Digital Transformation
The Group leverages digital technologies to improve production and cost efficiency, data management, and real-time process control. These efforts contribute to developing new business lines.
Digital Transformation Strategy and its Progress
Digital technologies are an important tool for enhancing the efficiency of corporate governance and achieving strategic goals of the Gazprom Group. The Group’s efforts to address its complex challenges serve as a driving force for the development of various sectors, including the radio electronics industry and the broader IT landscape.
The Gazprom Group’s digitalization endeavors are guided by the Digital Transformation Strategy of PJSC Gazprom (Gazprom Group)Approved by resolution of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom No. 4065 dated April 3, 2024., which enables enhanced operational efficiency and new business development through technological integration, as well as streamlined management of the transformation process and implementation of digital projectsThe digital transformation initiatives of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz and Gazprom Energoholding as the Group’s subholding companies have been incorporated into the Digital Transformation Strategy of PJSC Gazprom (Gazprom Group) since 2022. PJSC Gazprom Neft is in the process of drafting its own Digital Transformation Strategy..
Production digitalization
In the reporting year, Gazprom Nedra launched a digital subsoil management platform that synchronizes data between production and financial systems in real time to dramatically reduce costs and time of well construction, boost drilling productivity, and minimize production losses from equipment failures.
Digital field monitoring
In 2024, Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk employees put in a lot of effort into developing domestic solutions for intellectual gas production monitoring. The company operates a single dispatching and information system to model and streamline production processes. The reporting year saw the company introduce the Vesta simulator (production) and tNavigator analytical software to support decision making. Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk also conducts R&D to build mathematical models for the precise planning and management of gas production, collection, and treatment.
Organizational and functional transformation: digital aspect
As part of the UCSF project, cutting-edge IT tools will be implemented to centralize data collection and processing, streamline processes and ensure their transparency.
Additionally, the project envisages digital finance, procurement and HR management services. When integrated with the Group’s current information systems, these tools are set to enhance automation and reduce the risk of errors related to manual data input or document processing.
They will also make interactions easier for employees and partners by speeding up execution of internal requests and providing a comfortable and safe access to digital services.
For more details on digital technologies introduced across the Gazprom Group in 2024, see the Quality Management and Process Safety sections.
For more details on the organizational and functional transformation of the Gazprom Group, see the Organizational and Functional Transformation of the Gazprom Group section.
Artificial Intelligence at the Gazprom Group
The Gazprom Group’s intelligent systems leverage a broad spectrum of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including intelligent decision support, computer vision, natural language processing, and speech recognition and synthesis.
Digital solutions combining classical analytical models and AI methods are now employed for various tasks.
Digital twins incorporate a hybrid approach, blending physical equations and AI algorithms to model and optimize asset or process performance in diverse conditions and operational modes, serving the asset throughout its lifecycle.
Launch of AI monitoring of gas pipelines
In 2024, Gazprom Space Systems and Sber successfully completed a pilot to embed AI in gas pipeline monitoring. The companies designed an AI-powered solution relying on a machine vision model created by Geometry, Sber’s geoanalytics platform.
The solution analyzes orthophotomapsA high-precision imagery of the terrain created by processing aerial or satellite images and corrected for distortion and perspective. made in various periods to detect changes in the condition of gas pipelines, including nine most widespread violations on adjacent territories.
Gazprom Space Systems plans to integrate this solution into the routine activities of its operators and field workplaces to cut the analysis time from several days to several minutes, increase the efficiency of monitoring, and enhance the safety of gas pipeline operation.
In the reporting year,
30,251
Gazprom Group employeesThe number of employees who completed training is stated in man-courses (if one person received training twice, they are counted twice, etc.). received targeted training in digital transformation
Training enables Group employees to master and leverage advanced technology in production and management processes.
Professional development programs cover a variety of topics related to the introduction of digital solutions in business and the application of new software. Such topics include AI, predictive diagnostics, business process modeling and streamlining, robotization of routine operations, and digital project management. Training focuses on the application of digital solutions across a wide range of operations, including the oil and gas industry as a whole, information modeling in construction, HR management, accounting and tax reporting. There is a dedicated six-module Digital Business program in place for young talent.
Data-driven Management (for employees of core units) and Organization of Corporate Digital Transformation (for employees of non-core units) corporate retraining programs focus on providing competencies in digital technology and data management. From 2021, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI has been running a Master’s program on digital transformation management. The program targets employees with a technical or management university degree engaged in relevant activities. In 2024, the program saw the second class of graduates, with 17 employees granted Master’s diplomas. From September 1, 2021 to September 1, 2024, 35 employees of PJSC Gazprom’s subsidiaries and Administration completed training, while another 36 continue education.
In the reporting year, the Company and St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI launched a Master’s program for advanced IT professionals dedicated to the use of digital twins in the management of industrial systems, with four employees enrolled.
Digital solutions for debt collection
In 2024, the Group’s MOEK, Moscow’s largest heat supply operator, filed 14,700 court claims to collect debts from individuals using the YurRobot automated solution, up 28% year-on-year. This tool enabled the Company’s lawyers to handle even small debt with success by reducing costs and accelerating collection. On top of that, YurRobot increased the share of digital litigation documents, facilitating efficient interaction with debtors.
IT and information security risks management
The Gazprom Group manages information security and information technology risks through the following measures:
- transitioning to the predominant use of domestic software and replacing foreign computer hardware with local counterparts;
- complying with information security requirements set out in the federal legislation of the Russian Federation, including decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation, orders of federal executive authorities responsible for security and technical protection of confidential information, and local regulations of PJSC Gazprom.