Investment Fund

New Industry

About the Fund

The fund acquires non-controlling stakes in early and growth-stage startups that are developing breakthrough technologies and equipment for the oil and gas, petrochemical, energy, new materials and alternative energy (hydrogen, bio, wind energy, etc.) industries.

Fund’s Investment Focus:

Non-controlling stakes in technological startups capable of creating a scalable product in the nearterm

Modern Production Technologies:

Industrial safety, new materials, additive technologies, robotics and automation of production processes, new technologies and materials for field development, highly efficient equipment for hydrocarbon production and its transportation

Digital Transformation in the Fuel and Energy Complex:

Augmented reality, the use of AI, industrial robotics, big data analytics, product life cycle predictive analytics, digital counterparts, virtual tests, design for additive manufacturing

Startup Development Stages

Team

Laboratory hypothesis testing

Prototype

Minimum viable product (MVP)

Pilot

Manufacturing

Fund’s Investment Focus

Fund’s Mission

Fund Goals:

Stimulating the development of breakthrough technologies and
products with potential for use in the petrochemical, energy and
other industries that are of interest to fund participants, for use
on their assets in order to maintain long-term global
competitiveness and supply security of these industries.
Generating target return on invested capital.

Industry and Technology Strategy:

Investment Areas

Exploration and extraction

Logistics, processing and sales

Offshore projects

Industry 4.0, HSE

Robotization of the most challenging processes
Automation of production, automated technological processes control systems
Production safety
Digital twins, predictive analytics systems
Production control systems
Sensors

The Fund's technological focus is based on the current challenges of the oil and gas industry

Challenges

Reduced oil recovery from mature fields
The need to engage in the development of unconventional oil reserves and rim reservoirs
Increased cost of drilling

Targets

Enhanced oil recovery and flow intensification
Improving production efficiency in mature fields
Improving the extraction efficiency of hard-to-recover oil reserves
Development of unconventional hydrocarbon reserves (Paleozoic, Domanik)
Development of carbonate fractured reservoirs
Development of oil rim reservoirs
Increasing the accuracy and efficiency of geological exploration

The Fund's technological focus is based on the current challenges of the oil and gas industry

Challenges

Decreased business margins
Mastering new technological processes
Tighter regulations
Developing logistics across the northern seas

Targets

Catalyst Development
Hydroconversion of heavy residues
Additive and reagent manufacturing
Salt disposal
Icebreaker fleet modernization

The Fund's technological focus is based on the current challenges of the oil and gas industry

Challenges

Improving production efficiency
Stricter environmental standards and requirements

Targets

Search for new offshore drilling methods
Development of shelf exploration methods
New techniques for monitoring environmental and hydrometeorological conditions

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