More than 2,000 students from the country participate in the Hydrocarbons Olympiad

Published at: 10/06/2026 08:53 AM

With the participation of more than 2,000 students from 11 states of the country, the theoretical phase of the Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Olympiad was held, an initiative aimed at strengthening the scientific and professional hotbed in the energy area of the nation.

The information was provided by Eloy Sira, Deputy Minister of Secondary Education, who highlighted the national deployment that involved more than 400 work teams. In this phase, 21 technical schools specialized in industrial chemical administration and 44 high schools with a focus on hydrocarbons participated.

The Deputy Minister explained that this phase consisted of a high-level written test, from which 300 students will be selected. The qualifiers will travel to Caracas during the first week of July to compete in the final phase at the headquarters of the Hydrocarbons University.

Sira, according to a press release, stressed that this event is the result of a joint effort between the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and the Hydrocarbons University. The central objective is to awaken the interest of young people in chemistry and the energy sector, pillars of the Venezuelan economy.

“This initiative generates motivation in students; there, precisely, it forms the seedbed of those who are going to enter the university and are going to choose the subject of hydrocarbons and oil as their profession of life,” said the deputy minister.

He also recalled the strategic importance of these areas for the future of the country: “For many years we are going to be an oil-exporting country. Although there must be other production routes in other areas, such as agriculture, hydrocarbons will always be a pillar for Venezuela.”

The Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Olympics is not limited to conventional theory; the program encourages the development of innovation projects that include electronic automation and computational chemistry. This last discipline is key to the theoretical modeling and simulation of reservoirs, critical processes for optimizing extraction and increasing well performance.

Sira emphasized that these competitions are part of the National Olympic System, which covers areas such as robotics, nanotechnology, astronomy, chemistry and science. According to the official, the purpose is to promote “early motivations” in young people for the development of their own technologies.

“It is a demonstration of ingenuity and of the work of students with their teachers in order to create conditions to make oil much more independent, through the application of scientific knowledge in this important area for Venezuela,” he concluded.

Mazo News Team