Annual expenditures on seismic survey equipment in the Russian Federation typically range from 10 to 18 billion rubles/year. This equipment includes the nodes and units used directly in seismic (broadband vibrator, geophones, seismic stations, hydrophones, tractors, etc.) but also auxiliary equipment such as geodesic and navigation tools, communication devices, and maritime vessels, including onboard equipment. The industry's average level of import dependence is estimated to be at least 95 %. Since 2014, foreign countries have systematically imposed restrictions not only on the supply of equipment, components, and technologies but also on the operations of foreign oilfield service companies in providing services of fieldwork and processing of seismic data. Due to the industry’s high level of import dependence, there are risks associated with the continuity of seismic survey operations. Therefore, it is rational to develop and introduce local equipment and technologies, develop proprietary methods for conducting work and interpreting seismic data, based on modern trends and achievements in global practice, including the adoption of modern industry test procedure for newly developed equipment and its metrological support. To determine the possibility of creating domestic equipment and technologies for both conventional and prospective «green» seismic surveys using domestic reserves and technologies, the article defines a list of key import-dependent equipment and components that need to be developed, launched into serial production, and localized. The competencies, production capacities, and technological capabilities of the Russian industry are identified, along with the assessment of the equipment market and the level of annual industry’s expenditures on seismic survey equipment. Existing measures of state support aimed at conducting experimental and design work, organizing serial production of components and equipment, and developing technologies are also considered, with the aim of reducing the proportion of import dependence on foreign products used in seismic surveys at oil and gas fields.
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