Oil Industry IT Championship 2024 – launch of new ideas and opportunities

IT championship of the oil industry – an international cross-industry team competition that will bring together not only IT specialists, but also employees of all industries and students from leading universities in the country. Participants will have to demonstrate professional skills, competencies and a non-standard approach, solving strategic tasks facing the Russian fuel and energy complex. As part of the championship, the teams will develop projects that can be considered for implementation in the industry.

The new season offers new rules and opportunities to achieve outstanding results. For the first time, the championship goes beyond the oil industry and opens access to the competition for specialists from all fields of activity! 

The championship will be held in two directions: "MVP Development" and "Industrial automation".

In the direction "MVP Development" specialists and students will take part. The contestants will have to solve the case "Digital drilling rig. The level of robotization" The relevance of which is due to the widespread use and implementation of advanced technologies in the field of robotics and automation of production processes. The teams may include IT staff, analysts, automation specialists, drilling and well construction management services, etc., as well as students over the age of 18.

The competition in the direction of "MVP development" will be held in three stages. The strongest teams will present solutions in the final, which will be held on the site of the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week". The authors of the best solutions will also meet in the cross-finals, where they will finalize projects together with members of other teams.

In the direction of "Industrial automation" The participants will present projects of modern models for building open automated process control systems platforms for the main sectors of the country's economy. Students up to and including 25 years of age who study in the fields of "Automation of technological processes and production", "Management in technical systems", as well as other related specialties can take part in the competition.

The participants of the Industrial Automation direction will compete remotely. The authors of the best solutions will advance to the face-to-face finals, which will be held at the site of scientific and technical centers (laboratories) Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA).

The prize fund of the "MVP Development" direction is more than 1,000,000 rubles, and for the direction of "Industrial automation" - 460,000 rubles.

Awarding of the winners and prize-winners of the championship will take place on the main stage of the Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week" 2024. Well-deserved awards will be presented to the teams by the top officials of the country and the industry. 

In addition to cash prizes, the champions will have the opportunity to join the promising talent pool of the industry, as well as the chance to develop their projects into full-fledged products that can later be put into production.

To participate in the championship, you need to assemble a team of 2-4 people and submit an application on the championship website. https://it-oilchamp.ru.

Registration of referral participants "MVP Development" will last until May 31.

Registration of referral participants "Industrial Automation" will last until April 24th. 

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The IT Championship of the oil industry is an annual competition held since 2021. The organizer is Energotechnohab Petersburg, with the support of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and Gazprom Neft PJSC.

The championship is held with the aim of finding new non-standard industry ideas for solving real production problems, developing the professional skills and potential of company employees and students, identifying and encouraging talented and promising specialists.

The Organizing Committee of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" is the operator of the championship.