Vytvytska O. Economic evaluation of information capital of oil-and-gas production enterprise

In the paper it is examined the essence of an economic category "information capital", singled out characteristics and determined the role of information capital in management of oil-and-gas production enterprises. It is considered theoretical approaches to economic evaluation of information capital of an enterprise and determined peculiarities of their application and possibilities of adaptation concerning the evaluation of information capital of oil-and-gas production enterprises. It is analyzed internal and external environment of oil-and-gas production enterprises and on its basis it is suggested a model of their information environment. It is formed a system of characteristics and indices of this environment. It is developed a technical approach to a cost estimation of information with the use of entropy and a function of average risk. It is analyzed qualitative characteristics of information and formed a system of indices for a quantitative measurement of its quality. It is considered technical approaches to the evaluation of efficiency of information capital use. It is suggested a mechanism of oil-and-gas production enterprises information capital control.