Astrakhan University students – finalists of the CASE-IN championship

The Three Drills and Fluid team of the Institute of Oil and Gas successfully passed the semi-finals of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship and got into the top ten finalists.

CASE-IN is a large—scale team competition for university students in Russia and the CIS countries. Here, teams compete to find the best solutions for real-world engineering challenges.

Students of the Department "Development and Operation of Oil and Gas fields" represented AGTU in the Engineering Championship: Ruslan Bayramkulov, Tatiana Baranova, Maxim Mordasov and Shohrat Mirzaev. The team worked on the case "SIBUR: time for new solutions" in the field of "Project Engineering".

The students were faced with the task of developing optimal methods for transporting and storing rice husks, as well as offering a technology for producing coal sorbent from it with a developed surface for implementation in drilling processes and increasing the oil recovery coefficient.

"Participation in the CASE-IN was for us not only an opportunity to test our knowledge in practice, but also to gain valuable experience in teamwork, engineering design and solving real production problems. It was especially interesting to work on a case related to modern technologies for processing raw materials and environmentally friendly approaches in the oil and gas industry. Such championships help develop professional skills, teach you how to quickly analyze information, find innovative solutions, and present your ideas to industry experts. In many ways, we were helped to achieve this result by the strong training provided by the Institute of Oil and Gas: the acquired knowledge and practical skills allow us to confidently participate and compete at an international level," the students noted.