oil and gas industry as a whole, affecting the level of digital transformation of oil and gas companies, and ways to resolve them. The basic problems include the insufficient level of import substitution and the lack of funding for R&D. The resolution of these problems comes down to focusing efforts on obtaining the final result both on the part of oil and gas companies and on the part of the state.