摘要:The article analyzes the organizational structure of the project management development with regard to the field of traditional oil reserves, functional responsibilities and areas of responsibility of its participants, as well as the mechanisms of their interaction during the implementation of work to form the organizational structure of managing a large and unique project – the development of high-viscosity oil deposits. It has been revealed that in modern business conditions the implementation of projects for the development and recovery of high-viscosity oil fields based on the traditional organizational structure of management is not effective enough. The main reasons that impede the successful implementation of projects for the development of new deposits based on the traditional organizational structure of management are identified. A new organizational structure for managing a field development project is proposed, which includes a single center of responsibility for the field development project. By the example of the Ashalchinskoye field, the economic effect of using the formed organizational structure for managing the project for developing the field in the form of a possible additional annual oil production was calculated.