The digital transformation of the economy as the most important stage of scientific and technological progress and transition to a new technological structure is becoming one of the determining factors in the development and competitiveness of the domestic upstream sector. Prospects for innovative development of oilfield service companies are the key technological areas within the first project of the Hi-Tech Strategy of the German Government until 2020 – “Industry 4.0”. The purpose of this study is to assess the prospects for innovative development of the domestic oilfield service industry in the context of the digitalization of the oil and gas industry. The subject of the research is the process of the formation of key technological lines of “Industry 4.0” and their impact on the domestic oil and gas sector. The research is based on logical-theoretical and empirical analyses. The main factors that determine processes of digital transformation in the oil and gas industry are considered; the results of digitalization processes in the largest foreign and Russian industry companies of the upstream and oilfield services segments are presented. The information base is made up of data from oilfield service and oil and gas producing companies, presented on the official websites of companies in the public domain on the Internet. It has been proven that, unlike the world's leading companies in oilfield services segment, independent domestic oilfield service companies provide mainly traditional service technologies in a fairly narrow range. The limited scope of functioning and technological capabilities of Russian companies is explained by the lack of necessary investment in development and expansion of business, as well as interest on the part of the state and corporate sectors in the development and replication of domestic technologies and the formation of a full-fledged oilfield services market in Russia.

В настоящее время практически одновременно инициированы и запущены такие проекты, как БРИКС, Трансатлантическое торговое и инвестиционное партнерство, Транстихоокеанское партнерство, Азиатско-Тихоокеанское экономическое сотрудничество (АТЭС), Форум «Азия – Европа», Евразийский экономический союз (ЕАЭС). Это свидетельствует о том, что трансрегиональный уровень международных отношений приобретает особую значимость. Цель исследования состоит в научном обосновании приоритетов российско-китайского сотрудничества в газовой сфере, а также в выявлении существующих проблем и перспектив в развитии отношений между Китаем и РФ на рынке энергоресурсов в контексте теории трансрегионального взаимодействия. Предметом изучения является сфера поставок российского газа на региональный рынок КНР. Сегодня Китай заинтересован в большей диверсификации поставок газа. Экологические проблемы и обеспечение промышленности дешевой энергией являются причиной перехода КНР от угля к природному газу, а также к сжиженному природному газу и другим возобновляемым источникам энергии. Авторы статьи задаются вопросом: отдаст ли Китай предпочтение российским поставщикам природного газа? В статье представлен обзор газовой промышленности России и Китая, основные проекты сотрудничества между КНР и РФ в газовой сфере, структура экспорта и импорта газа, и тенденции экспорта российских углеводородов в Китай. На основе трансцендентальной теории Кузнецова предлагается модель межрегионального газового сотрудничества между Китаем и Россией, которая показывает, что трансрегиональное взаимодействие подвержено риску и неопределенности, но в то же время есть положительные возможности для взаимовыгодного сотрудничества как РФ, так и КНР. трансрегиональная теория, энергетическая политика, китайско-российское сотрудничество, производство /потребление природного газа, экспорт /импорт природного газа

China and Russia have different interests in the Arctic but are forced to look for possible ways of cooperation in energy projects in the current external conditions. This changes the priorities of both countries and, accordingly, transforms the risks. Objectives of the research: to build an algorithm for identifying anthropogenic environmental risks in the context of two major players economic activities in the Arctic region: the Russian Federation and China. In the paper, we formulated an algorithm of environmental risk identification. We identified environmental hazards from the main parameter—the type of economic activity for the extraction of energy resources, premises, and factors for the occurrence of environmental hazards and compiled criteria for risk selection. Methods used: complex analysis (mixed method research): empirical and comparative methods, methods of expert assessments, the method of inductive statistics (inferential statistics) to compare the perception of risk at the level of different groups. Results: the algorithm has been formed for determining risks in the changed external conditions. Major anthropogenic environmental risks are identified from the perspective of the main players in the Arctic—Russia and China, which can help to make the necessary decisions on time and partially prevent environmental degradation. This makes it possible to identify the risks associated with conducting economic activities for the extraction of energy resources in the Arctic region. Therefore, this study contributes to a more accurate identification of anthropogenic environmental risks in the Arctic region.

Over the past ten years have seen ambiguous situation concerning China and Russia gas companies. On the one hand, companies’ reports show conservative policies and sustainable growth in the coming years, on the other hand, companies’ financial performance suggest another situation because of insufficient level of financial indexes that reflects the inconsistency of existing sustainable growth approaches. These indicates relevance of the research concerning China and Russia gas market companies’ financial sustainable growth in conditions of global economy and investment policy implementation. The main purpose of the Research is to analyze China and Russia gas market companies’ financial growth strategy by means of Geniberg Z – matrix as well as enhanced Financial Sustainability Indicators System indexes by identifying which indicators have a greater influence on Sustainable Growth Rate. It is found that ROCE, ROFA, CR, DOL, ROL influence on Russian gas market companies’ SGR, and ROCE, WACC, ROL, CG Dummy influence on Chinese gas market companies sustainable growth.