On March 31, the VII building of TSU will host the qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "Case-in", organized by the NP "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders", NP "Global Energy" and the Reliable Change Foundation with the support of the Russian Ministry of Energy. 13 teams from Neftegaz volunteered to participate in case-solving competitions from oil companies, and yesterday a team building training was held for the guys.
The students were asked to draw the team's logo, come up with a name, and then the guys began to complete the tasks. For example, the oil and gas team had to stand on a small mat, and then try to turn it over without stepping foot on the floor. Such tasks require not only ingenuity, but also knowledge of physics.
Elena Ryzhenkova is studying in the specialty "Operation and maintenance of oil and gas transportation and storage facilities". The girl likes studying very much, she is currently undergoing an internship at LUKOIL and the third-year student has already been offered a job at the company. "I decided to take part in the championship because I want to test my creativity, what I am capable of, and whether my knowledge is sufficient to complete the cases. Yesterday, we gathered with a team and began to study specialized literature. But we still don't know what exactly our task will be," Elena shared.
The championship consists of several independent leagues (directions): mining, electric power industry, geological exploration, metallurgy. The selection stage for the oil and gas business will be held at TSU. As the authors of this case note, data from a real enterprise was used in the development, but for confidentiality reasons, all names were replaced. The case data and technical details are based on real indicators, but they do not necessarily exactly match them, since in order to comply with commercial and industrial secrecy, minor adjustments could be made to them that do not distort the overall picture of the company's activities. It is important to understand that a case may have a large number of alternative solutions, none of which is unambiguously correct or unambiguously incorrect. The participants of the case will have to analyze the impact of the characteristics of deposits and production processes on the energy efficiency of the enterprise, propose a set of measures to increase this indicator, as well as assess the possible risks from their implementation.
Representatives of such companies as Rosneft, Transneft, Sibur, LUKOIL, SurgutNIPIneft will act as experts in the oil and gas business in the league. Next week, the guys will be rehearsing presentations about their teams on stage, working on their speech and getting rid of their excitement.
The Case-in International Engineering Championship is the largest practice–oriented project, held in the format of a competition for solving engineering cases (practical tasks) among students of specialized universities in Russia and the CIS in the fields of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes. An engineering case is a practical task based on a real production situation and prepared based on the materials of a specific enterprise.
The "Case-In" started on February 25, and in 4 months the championship will cover 37 universities from more than 30 regions of Russia, as well as Kazakhstan and Mongolia. More than 5,000 students will compete for a ticket to the finals of the Championship, which will be held in Moscow on May 30-31. The winners will be able to complete internships and internships at leading industry companies, as well as take part in the summer educational programs "Mining School" (mining and geological exploration) and "Energy of Youth" (electric power industry).
