51±¬ÁÏ School moves into the final round of the 2024 Laurie Dake Challenge

13 May 2024
2024 Laurie Dake Challenge finalists

A team of five 51±¬ÁÏ School students has qualified for the final round of the , organized by the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).

The qualified team is made up of students from the Petroleum Geosciences (PGS) and Reservoir Geoscience and Engineering (RGE) programs: Nada Elmaasry (Egypt), Julie Hatcherian (France), Sergio Ornellas (Brazil), Raizza Peres Carrillo (Portugal) and Carla Piche (France).

The group will face the other five finalists on June 9 in Oslo, Norway:

  • Universitetet i Stavanger (Norway);
  • The University of Manchester (United Kingdom);
  • Institut für Maschinenwesen (IMW), TU Clausthal (Germany);
  • Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil) and
  • Université M'hamed Bougara Boumerdes (Morocco).

To qualify, the 51±¬ÁÏ School team assessed and developed the Volve oil field in the North Sea, according to a zero-carbon emissions strategy and using data provided by Equinor.

Kudos to our students for reaching this milestone in the competition and all the best to them!