After 14 years of contesting for the trophy, the petroquiz competition seemed like an impossibility for the SPE University of Uyo student chapter. The top schools had always been the University of Ibadan (UI), university of port Harcourt(uniport), and university of Benin( uniben).
university Of Uyo Contestants 2017/2018. Winning Back To Back.
The University of Uyo was always kicked out in the first round of the competition. But at the 14th year of the STSE, we made it to the 2nd round for the first time. At that point, we were excited that though we didn't make it to the finals, we made it to the second round.
Our Faculty Adviser/sponsorSitting And spe uniuyo students Standing around Him.
ABOUT THE CONTEST
SPE is not an organization only for petroleum engineers, it accepts all other engineers. As the saying goes, there are 2 organizations in the world "SPE and others". And about 30 universities in Nigeria contest. Only universities with SPE chapters .
PetroQuiz is a contest for students studying oil/gas related courses. Like geology, Petrophysics etc.
questions from the contest covers
-Reservoir engineering
-Drilling engineering
-Geology
-HSE
-General science/engineering
-mathematics
-SPE
-General knowledge
-Petrophysics
-Current affairs
The higher the rounds, the more tough the questions get
WHAT HAPPENED 2017
In the year 2017, the University of Uyo won the bid to host the 2017 Student Technical Conference Exhibition(STCE) as it was then called. As hosts that year, we didn't want the trophy to leave our school. All hands were put on deck to not only bring the event to a success, but to keep the trophy that the defending champions of that year (university of port Harcourt) came with. And to God be the glory, we won 2017.
First winning at University of Uyo
This gave many of our students a lot of educational advantage as they qualified to contest at Dallas Texas.
First runner up was university of Benin(uniben) and second runner up was university of Lagos(unilag). 2 contestants out of 6 from University of Benin got visa to Dallas Texas. And 3 contestants from the University of Lagos got visa. Unfortunately, all contestants from the University of Uyo were denied visa.
That day was a sorrowful day as we weren't given the opportunity to finally compete outside the country and win the highest award.
DAY 2 OF THE 2018 STSE 16th February 2018
Events For The Day
This day started with the Nigerian Paper Contest, where students from various Nigeria student chapter presented a technical paper in the undergraduate, masters and PhD categories.
Welcome Address And Opening Lecture Followed
- A welcome address was given by the vice chancellor Nile University of Nigeria.
Vice Chancellor Giving a Welcome Address
-SPE Africa Regional Director / SPE Nigeria council chairman.
Opening lecture by SPE Africa regional director/SPE Nigeria Council chairman
Goodwill message by
-section 119 chairman
-NUN chapter president chapter.
First Day Of The PetroQuiz (Round 1,2, and 3)
Mr. Isemin Isemin
The faculty adviser for SPE university of Uyo student chapter. He is a father, a brother, a lecturer and a friend to SPE university of Uyo student chapter. He promised and is giving the contestants the whole of his February salary if they brought back the trophy.
He has been an encouragement to the boys, he is a great man, he stands up for his students. He is a man of capacity and is highly respected and recognized in SPE Africa because of his mind-blowing qualities. He is a gift from God to us his students.
It all started with setting up the stage arrangements and settling of contestants.
And the first sets of school to contest for the year were,
ATBU Vs Enugu State University of technology(ESUT) and ATBU won.
Lagos State University(LASU) Vs University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and UNN won
LASU Vs UNN
To start round 2, Delta State University Oleh(DELSU) Vs igbenedion and Igbenedion won.
Followed by DELSU Abraka Vs ATBU and ATBU won with 10:12 points
DELSU Vs ATBU
University of Ibadan (UI) Vs Anambra State University (ANSU) and it was a tie.
UI won with a tie breaking mathematics question.
Rivers State University of science and technology (RSUST) Vs Afe babalowa university Ado Ekiti (ABUAB) and RUSUT won
RUSUT Vs ABUAB
Nnamdi Azikiwe university(NAU) Vs Federal university of petroleum resources (FUPRE) and FUPRE won.
FUPRE won
Petroleum training institute(PTI) Vs university of Nigeria(UNN) and PTI won
with a slim margin
Federal university of technology, owerri(FUTO) Vs Edo state polytechnic(Edo poly) and FUTO won
Madonna university was supposed to play with Niger delta universities(NDU), but Madonna university did not attend the conference. So it was a work over for NDU as they moved over to the next stage.
The third round started with University of Uyo(UNIUYO) playing against Igbenedon and university of Uyo won with a score margin of 20:12 points
Next was the University of port Harcourt(UNIPORT) Vs ATBU and uniport won.
University of calabar Vs university of Ibadan and UI won with a huge point against UNICAL.
University of Lagos(UNILAG) Vs RSUST and UNILAG won.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) competed with FUPRE and OAU won with a very slim margin.
The next game took place between our host- NILE university of Nigeria (NUN) and PTI. PTI emerged the winner.
This was followed by Covenant University Vs FUPRE and FUPRE won the game.
The concluding game for round 3 took place between University of Benin(UNIBEN) and Niger Delta University(NDU) of which Uniben won.
The schools that emerged the winners of the 3rd round proceeded to the 4th round which was the semi-finals.
Contestants for university of Uyo (uniuyo)
DAY 3 OF THE 2018 STSE - 17th February 2018
The hall
Being the final day of the 2018 congress, it was also day for the semi-finals and finals of the petroquiz competition.
Everyone set
We were so tensed, that we didn't have appetite for food.
###The young professionals(YP), lecturers from different schools and industry workers from different oil/gas companies in Nigeria all seated.
The day started with some lectures/short courses about the oil and gas industry
Events for the day
Followed by the SPE Nigeria Council PetroQuiz XVI (final). Finals of the petroQuiz which started on Thursday 15th February 2018.
It started with the 4th round as university of Uyo Vs university of port Harcourt, the game was tough and we were already scared of losing to university of port Harcourt, as it started with uniport leading with 12 point and we had no point. It ended in a tie of 39:39. There was a tie breaking mathematics question with which the first school to give the correct answer wins for the round.
University of Uyo on stage
University of port Harcourt were the first to give their answer but it turned out to be wrong, then our team university of Uyo gave the second answer which turned out to be correct and we miraculously won over university of port Harcourt and there was an uproar in the house.
Then university of Ibadan(UI) Vs university of Lagos (Unilag) went next. University of Ibadan won against university of Lagos.
Obafemi Awolowo university (OAU) went against Petroleum Training Institute(PTI) and OAU won against PTI.
Federal university of technology owerri(FUTO) competed against university of Benin (uniben). And FUTO won.
The Semi-Finals
University of Uyo competed with University of Ibadan and it ended with 56:34 points.
Federal university of technology(FUTO) competed with Obafemi Awolowo university (OAU) and OAU won.
FINALS FOR 3RD PLACE
Obafemi Awolowo university (OAU) competed against University of Ibadan(UI).
And OAU won the third place in the finals and they are the second runner up.
The hall got more tensed as it was time to determine the overall winner of the contest.
Before the contests began, University of Uyo was underrated. Comments from other universities was that we won 2017 because of home advantage(as the PetroQuiz for that year held in University of Uyo).
Others were like
"can anything good come out of Nazareth?".
Referring university of Uyo as Nazareth.
We almost lost hope as University of Benin(uniben) openly announced themselves as our rivals, but gained back our hope as they were defeated by FUTO.
We were challenged as others schools said "let's see if you guys will win this time". At this point we knew they were well prepared. Our only hope was God, we prayed.
UNIVERSITY OF UYO (UNIUYO) WON AGAIN
We(university of Uyo students) competed for the trophy with FUTO and university of Uyo.
During the final round of the contest, a question from current affairs section was asked and a funny reply from the University of Uyo contestants was given. The moderator asked "who is the Prime Minister of Egypt" and due to the fact that university of Uyo contestants could not answer any question from the current affairs section, @uwemedimo decided to give an answer and he muttered "Pharaoh".
The judges and the moderator could not contain with the laughter as they called us Uyo.com
It was the fun part of the contest and it leased some tension in the hall as students from other schools started calling us Uyo.com
University of Uyo won again...twice in a roll. It was indeed a great victory .and the joy in our hearts are filled.
Video Proof
Champions going for their trophy.
IMPORTANT MOMENTS
The Champions
The MC of the event, a graduate of petroleum engineering from the University of Uyo.
Happy People
Board of SPE directors
SPE university of Uyo chapter with SPE Board of directors
The former PetroQuiz team captain (right) and @nexrules the present team captain sharing the Joy of the moment.
The team with their trophy
Some team members and some uniuyo supporters with the trophy.
teamuniuyo-thechampions.
Me With The Trophy
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AND
A WORD
Anything good you find yourself doing, do it well, don't quit. it will announce you someday.
5 SBD from me goes to each of the contestants as i promised them before the contest.
Vote Of Thanks
Firstly to the Almighty God for blessing the University of Uyo and giving us victory.
Then to my senior colleagues, steemians and paddies
@nexrules @prosperfresh @uwemedimo @photon12
For bringing back our trophy.
My appreciation also goes to all the stemians that encouraged us with their best wishes and votes. Thank you.
I can't fail to recognize the president Society of petroleum engineers (SPE) University of Uyo student chapter @tonywhyte for his endless efforts in preparing the contestants and encouraging them to take the school to victory.
Kudos
This is awesome, i am really proud of you guys, the seed that was sow a long time ago is now being manifested
Thank you dear...we are currently preparing our team for next year.
We hope to keep the trophy