Specialists from three companies are in the final CASE-IN

The next finalists of the League of Young Specialists of the XIII season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship have been determined. Employees of Gazpromneft-Razvitie LLC, Hyprovostokneft JSC and Gazpromneft-Yamal LLC, having developed unique solutions for the development of their companies, intend to make themselves known at the main competition of the season.

At the qualifying stages, young specialists solve a case on the main topic "Technological innovations". The organizers have prepared a task for them dedicated to the technological sovereignty and innovative development of fuel and energy complex and MSC enterprises.

The participants of the fifth qualifying stage were 10 youth teams representing PJSC ROSSETI North-West, JSC Giprovostokneft, JSC Gazstroyprom, LLC IC PhosAgro, PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, PJSC Yuzhny Kuzbass, JSC Apatit, JSC Rosseti Tyumen, LLC Gazpromneft.-Yamal and Gazpromneft-Razvitie LLC.

In 10 days, the contestants were able to create business models for the company's development, taking into account its focus on rapidly growing markets, and came up with breakthrough technologies used to create the main equipment to be supplied in the future. 

An expert commission consisting of representatives of educational organizations, scientific institutions and industry companies remotely reviewed the projects of young engineers, and then determined the champion and prize-winners of the qualifying competition.

The winning team "Core", the vice-champion – the team "Hypra", as well as the bronze medalist – the team "Gene of height" received tickets to the finals.

The Core team includes employees of Gazpromneft-Razvitie LLC Olga Sumenkova (captain), Olga Skripchuk, Nikolai Gerasimov and Anastasia Molchina.

"Our solution is to create and pilot test a self–healing cement mixture for wells in the Arctic., – Olga Sumenkova, the captain of the team, spoke about the team development. – When drilling in difficult conditions, borehole defects may occur in the form of structural cracks. All this leads to a large loss of resources, money and time. Our solution allows the use of such a material in the construction of wells, which will repair itself in case of defects and withstand the harsh geological conditions of the Arctic."

The young specialists made it to the finals thanks to perseverance, a clear distribution of tasks in the team and high-quality advice from experts.

"I would like to note that some of the team members have been participating in CASE-IN for several years, which allowed us to choose the right vector for solving the case., – Olga told me. – We expect a great drive from the finale. We are energized to win and are ready to discover new horizons for ourselves. Our goal for the finals is to improve our approach to work, taking into account feedback from experts."

The Gipra team is represented by employees of JSC Giprovostokneft Bogdan Golubev (captain), Sergey Plotnikov, Oleg Kormukhin and Denis Shpilkin.

At the championship, the finalists learned how to clearly formulate the identified problems and find information in a short time, as well as acquired the skills to build a project – from the problem to the sale of a solution.

"Our solution is to create innovative digital tools for training employees at hazardous production facilities. Its benefits are in improving the quality and speed of employee training., – explained the captain of the team Bogdan Golubev. – We were able to achieve success due to a unique development, which has no analogues on the market, as well as a confident performance with well-placed accents. This is the debut performance for three guys from the team, so in the final we need to cope with the excitement and adequately represent our company. We also want to meet our colleagues from other companies and their solutions at the finals."

The championship makes it possible to understand in which direction the industry is moving and what skills are in demand by employers today, employees of Hyprovostokneft JSC are confident.

The Gene Heights team consists of specialists from Gazpromneft-Yamal LLC Danil Ulyanov (captain), Violetta Zheng, Denis Lebedev and Zakhar Kaiser.

At the final of the CASE-IN championship, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2025, the best participants of the League of Young Professionals will present their final solutions to the expert community, exchange ideas with colleagues from leading industry companies in Russia, and gain opportunities for personal and career development.

The reward for the champions and prize-winners will be inclusion in the management personnel reserve of companies and trips to industry youth educational forums.

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

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