St. Petersburg State University students presented solutions for the sustainable development of the oil and gas industry

Students of St. Petersburg State University of Economics took part in the qualifying stage IX International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which is included in the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity».

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − an international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

The Championship is implemented using a Grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society provided by the Presidential Grants Fund.

Despite the remote format of the qualifying stage, the event was remembered for its rich program, vivid performances by the teams and interactive presentations dedicated to the professional careers of students and undergraduates.

Nikolay Toivonen, Vice Rector for Strategic Development of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, opened the qualifying championship with a welcoming speech. In his speech, Nikolai Rudolfovich emphasized the importance of supporting the development of practice-oriented approaches to training aimed at developing both professional competencies relevant to the labor market and meta-skills that ensure the effectiveness of their application. St. Petersburg State University will continue to support the CASE-IN competition and the university's tradition of transferring knowledge from one generation of participants to another: participants in the championship become curators of new teams and act as members of the expert jury.

Student teams presented their solutions in the field of "Oil and gas business". The case was aimed at finding a solution for using industrial gases to increase oil recovery and reduce the carbon footprint.

For ten days, 12 teams worked together on an interesting case with a multi-option solution. Team unity, creativity and ingenuity helped the participants of the championship to develop their original vision of the answers to the task, which they presented to the expert jury.

The solutions were evaluated by experts from industry companies, including the TatNIPIneft Institute, the Gazprom Invest Noyabrsk Branch, the Gazprom-Polytech Scientific and Educational Center Laboratory, as well as teachers from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University LETI named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin). The jury was headed by Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business Borovskaya I.L.

The first place was taken by the Smart project team: Maria Sergeevna Stoll (team captain), Victoria Konstantinovna Dragan, Ilya Stanislavovich Molokanov, Elizaveta Andreevna Flyagina (St. Petersburg State University of Economics).

The Agrarii team took the second place: Babaev Timur Poladovich (captain of the team), Ermashova Ekaterina Sergeevna, Zimina Arina Alexandrovna, Shkorlakova Olga Mikhailovna (St. Petersburg State Agrarian University).

The bronze medal went to the Eight Hundred and Eighth team: Vadim V. Sutyagin (team captain), Vlad Vitalievich Kalchinskas, Nikolay Konstantinovich Konovalov, Alexandra Andreevna Shirokova (St. Petersburg State University of Economics).

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