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Volunteer roles
Please note that as this is a volunteer role, no funding or support (including registration) can be provided for your attendance to ATCE. Please only apply for this role if you already plan to attend ATCE.
PetroBowl®
SPE’s flagship competition matches SPE Student Chapter teams against one another in a fast-paced quiz competition covering technical and non-technical aspects of the oil and gas industry. Teams from six regional qualifiers are seeded through to the final. Competitions take place in the Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America and South America and Caribbean before the final which takes place at the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE).
Please remember that this is a competition for Student Chapters, therefore students cannot apply for these roles. University Faculty will not be permitted to judge on teams that they are affiliated with.
The contet will take place in a purley phsyical format within the 2024 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibtition (ATCE) ERNEST N. MORIAL CONVENTION CENTER
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA on Monday 23 September 2024. Only those who have tickets to attend in person will be able to volunteer for this role.
Eligibility
PetroBowl® Judges must be:
- Experienced Professional SPE Members in good standing
- Preferred previous experience in PetroBowl or similar style contests
- WIlling to commit to fair and unbias judging of teams, including protecion and review of questions.
- Good overall knowledge of the oil and gas industry
- Effective communicator
- Available on Monday 23 September 2024 to participate in the event at NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA
- Be able to attend training calls in advance of the contest
Expectations
Judges will be expected to engage with training on PetroBowl® Rules and Regulations, question reviews and also be present on the day of the event. Once trained, judges will work with other judges and question reviewers to ensure all questions are suitable for the contest. This role will not involve creating questions, but existing ones may need to be amended to be made suitable or have sources verified.
For the Championship itself, judges will be asked to take turns monitoring the game to ensure rules are kept to and adjudicate any appeals to the questions or answers given. Judges can interchange between indivudal games (each game last approximatly 20-30mins) so you are welcome to apply if you can only participate for part of the day. Judging will primarily involve using thier expertise to determine if answers given by students are correct, as well as ensuring rules are followed.
