Modernization of the Russian Oil Industry on the Way for Innovations and Global Trends

The main task of the new Russian energy strategy until 2035 is formulated succinctly and accurately – the transition from resource-based to resource-innovative development of the oil industry. However, it does not have sufficient geological and economic assessment of proven and promising resources, and most importantly – there are no mechanisms for the implementation of tasks. Powerful technical progress of the West in the exploration and development of unconventional hydrocarbon deposits has a great influence on the efficiency of conventional oil and gas deposits. It becomes possible to make the transition from the balance to the geological reserves and from the concept of absolute pore space to the effective pore space in matters of reserves calculation and development design. US example on the stabilization and further significant increase in oil and gas production after a long period of its fall allows us to rethink these achievements for solving problems of the Russian Federation concerning a significant increase in the efficiency of hydrocarbon resources. All this should be applied taking into account the specific geological structure of deposits in Russia and the history of their development. At the same time in the oil industry the solution is required for fundamental problems: calculation of reserves, justifying oil recovery, building fundamentally new geological and technological models of deposits, innovative design of development systems, justifying the rationality criteria and principles of the rational development of fields.