STUDY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BACKGROUND IN OIL INDUSTRY
This research aims to study the prerequisites and processes of digital transformation in the oil industry. The purpose of this article is to analyze the existing approaches and prerequisites for digitalization of the oil industry with a relevant systematization of the information received. The implementation of this goal made it necessary to analyze and define the key principles of digitalization; analyze Russian and foreign literature; identify the problems of the oil industry; on the basis of the analysis, structure the prerequisites for the digital transformation of the oil industry; identify the key technologies of Industry 4.0 in the context of the oil industry in terms of the magnitude of the potential benefits. In this study, using rational-logical methods of scientific knowledge and the empirical method, namely, interviewing experts in the field of digitalization, it was possible to structure the prerequisites for the digital transformation of the oil industry. The result of the study was to identify the features of the digital transformation of Russian oil companies in the current economic conditions. The approaches that vertically integrated oil companies face when implementing digital products in their business processes along the entire value chain are structured. The groups of relevant digital technologies with the highest potential benefits for the oil industry have been identified.