Laurie Dake Challenge 2025 – Final Round
Sunday 7 June – Time TBC
The Laurie Dake Challenge is a student competition created to promote cross-disciplinary geoscience and engineering integration within universities.
The competition starts with an assignment that must be prepared by each of the 18 selected teams. After this first round 10 teams will be chosen to submit a Field plan, and the jury will select the best 3 proposals.
The challenge assignment was provided by bp.
On Sunday 7 June, the three finalist teams will present their field development plan to an expert jury during the 87th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, in Aberdeen, UK.
Integration is the key!
Universities participating in the Laurie Dake Challenge form multidisciplinary teams of 3 to 5 students, with a maximum of one PhD student per team.
The group can consist of full-time students from some or all of the following disciplines:
- Geophysics
- Geology
- Petrophysics
- Reservoir engineering
- Production engineering
- Petroleum economics
- Petroleum Engineering
Each team was required to fill-in an Application Form, and submit a Motivational Letter along with a signed Declaration of Academic Integrity.
Thank you to all the student teams participating!
Important dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 12 November 2025 | Applications deadline |
| 27 February 2026 | First Submission deadline |
| 18 March 2026 | Second round teams' selection |
| 8 April 2026 | Second Submission deadline |
| 20 April 2026 | Semi-finalist teams' selection |
| 7 June 2026 | Final round On Site |
| 8 June 2026 | Winners announcement |
Activity sponsored by:
Challenge assignment provided by
