Improvement of the risk management system in the oil and gas complex is especially important in view of the ongoing changes in the global energy industry, as well as during the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has a direct impact on many areas of life. Risk assessment specialists have clearly underestimated the scale of risks and threats associated with this. Russia’s energy policy is presented in the Energy Strategy of Russia for the period until 2035, which sets out the main goals, objectives, quantitative benchmarks and mechanisms for their achievement. However, the problem of long-term risk management in the energy sector, namely, early identification, assessment and substantiation of risks, is one of the priorities in this area, which will ensure support for positive and strategically verified, including innovative solutions [1. P. 32; 2. P. 102]. The importance of these solutions makes the problem of risk management in the energy sector extremely important and urgent. The article reveals the specific features of the oil and gas complex at the current stage, describes the industry in a pandemic, defines the main risk groups of oil and gas companies, such as general and specific risks, as well as subjects of risk management system. Complex conditions of restrictions are considered, under which the need to preserve business requires optimization of the technological 198 Экономические системы. 2020. № 4 Economic Systems. 2020. No. 4 process, including by reviewing the functionality of employees, systematization of document flow in electronic format, the transfer of production processes to a digital platform. The scientific innovation of the research lies in the development of a conceptual model of industry risk management of the oil and gas complex enterprise, which allows the system to regulate strategic, design, operational and production relations and interactions between functional departments, departments, services of the company involved in risk management and their active involvement in the process of creating and maintaining the value of the business in conditions when the risks are becoming increasingly complex and interrelated, using digital and innovation.