ISSN 1068-3712, Russian Electrical Engineering, 2012, Vol. 83, No. 11, pp. 621–627. © Allerton Press, Inc., 2012. Original Russian Text © A.B. Petrochenkov, 2012, published in Elektrotekhnika, 2012, No. 11, pp. 40–48. 621 Oil production is a key industry for the Russian economy. In view of the fact that oil-production costs in Russia are high in comparison with those in most other oil-producing countries and the share of expenses for electricity and the power complex main- tenance in these costs is one of the most significant (by various estimates, from 30 to 50%), the task of devel- oping measures, as well as software and hardware tools, to increase the effectiveness of the use of elec- trotechnical complexes (ETCs) of oil production enterprises (OPEs) is very important. The guidelines, regulations, and industry stan- dards that existed until the mid-1990s stipulated a high level of the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) management system in the oil-production enterprises of the time. However, unfortunately, in recent years the situation has changed dramatically; the positions achieved have not been developed much, and, as a consequence, they were lost. The change of the country’s economic structure has led to the reforming and reorientation of OPE business processes (with a focus on “integration” into the global economy), but has not affected technological and socially responsible aspects. Service companies (including so-called energy service organizations) supporting the OPE ETC life cycle (LC) operate separately from OPEs themselves, and the purposes of their business processes often differ. The existing deficiencies in the construction of the production relations system, among other issues, are becoming apparent in the decline in efficiency and reliability of the electrical power system. Undoubtedly, a num- ber of foreign guidelines and standards describing the principles of formation of modern LC manage- ment systems of different objects appeared. Leading enterprises consider the MRO task to be part of the general LC management task with a glance to tech- nical, social, and economic aspects. At the same time, the following factors should be taken into account. First, foreign standards establish “MRO object– MRO configuration” feedback based on the analysis of operational failure data; however, the existing industrial guidelines do not envisage the use of the MRO results to change the MRO system with no fail- ures, and a scientifically based approach to solving the problem has not been revealed. The appearance of a failure event in the respective operational docu- ments of the enterprise is a rare occurrence both by reason of the preventive character of the MRO sys- tem and due to the particularity of the relationships between the service organization and the operating company. The database of rendered decisions is nar- rowing, and it is necessary to search for ways to apply the MRO results. Second, direct LC management requires adapta- tion to foreign standards from OPE ETC (in terms of different requirements for operational documenta- tion; regarding different interpretation of the func- tional of various ETC LC management systems, dis- patching systems, information and management com- plexes, etc., by national and foreign standards). There is also the problem of different requirements for schemes and symbols of the electric energy systems’ elements. Standards also differ in relation to the requirements for information and power maintenance of the ETC LC management process. Thus, the solution of the problem of management of OPE ETC LC maintenance processes in accor- dance with international quality standards and build- ing it into a unified integrated system of company management requires the formation of a scientifically based relation between the analyzed result of the OPE ETC operation and the changes in configuration of the LC maintenance system. Regarding Life-Cycle Management of Electrotechnical Complexes in Oil Production A. B. Petrochenkov Received October 22, 2012 Abstract—The complex aspects of the life-cycle management of electrotechnical complexes of oil-produc- tion enterprises by the integrated logistic support method have been considered. Keywords: electrotechnical complex, life cycle, technical condition, integrated logistic support DOI: 10.3103/S1068371212110090