Technological priorities of the oil and gas industry in the context of the implementation of the tasks of the Energy Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2050

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current state and priority areas of scientific and technological development of the oil and gas complex of Russia in the context of geopolitical restrictions and a course towards technological sovereignty. The key challenges of the industry are considered: a high degree of depletion of existing fields, an increasing share of hard-to-recover reserves (HtRR), exceeding 65 % of the total, as well as critical dependence on imported equipment, software and technologies, reaching 70-95 % in individual segments. Based on the results of scientific and technical analytical work, seven priority areas for the development of the oil and gas sector until 2050 are formulated. Among them: equipment and technologies for well construction and production intensification, metrology of geophysical studies, specialized software for field modeling, monitoring systems, as well as technologies for the development of HtRR using thermochemical and chemical methods of increasing oil recovery. Particular attention is paid to intersectoral end-to-end technologies: bearing and chemical industries, rare earth metals, electronic component base and precision engineering. The need to intensify geological exploration on the Arctic and Far Eastern shelf to ensure production after 2035 is justified. It is shown that the achievement of hydrocarbon production targets – over 500 million tons of oil and more than 850 billion m of ³ gas – is possible only with systematic interaction of the state, business and science within the framework of a unified policy of import substitution and technological sovereignty.

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