DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE VALUE CHAIN IN THE OIL REFINING INDUSTRY

The emergence of innovative technologies significantly affects all sectors of the economy, requiring companies to make fundamental changes in the functioning of business processes. This provision directly applies to the oil refining industry, which includes complex multidimensional processes and requires the use of complex technologies. At the same time, the industry is experiencing additional risks associated, inter alia, with the emergence of alternative energy sources and the impact of market changes on the demand for products. Accordingly, to improve the competitiveness, sustainability and efficiency of activities, it is required to subject a deep analysis to revise the model of business processes of enterprises in the industry. In this article, the participants in the refining value chain are considered as a single ecosystem. For this chain, a model of information exchange was built, taking into account the feasibility of switching to cloud technologies, the widespread use of key technologies of Industry 4.0, the inclusion of applications for managing user experience designed to increase the customer focus of the enterprise. The methodological basis of the study is an architectural approach based on the concept of enterprise architecture and a service-oriented approach aimed at harmonizing the requirements and capabilities of the business and IT elements of the system. For the purpose of the study, an analysis of existing technologies and solutions in the field of digitalization of the oil refining value chain was carried out. On the basis of the information received and analyzed, a model of information exchange is proposed that supports the oil refining process. The introduction of such a model and the consideration of the participants in the chain as elements of the ecosystem is intended to increase the flexibility of enterprises in a volatile market, help to solve global problems of the industry, improve the safety of business processes at all stages, reduce the impact on the environment, and provide an opportunity to target activities, which is in line with the global trends of modern economy.

oil refining, Industry 4.0, digitalization, architectural approach, service-oriented approach, enterprise architecture, cloud technologies, Internet of Things, ERP (enterprise resource planning), machine learning, artificial intelligence.

Koronatov N. N., Ilin I. V., Kalyazina S. E. Digital architecture of the value chain in the oil refining industry. Business. Education. Law, 2021, no. 3, pp. 11—18. DO: I10.25683/VOLBI.2021.56.301.