PetroBowl® Championship 2025 - Judge and Question Reviewer

Volunteer roles
Please note that as this is a volunteer role, no funding or support can be provided for your attendance to ATCE or PetroBowl. 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 Latin 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 and university faculty cannot apply for these roles.

Judging Specifications

• Should be experienced in comparable roles of Judge for programs or events of similar format
• Confident English speaker, including technical industry terms
• Planning to attend the PetroBowl Contest at ATCE (Houston, Texas USA)  
• Familiar with the PetroBowl program and question format

Duties include

• Participate in volunteer briefing session(s) as required in advance of the contest
• Pre-read questions before the event so as to gain familiarity with Question Set
• Review and consider participants answers to questions and determine if correct for the contest.
• Adjudicate rule enforcement and appeals during the contest.
• Ensuring teams abide by all policies as outlined in the PetroBowl Rules & Regulations
• Responsible for the security of all copies of the Question Dataset on site
• Participate in debriefing session(s) as required following the contest

Time required

3-5 Judges will be required during each match across the full day of the contest and will be involved in discussions for preparation and debrief of the event. We aim to have 10-15 Judges moderators so that volunteers can rotate throughout the day.

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