Zarubezhneft team plans to conquer the IT championship of the oil industry

The participants of the oil industry IT championship have plunged headlong into a new large-scale project and are preparing to demonstrate their innovative projects in order to receive the main prize of 1,000,000 rubles. Case solutions are currently being developed by 38 teams, and one of the most ambitious is Carbon Python, a team of Zarubezhneft enterprises.

«Fate brought us together", – The team members are convinced! Most of the guys didn't know each other before the project, and the final line-up was a surprise (of course, a pleasant one!). Young specialists work in different subsidiaries of the company in different cities and time zones. Therefore, their acquaintance and collaboration, as the contestants explain, take place exclusively in the online format. There are five dedicated and extraordinary young people in the Carbon Python team.

The captain is Ekaterina Panarina, an oil field development engineer at VNIINEFT. Its area of responsibility is the monitoring and control of field development.

Zakhar Yukhimchuk, a full stack software developer from Giprovostokneft, has extensive experience in developing enterprise management information systems.

His colleague, drilling expert at Giprovostokneft, Marat Akhmetov, in turn, boasts of projects to implement information systems for Zarubezhneft.

There is also a strong expert in the field of PVT analysis in the team – this is Marcel Khairullin, an oil field development engineer at VNIINEFT, who is simultaneously immersed in the development of the Digital Core project, which is important for the company.

Finally, Dmitry Shcherbakov, a drilling expert at Giprovostokneft, has experience in developing a risk assessment module for Zarubezhneft information systems.

According to Ekaterina Panarina, this is the first time she and her colleagues have participated in a project of this level, so young oilmen are extremely interested in the new experience.: "As it turned out, the team was quite strong and proactive. There were no problems with self-organization, everyone assigned their roles depending on their competencies and worked out the tasks in full. The professionalism and already existing experience of all participants allowed us to quickly work out the variability of solutions and choose the most appropriate one that meets the requirements of the case."

The topic of drilling management, which is the basis of the championship case, is of particular importance to the team members, and the Carbon Python team members see digitalization of this process as their main task.

Dmitry Shcherbakov: "I have devoted more than 10 years of my professional career to drilling. I believe that difficult working conditions and production risks force companies to constantly improve the drilling management system in order to automate it as much as possible, ensure the safety of specialists and the efficiency of work. We tried to reflect all these nuances in our decision."

The young specialists did not come to the project for the sake of hype and new followers on Instagram. The Magnificent Five are ready to make every effort and surprise the leading industry experts to achieve ultimate success.

"Otherwise, why participate in a competition without setting a goal to win and thus give up internally from the very beginning? Ekaterina Panarina asks. – We all understand that there will be high competition among the teams, and we do not expect an easy victory.  But a serious attitude and a clear understanding of the project's goals are an important motivating factor for us, which, I am sure, will help us achieve high results."

The Carbon Python team wishes good luck to the participants of the oil Industry IT Championship and advises them, first of all, to establish teamwork and develop an original project using a systematic approach and original ideas.

In this case, the first season of a large-scale project will be held in a vibrant competitive struggle, and new solutions for future victories will open up to the industry youth!