Inertia of development of the oil industry in Russia - a threat to the economic security of the country

Abstract

A significant share within the global oil market enables Russia to position itself as an important supplier of energy resources both now and in the foreseeable future. However, technological backwardness and specificity of the industry development do not allow Russia to ach ieve h ig h ef f iciency i n oi l a nd p et r o chem ica l i nd u s tr ies , i n p a r t icu la r, t o s olve t he problem of increasing the depth of raw materials processing. In addition, the need of exploration of new fields and the increasing recoverability of existing fields in order to replenish the resource base requires t he i ntroduction of new pr od uction tech nolog ie s . E c onom ic s a nction s de pr ive domestic s t r ateg ic branches of access to market of modern technologies and credits, exacerbating the problems of the industry development. The need of technological improvement of the productive apparatus determines the development prospects not only for production, but also for transportation and processing of crude oil. Therefore, the position of the industry is defined not only with the problems, received «by inheritance», but also with new economic and political realities.