DOI: 10.7256/2453-8892.2016.1.21450

Abstract: The organization of oil and oil products stock trading, requiring for independent national price indicators establishing, will promote the formation of a fair prices for energy commodities, the extension of influence of the national currency on the global market and the decrease of impact of external market fluctuations of global economy on Russia’s economy. The research subject is the possibility of Russia’s inclusion in the structure of the global oil and oil products stock trading for the purpose of strengthening the country’s leverage over free market prices and in the interests of the state budget and Russian companies. Special attention is given to the analysis of the contemporary contract structure of the global oil market and the risks, formed by it. The authors apply the methods of scientific abstraction, system, factor and situation analysis, expert assessments and the instruments of statistical analysis. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the analysis of the capabilities of oil and oil products export from Russia in the context of marketplace trading mechanism. The authors develop the methodological framework for oil and oil products price indicators calculation and the suggestions about the promotion and marketing of benchmark grades of Russian oil on the international level.