ANALYZING THE STRUCTURE OF CAPITAL AND PROFITABILITY OF LEADING RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS ENTERPRISES

Abstract

The article analyzes finance policy of the biggest oil and gas companies of the Russian Federation in the aspect of ensuring their finance security and improving profitability. Against the background of total control policy, cost cutting and maximum growth in production volumes in this industry financial achievements of companies are different. In these conditions the question becomes acute concerning the ability of these companies to fulfill their obligations which are not connected with production work, first of all to finance ecological projects. The author analyzes the most important finance factors by two groups of indicators: structure of capital and profitability and the results showed that hard economic situation affects the financial standing of companies in a different way, which implies the effect on ecological obligations.

Keywords

• oil and gas enterprises
• ecological responsibility
• financial stability
• profitability