Specialists of Slavneft Krasnoyarskneftegaz and Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha will go to the final of the "CASE-IN"

The teams of SlavneftkRasnoyarskneftegaz LLC and Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC became finalists. The XII season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which takes place with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".  The participants of the League of Young Professionals have not only developed promising solutions for the industry and employers, but also received great opportunities for career advancement.

The League of Young Professionals is aimed at assessing and developing professional knowledge and leadership skills, as well as personal competencies of young specialists of companies, identifying leaders among industry workers, involving them in solving urgent production tasks facing companies and the entire industry, and helping to transfer the experience gained by management to young employees.

The qualifying stage at St. Petersburg State University of Economics brought together 9 youth teams representing Slavneft Krasnoyarskneftegaz LLC, Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC, Rosseti North-West PJSC, Kazanorgsintez PJSC, Delta Engineering and Consulting LLC, Gazpromneft-ONPZ JSC, Volkhovsky branch of JSCApatit, Gazpromneft STC LLC and Gazpromneft-Aero JSC.

Within the framework of the main theme of the season is "Lean Manufacturing" by the contestants We solved a case study on the specifics of competitive production systems of the 21st century. The assignment reflected the criteria for selecting production sites and equipment during the modernization and technical re-equipment period as a guideline for the subsequent introduction of lean manufacturing technologies and tools. The young specialists needed to select and subsequently reorganize the production facility.

The projects of the current young specialists were evaluated by an expert commission, which included specialists from ASPETTO, St. Petersburg State University of Economics, LLC Polygor and PJSC OGK-2.

The winner and the owner of the first ticket to the finals was the team of OOO "What people", which is represented by employees of OOO "Slavneftecrasnoyarskneftegaz" Oleg Katkovsky (team captain), Snezhana Vakalova, Arseniy Marusyuk and Vyacheslav Fayferyu.

The second place was taken by the EkoTaas team. Employees of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC Evgeny Tsuker (team captain), Tatiana Rosenblum, Irina Urvantseva and Alexander Baybaev will defend the honor of their company in the championship finals.

"The solution that we provided at the qualifying stage is to electrify remote facilities and use gas piston units powered by associated petroleum gas (APG)., - the captain of the team shared the nuances of the development Eugene Zucker. – During combustion in the GPU, the APG generates electricity, which is stored in mobile flow batteries, then the batteries can be mobilized to other remote facilities with a shortage of electricity. This project is an alternative, in comparison with the traditional, way of providing electricity to bush sites. As a result of its implementation, efficient use of resources is observed, the volume of burnt APG decreases, which has a positive effect on the environment. The technology independently provides electricity to industrial and residential facilities, can be replicated and used in other industries in order to minimize economic costs and reduce environmental damage."

To achieve a positive result, the participants brainstormed and reviewed more than 10 different technologies that could be implemented in the oil and gas industry.

"Our main goal was to combine economic and environmental benefits. Thanks to the maximum contribution of each participant, the level of competence, increased responsibility for the proposed technology and the desire to benefit the company and the country, we were able to take the honorable 2nd place. We expect the finale to broaden our horizons in project preparation, as well as new acquaintances in a professional environment. We want to overcome all fears of performing by presenting the project and ourselves with dignity.", - said Evgeny Zucker.

The finalists are confident that the experience of participating in CASE-UN will be useful in the future and will be used in professional activities. At the championship, they learned how to work in a team, assign roles and areas of responsibility, and master the skill of preparing an economically feasible project in a short time.

"We also got acquainted with new tools for providing information in the presentation, which helped us understand that some ways of analyzing or presenting technology may be incomprehensible to people who had no experience in the oil and gas industry.  Participation in this competition helped to gain new experience in the preparation of projects, presentation materials and presentations", - Evgeny Zucker spoke about the advantages of the championship.

The bronze medal was awarded to young specialists of PJSC ROSSETI North-West Andrey Gvozdev (team captain), Alexander Weible, Marina Gladkikh and Alexey Sanko from the Heating Season team.

The final of the CASE-IN championship will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2024. The best teams from the qualifying stages of the League of Young Professionals will meet face to face to present their solutions and determine the winners of the season.

Champions and prize-winners will receive new opportunities for career and professional growth, will join the managerial personnel reserve of companies, and will also be able to attend industry youth educational forums and travel around Russia as part of the "More than a Journey" program.

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

Championship included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031.

The project is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".