KFU hosted the qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN"

This year, the participants «CASE-IN» There will be more than 7,000 students from 57 universities in six industry areas.

The qualifying stage was held at the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies of Kazan Federal University The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" 2019.

During the case championship, students from leading technical universities in Russia and neighboring countries solve practical problems based on real-world production situations in companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. This year, more than 7,000 students from 57 universities in six industry areas will participate in the CASE-IN: geological exploration, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, petrochemistry, and electric power industry.

The project is part of the Russia — Land of Opportunity platform and is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the working and engineering professions, approved by the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation.

"The goal of the championship is to create a platform where students can show themselves to potential employers, because representatives of various industry enterprises are present here. Students not only show their knowledge, but also their teamwork skills, which the employer pays great attention to," said the co—chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN engineering Championship, Director of the Reliable Shift Foundation Artem Korolev.

Students from various institutes of KFU, as well as Tomsk Polytechnic University, took part in the qualifying round in the field of "oil and gas business", held at IGINGT. The topic of this year's case studies was "Digital Transformation". The tasks included software solutions in the field of digital energy, scenarios for the digital future of the industry, concepts of "smart deposit", "smart well" and "smart operation". Based on the analysis of the presented data on the deposit, it was necessary to form a development project taking into account the criteria of economic efficiency and the specifics of the work. A separate task was to identify the possibilities of digital optimization and remote management of the field.

Dmitry Tayursky, Vice Rector for Educational Affairs of KFU, addressed the participants of CASE-IN 2019 with a welcoming speech: "Today, in the age of the digital revolution, in the age of industry 4.0 and building society 5.0, life is changing so fast that drastic changes occur in one student's educational cycle. And Kazan University is changing along with the demands of modern society. New methods are being introduced into the educational process, including cases that prepare students to enter the labor market."   

Co-chairman of the Organizing Committee of the CASE-IN Championship Artem Korolev thanked the management of Kazan Federal University for their support and active participation in the project and presented Dmitry Albertovich with a letter of thanks on behalf of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

"The Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies of KFU hosts the CASE-IN Championship This is the fourth year. The time of study at the university is the time of your opportunities, through solving specific production tasks you can learn new things and become professionals in your field, as well as show yourself to your future employer," greeted the guys IGiNGT Deputy for practices and interaction with employers Andrey Terekhin.

The expert commission of the championship included the heads and leading employees of PJSC Tatneft, OOO Gazprom Neft STC, PJSC Surgutneftegaz and OOO TNG-Kazangeofizika.

"Representatives of Surgutneftegaz have been participating in the CFU qualifying stage for all four years. The Joint-Stock company has been cooperating with Kazan Federal University for several years, not only within the framework of this case championship. Recently, the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies hosted "Days of Surgutneftegaz" During which students were selected for internships and internships, in addition, we are actively working together to improve the skills of Surgutneftegaz specialists at the Institute's Center for Continuing Education, as well as conducting research in the university's laboratories. To date, only Kazan University has such laboratories," said the Deputy Chief Geologist of NGDU Surgutneft Karen Sarkisyants.

The winners of the qualifying stage of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" 2019 at Kazan Federal University were the IGiNGT GeOil team. Sergey Khramov, Diana Garayeva, Alexey Kozlov and Veronika Egorova has already established themselves as the best team for the second time. Earlier they took the second place in the All-Russian Oil and Gas Case Championship OilCase in Tomsk.

The guys will compete for the title of the best in the final of the competition, which will be held in Moscow.

Source: KFU