Strategic innovative development of hydrocarbon pipeline transportation enterprises: foreign experience

The essence of strategic innovative development is studied, with several main approaches to explaining this phenomenon in the activities of enterprises identified — factor-based, functional, systemic ones, in conjunction with efficiency — each defining "strategic innovative development" from a different perspective. The comprehensive approach was distinguished by the authors as the most relevant and was used as a basis for the authors' interpretation of the essence of the concept of "strategic innovative development". The main features of strategic innovative development of energy sector enterprises are identified, on the basis of which four types of implemented strategies are defined — an operational efficiency strategy, a sustainable development strategy and a digital transformation strategy. The main trends in pipeline transportation of hydrocarbons in the world are considered, including an analysis of the dynamics of the length of pipelines for transporting hydrocarbons on a global scale, an assessment of the trends in the development of oil pipeline infrastructure by regions is carried out based on an analysis of the dynamics of the length of oil pipelines under design and construction, as well as the dynamics of investment in the implementation of these projects. The features of strategic innovative development of hydrocarbon pipeline transportation enterprises are determined based on the study of foreign companies' experience; companies from China, the USA and Canada are considered as the most developed ones in the world in the sphere of hydrocarbon pipeline transportation. It is revealed that within the framework of the implementation of the operational efficiency strategy, hydrocarbon pipeline transportation operators implement projects for the development and implementation of technological and process innovations, within the framework of the implementation of the sustainable development strategy — projects for innovative technologies to reduce the negative effects of climate change, within the framework of the digital transformation strategy — projects for the implementation of innovative digital technologies. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that the introduction of strategic innovative development in the activities of hydrocarbon pipeline transportation operators leads to an increase in operational efficiency, the achievement of sustainable development goals and an increase in energy security.

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