What NAUKA does

NAUKA (ООО «Наука, технология, информатика, контроль») is a privately held Russian IT company founded in the early 1990s and headquartered in Saint Petersburg, specializing in digitalization of oil and gas processing enterprises (НПЗ). The company develops a proprietary suite of integrated software solutions built on a shared mathematical flow model: NAUKABalance (production accounting / MES), NAUKAPlan (optimal production planning / APS), NAUKAProxima (technological process modeling / CAE), NAUKAH2 (hydrogen optimization), NAUKAEnergy (energy efficiency monitoring), and Riverdoc (electronic document management). These modules collectively enable refineries to perform material and energy balance reconciliation, generate economically optimal production programs, model physical-chemical transformations of refining processes, and construct digital twins of plant operations. The platform is positioned as an import-substitution alternative to Western industrial software suites (Aspen PIMS, Aspen HYSYS, Honeywell RPMS, Aveva Unified Supply Chain, Honeywell UNISIM, KBC Petro-SIM) following the 2022 departure of those vendors from Russia.

NAUKA generates revenue through a combination of proprietary software licensing (including perpetual licenses — a deliberate departure from the time-limited models of foreign vendors), SaaS / remote access subscriptions, and full-cycle implementation and consulting services. The company also integrates SAP for the financial block since 2014. Go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise sales to large Russian oil refineries, with no public self-serve channels, app stores, or reseller networks. The customer base is concentrated in the Russian oil and gas sector, with the Kirishi Oil Refinery as its first and historically significant client (since the early 1990s). NAUKA is accredited by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development (Минцифры) and is listed in the Register of Russian Software, meeting import-substitution requirements for critical infrastructure entities. The company is ranked among the TOP-30 IT solutions developers for Russia's oil and gas industry (TAdviser) and is the 3rd-largest software developer in Saint Petersburg.

The company has 11-50 employees, is led by General Director Alexander Krivoshpitsky, and was founded by Nikolay Vasilyevich Lisitsyn, a former scientist from the Leningrad Technological Institute. No external institutional investors, private equity backers, or parent company ownership have been disclosed. The company also operates an internal R&D initiative called NaukaLabs exploring artificial neural network applications for classification, clustering, and regression analysis tasks. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

NAUKA

Legal name

Общество с ограниченной ответственностью «Наука, технология, информатика, контроль»

Website

https://ntik.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NAUKA is a Russian IT company that develops proprietary software — including MES, APS, and CAE modules — for digitalizing oil and gas processing enterprises, serving as a domestic import-substitution alternative to Western industrial software vendors at Russian refineries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Oil and Gas Software (MES/APS/CAE)

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Refinery Process Technology Licensing & Engineering (Process Design, Revamps) (EUALAGAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software License Resale & Optimization (Perpetual/Subscription) (BPAEAOAC), Pricing, Revenue & Commercial Analytics (BPAHALAM)

Keywords

• Oil refinery software
• Production accounting systems
• Process modeling software
• Industrial digitalization solutions
• Import substitution software

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Petersburg

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing (Proprietary Software): NAUKA primarily develops and licenses its own proprietary software solutions for oil and gas production management. The company follows a proprietary development paradigm, creating solutions where commercial alternatives did not exist or required significant customization. Solutions include MES systems, APS systems, CAE process modeling tools, and electronic document management.
2. Software as a Service (SaaS) / Remote Access: Software is also distributed through remote access via the Internet ('программное обеспечение как услуга'). The company provides ongoing support and maintenance services for deployed solutions.
3. Implementation and Consulting Services: NAUKA provides full-cycle implementation services including: design, adaptation, modification, integration, configuration, deployment, testing, technical support, and operation of its software products at client facilities. The company also provides consulting services related to digitalization of oil and gas production processes.
4. SAP Integration Services: Since 2014, NAUKA has used SAP solutions for the financial block, integrating with client ERP systems. Revenue is also generated from consulting and integration services related to this capability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NAUKA develops and licenses proprietary industrial software for the digitalization of oil and gas processing enterprises, including production accounting (MES), optimal production planning (APS), and technological process modeling (CAE), along with hydrogen and energy efficiency modules. The company delivers these solutions to Russian oil refineries either as perpetual on-premise licenses or as remote-access SaaS subscriptions, supplemented by full-cycle implementation, integration, and consulting services. The portfolio is positioned as an import-substitution alternative to Western platforms such as Honeywell, AspenTech, Aveva, and Yokogawa.

Product overview

NAUKA is a Russian IT company offering a suite of integrated software solutions for digital transformation of oil and gas processing enterprises. The product portfolio centers on three interconnected modules — NAUKABalance (production accounting/MES), NAUKAPlan (optimal production planning/APS), and NAUKAProxima (technological process modeling/CAE) — supplemented by domain-specific solutions NAUKAH2 (hydrogen optimization) and NAUKAEnergy (energy efficiency). These are complemented by an electronic document management system (Riverdoc) and production asset management services. NAUKA positions its solutions as import substitution for Western platforms (Honeywell, AspenTech, Aveva, Yokogawa), offering Russian-built alternatives for MES, APS, and CAE systems. The company also operates NaukaLabs, an R&D initiative in neural networks. Software distribution is via licensing and cloud-based SaaS access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NAUKABalance Production accounting (MES) solution for continuous-cycle enterprises that collects data from instrumentation and laboratory systems, calculates material and energy balances, reconciles data using mass conservation law, monitors energy consumption, classifies technological losses, and generates production reports including actual product cost. Used by oil refineries.
• NAUKAPlan Optimal production planning (APS) solution that generates economically optimal production programs for oil refineries using a powerful mathematical optimization solver. Considers technological parameters, restrictions, raw material quality, equipment maintenance schedules, raw material prices, product prices, and demand. Competes with Aspen PIMS and Honeywell RPMS.
• NAUKAProxima Technological process modeling (CAE) software for engineering calculations and simulation of refining processes in the oil and gas industry. Uses thermodynamic principles to calculate material and heat balances for individual units and entire production processes, find optimal operating parameters, increase output and quality of target components, optimize energy consumption, and plan new or modernized production facilities. Competes with Aspen HYSYS, Aveva Unified Supply Chain, KBC Petro-SIM, and Honeywell UNISIM.
• NAUKAH2 Solution for optimizing the generation and consumption of hydrogen (ВСГ) in refinery operations, addressing hydrogen balance in complex refinery configurations.
• NAUKAEnergy Enterprise energy efficiency solution for accounting, monitoring, and calculation of energy-saving consumption norms (ТЭР - fuel and energy resources) at oil refineries. Evaluates efficiency of technological furnaces and identifies causes of efficiency reduction using statistical data processing methods.
• Riverdoc Electronic document management system (СЭД/EDMS) for enterprise document management and business process automation, developed and used internally by NAUKA, with remote access capabilities.
• NaukaLabs Corporate research initiative focused on artificial neural networks for classification, clustering, regression analysis, and similar tasks. NAUKA's first research direction in AI/neural network technology.
• Production Asset Management (PAM) Management of production assets including 3D modeling for industrial operations and asset lifecycle optimization.
• Financial Management and Budgeting Finance and budgeting management services for enterprises, with partial use of SAP solutions for the financial block since 2014.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 20% increase in profit and 15-20% increase in profitability for clients using process modeling tools
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature9 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ABB: ABB Ability and 800xA platform compete in industrial optimization and digital twin solutions, including for oil & gas refining. Comparable as a broad industrial software/digitalization incumbent.
• Siemens: Industrial software incumbent with COMOS (engineering), XHQ (operations intelligence), and broader digital industries portfolio. Overlaps with NAUKA's CAE and digital-twin ambitions across process industries.

Direct peers

• Emerson: Through acquisition of AspenTech and offerings like DeltaV and Pavilion, Emerson competes head-on with NAUKA in refinery production optimization and digital twin platforms.
• Aspen Technology (Emerson): NAUKA's most direct global competitor. AspenTech provides Aspen HYSYS (process modeling) and Aspen PIMS (production planning)—both explicitly cited by NAUKA as the foreign systems it replaces in Russian refineries.
• AVEVA: Direct competitor in oil & gas process modeling and supply chain planning (AVEVA Unified Supply Chain). NAUKA's flow-modeling and planning tools position against AVEVA's refinery offerings.
• Honeywell: Direct competitor in MES and APS for refineries via Honeywell RPMS and UNISIM families. NAUKA's NAUKAPlan and NAUKAProxima are explicitly positioned as Russian alternatives to these platforms.
• Yokogawa Electric: Major DCS and MES provider (CENTUM VP, Exaquantum) for refineries. NAUKA lists Yokogawa among the Western vendors it directly substitutes for in Russian NPZ accounts.
• KBC (Yokogawa): KBC's Petro-SIM is a refinery simulation platform NAUKA competes with directly. KBC is now part of Yokogawa, which itself is a major DCS/MES vendor in oil & gas.

Regional players

• CROC Inc. Large Russian IT services and systems integrator with significant oil & gas vertical exposure. Comparable as a Russian-domestic IT partner for industrial digitalization projects.
• BARS Group: Russian IT company and long-standing partner of SAP that delivers enterprise and industrial software for Russian customers, including oil & gas. Comparable Russian-domestic peer in industrial IT/digitalization services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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