CASE-IN champions and prize–winners at the International Oil and Gas Youth Forum

240 participants from 26 Russian regions, as well as from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan are working on the tasks of the FEC 2050 Development Hackathon within the framework of the International Oil and Gas Youth Forum. There are ten winners and prize–winners among the participants. The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity".

The International Oil and Gas Youth Forum is taking place from July 10 to July 16 in the Republic of Tatarstan on the campus of Almetyevsk State Technological University Higher School of Petroleum It unites 240 students and young specialists from oil and gas companies, as well as university professors.  At the forum, young people participate in intensive training: trainings, round tables, workshops by experts of the fuel and energy complex, business games and lectures. 

The key point of the educational program was the Hackathon for the development of Fuel and Energy Complex 2050, dedicated to the development of innovative technologies for the extraction and processing of natural resources, biotechnology and the digital transformation of the industry. During the Hackathon, participants in teams are engaged in designing and solving real-world cases of Russia's leading oil and gas companies.

The hackathon brings together young and future professionals with serious achievements and who have passed a competitive selection. So, among the participants are participants and finalists of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", including 10 winners and prize-winners of the Student League CASE-IN 2025.

Student of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University Egor Savenkov - The champion The Student League CASE-IN in the field of "Oil and Gas business" is participating in the hackathon for the first time. "I can definitely say that my experience working in the CASE-IN team will help in the proper distribution of responsibilities among the participants and working out a solution" Egor is sure.

Another participant - Nikita Tureev from the St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II, the bronze medalist of the Student's CASE-IN League in the field of "Oil and gas business".  «I've been competing all my student life, and I really like winning! Cases and hackathons are an adrenaline rush, moments when you don't know what your result is until the last minute, but you still hope for the first place!", - says the student.

The forum provides an opportunity to learn from the experience of professionals, get a better feel for the industry, acquire new competencies and acquaintances, Egor Savenkov believes: "Youth industry forums teach you to think differently, and also accumulate purposeful young people who will eventually become colleagues with whom you will move into a professional field together.».

"I am an oil field developer by basic education, but I have been studying machine learning for many years and have been a finalist in many hackathons and IT cases., - explains Nikita Tureev, - Participation in the forum is an opportunity to meet with the same enthusiastic guys as me, make new acquaintances, listen to the people who are transforming and managing the Russian energy sector, and be inspired to do something new."

According to the results of the Hackathon, the strongest students will be offered promising employment, and the most active teachers, in turn, will be able to complete paid internships at Tatneft.

The winning students will also receive official letters of recommendation, which will complement their portfolios and increase their chances of finding employment in fuel and energy companies.

The organizers of the International Oil and Gas Youth Forum are PJSC Tatneft and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

The hackathon is held under the auspices of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, co–organized by the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". The educational program's operators are the Reliable Shift Charitable Foundation.