Discussion
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Averyanova O.Yu.
Article # 25_2020 submitted on 05/12/2020 displayed on website on 08/07/2020
25 p.
pdf Problems of small and junior companies in the oil and gas domain of Russia. Part 1. Experience of sociological research
The article focuses on the problem of the development of small and junior business in the Russian exploration industry. The publication is based on the results of an initiative research project carried out in 2019-2020. Within the framework of the project, a sociological study was conducted in which, using the in-depth interview method, representatives of small and junior businesses, state, scientific and expert communities were interviewed.
Conclusions are made about the presence of significant problems that impede the development of juniors. In particular, problems with raising funds, administrative regulation and the specifics of the bureaucratic system that are not conducive to the development of companies, the state’s attitude to private initiative, and the state’s disequilibrium attitude towards large oil and small independent companies are highlighted.
Prerequisites are highlighted that allow us to talk about the possibility of developing a small and junior business: the availability of resources attractive to investors and subsoil users; significant scientific, personnel potential; experience gained in the previous period of the "heyday" of junior business.

Keywords: oil and gas small business, oil and gas junior business, exploration petroleum industry in Russia.
article citation Astakhov A.M., Astakhov S.M. Problemy malogo i yuniornogo biznesa v neftegazovoy sfere Rossii. Chast' 1. Opyt sotsiologicheskogo issledovaniya [Problems of small and junior companies in the oil and gas domain of Russia. Part 1. Experience of sociological research]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2020, vol. 15, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2020/25_2020.html
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/25_2020
References
   Bobylov Yu.A., Makiev S.S. Yuniornye kompanii kak faktor razvitiya Rossiyskoy geologorazvedki [Junior companies as a factor in the development of Russian exploration]. Vestnik TGEU, 2017, no.3 (83), pp. 102-114.
   Dmitriy Kobylkin poruchil razrabotat' dopolnitel'nye mekhanizmy privlecheniya investitsiy v geologorazvedku do kontsa fevralya. Minprirody Rossii [Dmitry Kobylkin instructed to develop additional mechanisms for attracting investment in exploration until the end of February]. URL: http://www.mnr.gov.ru/press/news/dmitriy_kobylkin_poruchil_razrabotat_ dopolnitelnye_mekhanizmy_privlecheniya_investitsiy_v_geologoraz/
   Eder L.V., Kontorovich A.E., Filimonova I.V. Provornaya I.V., Nemov V.Yu. Neftyanaya promyshlennost' Rossii: smena institutsional'noy paradigmy [Russia's oil industry: A change in the institutional paradigm]. Novye instituty dlya novoy ekonomiki: sb. mater. XII Mezhdunar. nauch. konf. po institutsional'noy ekonomike (Kazan', 15-29 Apr. 2018). Kazan': Poznanie, 2018, pp. 401-409.
   Khramov D.G., Vygon G.V. Kto poydet v razvedku? Stimulirovanie GRR: problemy i resheniya [Who will go in survey? Stimulation of exploration: problems and solutions]. URL: https://rusenergy.com/ru/articles/articles.php?id=72527
   Kontorovich A.E., Eder L.V. Novaya paradigma strategii razvitiya syr'evoy bazy neftedobyvayushchey promyshlennosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii [A new paradigm of the development strategy of the basic raw material of the oil industry of the Russian Federation]. Mineral'nye resursy Rossii. Ekonomika i upravlenie, 2015, no.5, pp. 8-17.
   Stavskiy A.P., Mikhaylov B.K. Osnovnye zadachi gosudarstva v sfere vosproizvodstva mineral'no-syr'evoy bazy tverdykh poleznykh iskopaemykh [The main tasks of the state in the field of reproduction of the mineral resource base of solid minerals]. Mineral'nye resursy Rossii. Ekonomika i upravlenie, 2019, no. 5, pp. 28-34.
   Strategiya razvitiya geologicheskoy otrasli do 2030 goda [The development strategy of the geological industry until 2030]. URL: http://www.mnr.gov.ru/docs/strategii_i_doktriny/strategiya_razvitiya_geologicheskoy_otrasli_do_2030_goda/?special_version=Y
   Strategiya razvitiya mineral'no-syr'evoy bazy Rossiyskoy Federatsii do 2035 goda [The development strategy of the geological industry until 2035]. URL: http://www.mnr.gov.ru/docs/strategiya_razvitiya_mineralno_syrevoy_bazy_rossiyskoy_federatsii_do_2035_goda/strategiya_razvitiya_mineralno_syrevoy_bazy_rossiyskoy_federatsii_do_2035_ goda/