The qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" was held in Voronezh for the first time with the support of SIBUR

The qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of Petrochemistry was held on the basis of the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies (VGUIT). SIBUR became a strategic partner of the new direction, the project was implemented as part of the corporate charity program "Formula of Good Deeds".

8 teams participated in the qualifying tournament: students of 2-4 courses of VGUIT in the specialties "Chemical technology" and "Machines and apparatuses of chemical production".

The teams presented solutions to the engineering case "Tobolsk Petrochemical Cluster: a new formula for integration and value creation", dedicated to the modernization of equipment at SIBUR's Tobolsk site.  The construction of ZapSibNeftekhim, an enterprise for the deep processing of by-products of oil and gas production, is one of the world's largest projects in this field today.   The complex involves the use of the latest advanced technologies in the field of hydrocarbon processing and production logistics.

«One of the goals of the championship is the development of students: the expansion of the knowledge they receive at the university, practical work based on real cases of large industrial companies. We are glad that this year a new direction of the championship has appeared - Petrochemistry - and Voronezh is one of the first cities where this project is being implemented.  Good teamwork was evident: the teachers worked with the participants, advised them, and the students themselves were interested in preparing interesting solutions.", - said the director of the Reliable Change Foundation (organizers of the championship) Artem Korolev.

The teams had 10 days to work out the case. According to the results of the defense of the proposed technical solutions, the victory was won by the team "Non-friendship".

"Fruitful teamwork was carried out on the case – all the guys joined the process with full dedication. We presented ourselves as real production workers and tried to apply all our knowledge and skills, taking into account all available data, in order to develop truly effective solutions for production. And we succeeded: we proposed to improve the scheme of all rectification plants, add additional equipment, and modernize the pyrolysis plant. As a result, we have received a tangible economic effect."- said the captain of the team Suhrap Yusupov.

"SIBUR is interested in developing Russia's engineering and technical potential.  We have big ambitions, we are implementing large-scale projects, improving technologies and constantly developing. We need employees with great potential and a creative approach to business. I would like to wish that all the knowledge and competencies that the participants acquired during this championship could soon be applied to leading industrial enterprises.", - said the General Director of SIBUR's Voronezh site   Ilya Korzhenovsky.

The finalists of the qualifying stage will represent MGRI – RGGRU at the "CASE-IN" finals on May 30-31, 2018 in Moscow, where the winning teams of the qualifying stages will compete for the title of the best engineering student teams of the year and for the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies. The winners of the mining field will also have a chance to participate in the annual summer scientific and practical forum "Mining School".

The CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young professionals. The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and attract the most promising young specialists in the field of fuel and energy, petrochemical and mineral resource complexes.

 MANGAZEYA