**Appendix A**

*Expert Survey*

	- a. Big Data
	- b. Digital twins
	- c. Artificial intelligence
	- d. Robotization
	- e. Automated control systems
	- f. Digital communication
	- g. Specify your own option
	- a. Gazprom Neft
	- b. Gazprom
	- c. Rosneft
	- d. NOVATEK
	- e. LUKOIL
	- f. TATNEFT
	- g. Specify your own option

*Open question (without provided options)*

7. Specify three digital technologies/projects that, in your opinion, are most effectively implemented today in the extraction of oil and gas resources in the Arctic.

*Open question (without provided options)*

	- a. The need to reduce the costs for companies
	- b. Improving the efficiency of business process managemen<sup>t</sup>
	- c. Adoption of the national program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation" 2017
	- d. Import substitution and sanctions
	- e. COVID-19 pandemic
	- f. Specify your own option
	- a. The need to reduce the costs of companies
	- b. Improving the efficiency of business process managemen<sup>t</sup>
	- c. The adoption of "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation" 2017 national program
	- d. Import substitution and sanctions
	- e. The COVID-19 pandemic
	- a. If it is economically unprofitable to extract hydrocarbons
	- b. In the absence of hydrocarbon resources (remote stations)
	- c. If it is necessary to ensure a favorable environmental situation (Ecological issues)
	- a. Yes
	- b. No
	- c. I find it difficult to answer
	- a. Yes
	- b. No
	- c. I find it difficult to answer
