Analysis and developmentof financial policy in the oil and gas industry
The problem of choosing a financial policy for the organization's activities is relevant due to the need for decision-making in market conditions. Based on the conducted research, it is concluded that the company's finances always have a monetary form, have a distribution character and are reflected in the form of income and savings of various economic entities, including the state. Any business activity needs to develop an effective financial policy, due to which the successful operation of the enterprise is carried out, the competitiveness of the company in the market is ensured. In the article, the goal is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the company's improved financial policy on the example of LUKOIL. In order to achieve this goal, the author solved a number of problems: the analysis of the financial condition was carried out; the current financial policy of the Corporation was evaluated; the efficiency of the new financial policy of the Corporation was developed and evaluated. The result of the work is to identify the purpose of introducing an effective financial policy of LUKOIL – creating new value, ensuring high profitability, providing high income to shareholders by increasing the value of assets of LUKOIL, as well as paying cash dividends. The prospect of further development of the company's financial activities should include: the creation of new fields, intensification of production at existing fields, using the latest technologies and increasing the volume of production drilling, as well as the number of well operations aimed at increasing oil recovery. The research methodology is based on a set of theoretical and empirical research methods: description, comparison, analysis and synthesis of the source material with the final generalization of the results and making a single judgment. The scope of the research results is related to the subsequent formation of proposals and recommendations for the development of organizational, legal, methodological, technical, technological, economic and other management measures in the oil and gas industry.