Supplement (2015 8) 122-137 ~ ~ ~ УДК 332.14 “The Window of Opportunity” for the Development of Siberian Contractors and Suppliers for the Oil and Gas Industry Anatoly N. Tokarev* Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of SB RAS 17 Akademika Lavrent’eva, Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia Received 15.12.2014, received in revised form 15.01.2015, accepted 16.02.2015 Currently, Eastern Siberia is the fastest growing oil and gas province in Russia. <...> For Siberian regions is particularly important increase in the socio-economic effects from the development of oil and gas sector (OGS). <...> Under these conditions, the key area to increase the social value of the oil resources is the development of local contractors and suppliers for the needs of OGS. <...> A number of features of development of the oil and gas industry in the east of Russia form the prerequisites for the establishment and successful development of a competitive local service companies (including high-tech), contractors and suppliers. <...> These features and advantages include: • an increase in the volume of drilling, in the demand for oil fi eld services and equipment for the OGS; • developed scientifi c and educational complex, and human capital in southern Siberia, which creates prerequisites for innovation in oil and gas sector, as well as contractors and suppliers; • geographical proximity to Asia-Pacifi c countries, especially China – the largest consumer of oil and gas resources and possible partner for the organization of new production for the needs of OGS; • remoteness of the oil fi elds of Eastern Siberia from the main Russian suppliers. <...> These <...>