The final of the "CASE-IN": towards energy efficiency with Transneftenergo and a new generation of engineers!

The final VI has ended in Moscow The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, the topic of which was the development of the Arctic.

The CASE-IN Championship is the largest international competition system for solving engineering cases among students, schoolchildren and young professionals. The final of the Championship was preceded by qualifying stages at 55 leading technical universities in Russia and three CIS countries. 5,000 future engineers participated in the project, and more than 1,000 representatives of the Fuel and energy Complex and the Moscow Energy Complex of Russia acted as experts.

The finalist teams representing 55 universities in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic presented solutions to engineering cases in six areas: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, petrochemistry, and electric power industry. In parallel with the students, young specialists from companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes defended their solutions for the Arctic region of Russia.

The final of the "CASE-IN" revealed the champions and prize-winners in all declared areas. The winners of the VI "CASE-IN" season received the Champions Cup, the title of the best engineering team of 2018 and numerous awards from the partners of the Championship.

For the first time in the history of the Championship A special award dedicated to energy efficiency and energy conservation was presented − "The best solution aimed at energy conservation". A question on this topic was included in the case of each direction at the initiative of the title partner of the "CASE-IN" Transneftenergo companies as part of the Year of Energy Saving at PJSC Transneft.

The topic of energy efficiency and energy saving aroused great professional and personal interest among the participants of the Championship.

"Energy saving it is important for any enterprise, because in an environment where all resources are limited, it is necessary to use the most effective sources and be able to apply them to specific conditions.", − say the team members Horizon 42 Siberian State Industrial University (Kemerovo) – bronze medalists in the field of Mining.

The two−time champions of the "Oil and Gas business" field, the students of the team, agree with their colleagues «Second Effort» representing Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk): "The topic of energy efficiency is becoming more relevant every year, as it allows enterprises to save significant amounts of money. The energy efficiency policy in the oil industry is particularly important. Oil production in Russia is mainly carried out by a mechanized method, and electricity is also needed for processing, transporting, and even selling petroleum products. Even the smallest and most insignificant upgrades can bring impressive results."

Transneftenergo specialists took part in the work of expert commissions in all areas of the "CASE-IN" Finals and competitions of the League of Young Professionals. They evaluated the finalists' solutions according to the following criteria: the depth of the study of the issue of energy efficiency; the use of the best available technologies; a balanced economic assessment and the validity of the proposed solution; an innovative approach.

The Philosophical Stone team (Petrochemistry department, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University) was awarded a special award for a solution that ensures maximum energy efficiency and energy conservation. The team members received valuable prizes – flagship smartphone models.

Director of the Reliable Change Foundation The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship Artem Korolev He highly appreciated the experience of cooperation with Transneftenergo LLC in the framework of the systematic promotion of energy saving ideas among future engineers.: "The issues of energy conservation and energy efficiency are relevant all over the world today. Moreover, these issues are relevant in modern Russia, because the efficient use of energy resources and electrical capacities will allow our country to solve the problems of economic growth and energy security. Thanks to the titular partner "CASE-IN"We have shown Transneftenergo the importance of energy efficiency to a new generation of engineers from Russia and three CIS countries. I am sure that the professional responsibility and active civic position of our industry youth will lead to the widest dissemination of energy saving ideas in companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes."

The organizers of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non−profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC. The co-organizer of the Electric Power Industry direction is the Association "Russian National Committee of the International Council for Large High Voltage Electrical Systems".

The national partners of the Championship are the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East, as well as the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and the Agency for Strategic initiatives to promote new projects.

The championship is held with the support of leading companies of the Fuel and energy Complex and MSK, including JSC SO UES, LLC Transneftenergo, PJSC NK Rosneft, LLC SIBUR, PJSC FGC UES, JSC SUEK, JSC MHC EuroChem, JSC Rosgeologiya, LLCMycromine Rus, LLC VGK, JSC Siberian Anthracite, LLC EvrazHolding, LLC IBM SI Montan, PJSC RusHydro, PJSC NLMK, United Company RUSAL, Sverdlovsk Branch of PJSC T Plus, Saratov Branch of PJSCT Plus, LLC Siberian Generating Company, LLC Prosoft-Systems, LLC Raspadskaya Coal Company, OMK Vyksa Metallurgical Plant and others.