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Egypt-UAE Joint Offshore Drilling Concession Analytics Engine

Evaluating expanded joint oil and gas drilling programs between Egypt and the UAE requires processing seismic log summaries and concession yield projections. Build an analytics tool using Python and Pandas to evaluate offshore block profitability and drilling success probability. Reach an evaluation accuracy of 90% against benchmark concession yields.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Build an offshore drilling concession profitability analytics platform using Pandas and Python.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Evaluates offshore block financial NPV calculations and risk rank accuracy.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
2 scoring checks
Binary
2 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
0 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

Positive NPV Viability Check

Ensures viable is true if NPV > 0.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Dimension 2

NPV Calculation Accuracy

Accuracy of financial NPV model relative to ground truth. • target: 0.9 • range: 0-1

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Ingest geological subsurface parameters using Python Pandas

  • Compute Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for offshore blocks

  • Factor in water depth, rig daily rates, and expected reserve recovery (MMBOE)

  • Output comparative concession ranking scorecards

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Offshore drilling block geological data, rig rates, and reserve estimates for Mediterranean and Red Sea concessions.

Challenge setup

Evaluates offshore block financial NPV calculations and risk rank accuracy.

Challenge input

JSON object with block_id, reserve_mmboe, brent_usd, rig_day_rate_usd

Pandas

Standard Python data manipulation library.

Evaluated output

JSON object with npv_million_usd, viable, rank

Evaluation checks
  • Ensures viable is true if NPV > 0.
  • Accuracy of financial NPV model relative to ground truth. • target: 0.9 • range: 0-1
Configured evaluation evidence
  • Benchmark: EnergyValBench
  • NPV Calculation Accuracy target: 0.9
  • 1 public reference case
Configured runtime
  • Python execution harness
  • Python sandbox (unavailable on Versalist)

Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.

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Configured tools

Action Space
  • Lyzr · Optional
  • Fixie · Optional
Observation
  • Portkey · Required
Policy Serving
  • Portkey · Required

Evaluation contract

  • Positive NPV Viability Check · Weight 1
  • NPV Calculation Accuracy · Weight 1

Metrics

  • NPV Calculation Accuracy · Target 0.9

Benchmarks

  • EnergyValBench
  • energy

Reference cases

  • 1 public reference case

Workflow tasks

  1. Task 1

    Input: JSON object with block_id, reserve_mmboe, brent_usd, rig_day_rate_usd

    Output: JSON object with npv_million_usd, viable, rank

    Execution harness: Python

Evaluation tools

  • Pandas · Data Processing Engine

Recipe freeze marker

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