The CASE-IN Engineering Championship will start at the Mining University

Registration of participants of the annual student league began on January 20. The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", dedicated to the topic "Arctic Development". According to forecasts, more than 4 thousand students will present their projects during the 120 qualifying stages. The tournament will open on February 28 at St. Petersburg Mining University.

Engineering cases are considered one of the most effective ways to identify leaders and develop their talents. During the competition, future engineers are invited to solve a practical task based on a real production situation. That is, a virtual economic or technical problem is being simulated, and the players must suggest the best way forward from their point of view.

The relevance of the topic chosen by the organizers is indisputable. A decrease in the current proven reserves of hydrocarbons, primarily oil, leads to the need to develop and develop Arctic deposits. Indeed, in developed areas such as Western Siberia, industry is faced with the problem of reducing the size of deposits and deteriorating reservoir quality. At the same time, when developing "natural storerooms" in Yamal, Eastern Siberia, and Yakutia, a number of technological problems arise related to the low temperature of the formations, their complex geological structure, huge rock strata lying in the permafrost zone, and the most difficult natural and climatic conditions.

According to the expert community, one of the main conditions for increasing the profitability of mining in the Arctic is the intensification of the training of qualified personnel, as well as the introduction of modern methods of training engineers. Of course, solving cases is one of them.

"The Championship "CASE-IN"It allows students to communicate with each other, with young specialists in companies, learn from the experience of mentors, allows them to put forward new ideas and develop professionally," said Anton Inyutsyn, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC, leading companies of the Fuel and energy Complex and the Moscow Energy Complex. The final "CASE-IN" according to tradition, it will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2018.