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At the current stage of the development of world trends and the oil and gas industry, digital technologies play an important role by contributing to significant improvement of processes in the organizational and production areas of companies. Digital technologies have been actively used in the oil and gas industry in recent years, as they contribute to reduced production costs, increased productivity, and energy efficiency. Simultaneously, digitalization reduces CO2 emissions and the negative impact on the environment. Analysis of the experience of leading foreign oil and gas companies (BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, Equinor, and Total) and Russian oil and gas companies (PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Gazprom, and PJSC Lukoil) shows that the most climate resilient digital technologies in the oil and gas industry include digital fields, digital twins, artificial intelligence, robots and drones, and Internet of Things. The research aims to analyze the experience of using digital technologies of Industry 4.0 by international oil and gas companies to combat climate change and find possible ways of regulation and management based on the environmental factor of ESG regulation. To achieve this purpose, the authors applied methods of analysis and synthesis, which made it possible to identify a list of climate-resilient digital technologies and formulate basic recommendations that contribute to the creation of a competitive advantage for oil and gas companies achieved through the integrated application of organizational, corporate, managerial, and technical components. Based on the research results, the authors conclude that the approaches to the application of these climate-resilient digital technologies in foreign and Russian companies in the oil and gas industry have similarities and differences. Digital and ESG transformations build synergy only when unified approaches to control and recording are in place. An updated configuration of such a system within the environmental cluster is proposed. In this regard, the analysis of foreign and Russian experience in the application of climate-resilient digital technologies based on the environmental factor of ESG regulation in the oil and gas industry seems to be of proper relevance. The results can be used in the operations of international oil and gas companies that have introduced or are introducing digital technologies to protect the environment, tackle climate change, and reduce environmental damage.
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Many thanks to the conference organizers for an excellent organization and an interesting program. Several most pressing issues were raised there. The conference made it possible to explore the views of Russian and foreign colleagues and discover their experience on the considered problem within a short time. Special thanks to the reviewers for their attention to this research and valuable recommendations.
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Sheveleva, A.V., Avdeeva, E.A. (2023). Foreign and Russian Experience in the Application of Climate Resilient Digital Technologies in the Oil and Gas Industry. In: Popkova, E.G. (eds) Smart Green Innovations in Industry 4.0 for Climate Change Risk Management. Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28457-1_30
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