In article the characteristic of leading world oil and gas service companies Shclumberger, Halliburton, Transocean, Weatherford International, Baker Hughes is given, their basic areas of activity are allocated. The basic attention is given their innovative development. The direction of innovative development of Russian enterprise «Sevmorgeo» is defined. It is shown, investment income of oil and gas service does not concede to business on extraction of hydrocarbons.
