The article considers the role and involvement of the Russian Oil and Gas Producers Union in the development and implementation of oil and gas improvement programs as well as Russian energy security assurance. The focus is on the need to solve problems and issues accumulated in the industry together in a systematic way as well as to advance actively the economic interests of Russian oil and gas producers. Special attention is paid to the introduction of new breakthrough technologies and solutions and organization of effective research and design work in the domestic oil and gas industry.
Against the backdrop of existing economic sanctions, the issues of western technology and equipment import substitution in the oil and gas complex also reviewed in this paper are of considerable importance.

Key words: oil and gas complex, economy, Russia, problems and solutions, lobbying, breakthrough technologies, import substitution.