The Role of Oil and Gas Economic and Production Systems in the Economic Development of Border Areas

The paper analyzes the importance of the oil and gas production sector as a means of stimulating the internal potential of border territories. The subject of the study is detailed in the context of assessing the sphere of turnover of natural hydrocarbons and products based on them as a promising area of state regulation, including regional policy measures aimed at ensuring the socio-economic development of the domestic border area. The aim of the work is to form a theoretical concept summarizing the current trends in the development of the Russian oil and gas sector and allowing us to form comprehensive conclusions regarding the importance of this economy sector as a means of optimizing socio-economic processes in border regions. The factor actualizing the content of the problem under consideration is the unstable nature of the political and economic environment, which determines the need to find new approaches to analytical support for the implementation of state regional policy, which due to the political perturbations taking place acquires special importance in relation to border territories. The methodology used in the framework of the study is based on the use of statistical analysis tools to assess the quantitative characteristics of changes in the main socio-economic indicators, as well as a retrospective approach to determining the ratio of established trends and actual results of regional development. Based on the results of the analysis, a number of practice-oriented conclusions were made that actualize the role of the oil and gas sector as a strategically important component of the national economy system and an important component of regional production relations. The relevance of the features inherent in the sphere of coal products turnover to the current tasks implemented within the framework of the state policy to stimulate the development of border areas is noted. The sphere of regional strategic management can serve as a practical application of the obtained results. The conclusions formed based on the results of the work can be used as a basis for the formation of conceptual proposals concerning the optimal content of state policy in border regions, as well as the possibilities of their typologization in the context of potential prospects for the realization of industrial potential associated in particular with the extraction and processing of hydrocarbon products.