Towards the effectiveness of innovation in the selected sectors of activity of oil and gas producing enterprises

The deteriorating conditions in the world fossil fuel market, significant depletion of reserves, technical problems encountered in field development and operation, lack of financing sources for rational and conforming to international standards reproduction of capital funds, and increasing computerization of technological processes emerge an objective need for introducing innovations in different spheres of activity of oil and gas producing enterprises. However, the problems of assessing the effectiveness and prioritizing certain innovations come up against a number of peculiarities related not only to the specific oil and gas fields, but also to the sectors of activity of Russian subsoil users. The article consider some of these sectors and the possibility of unifying approaches to assessing innovations in terms of their influence on reduction of production costs. To this end, we have used the methods of grouping and correlation- regression analysis in the work. The proposals are formulated and adapted on the example of a particular oil and gas producing enterprise and can be used to assess the effectiveness of energy-saving innovations at field production project sites.