Simprentis organizes large scale PetroChallenge courses and competitions together with local authorities and industry at high-schools and secondary schools.

There are no strict age limits for PetroChallenge participants, but in general the PetroChallenge course and competitions are for those taking the final 2-3 years in high-school / secondary school before university.  For university students there is the PetroUniversity course and competition, and Simprentis also organises summer camps and other OilSim courses for younger pupils. For graduates and people working in industry, Simprentis has a portfolio of industry training courses .

PetroChallenge is a dynamic online educational course and competition where the students are grouped in teams. Each team acts as a virtual petroleum company in the business simulation OilSim. The team's challenge is to explore and discover oil and gas.

In 2012, PetroChallenge courses and competitions were organized in North America and Northern Europe: USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, UK, Norway, and Denmark

Seven of the eight - all but USA - national 2012 winners represented their country in the annual PetroChallenge International Final at Imperial College in London (UK) on 26 January 2013. The team from Canada won the 2012 final. Please see international winners since 2002 below.

International Winners of PetroChallenge since 2002

Below is an overview of the teams that have won the international PetroChallenge since 2002. The first year, only teams from the Faroe Islands participated, but since then 5 to 7 nations have been represented each year.

In the early years, the competition was named Xplore and later just OilSim, and since 2010 it has been called PetroChallenge. In the early years, teams participated in the final from their schools, but since 2006 the final has been held in London, and at Imperial College London since 2008.

• Denmark has won 3 times
• United Kingdom, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands (if we do not include 2002) have won 2 times each
• Norway and Canada have won 1 time each
• Greenland is the only participating country that has not won yet

2002 Faroe Islands

School: Tekniski Skúli Klaksvík
Team: Hallur Joensen, Rói Jacobsen og Gunnleivur Biskopstø
Date: 4 November 2002
Where: Online

2003 Faroe Islands

School: Tekniski Skúli Klaksvík
Team: Marner Joensen, Markus H. Sørensen, Poul Ingi Olsen
Date: 19 November 2003
Where: Online

2004 United Kingdom

School: Hazlehead Acedemy
Team: Katie Stewart, Chris Munro, Aileen Pirie
Date: 3 December 2004
Where: Online

2005 Faroe Islands

School: Føroya Handilsskúli Kambsdalur
Team: Doris í Garði Joensen, Ragnhild P. Kjærbo, Kristian Kristiansen
Date: 6 October 2005
Where: Online

2006 Denmark

School: Esbjerg Statsskole
Team: Søren Lomholt, Jacob Holmgaard Rasmussen, Hans Henrik Riber
Date: 27 January 2007
Where: Chevron, Docklands, London
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2007 United Kingdom

School: Cults Academy
Team: Katy Primavesi, Hedieh Ghodsi, Stewart Pether, Toby Smith
Date: 26 January 2008
Where: Maersk Oil and Gas, London
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2008 Iceland

School: Framhaldsskólinn í Austur Skaftafellssýslu
Team: Andri Geir Jonsson, Niels Brimar Jonsson, Freyr Siguroarson
Date: 31 January 2009
Where: Imperial College London
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2009 Iceland / Norway (joint winners)

Schools: Framhaldsskólinn í Austur Skaftafellssýslu / Byåsen Videregående Skole
Teams: Johannes Odinsson, Otto Marvin Gunnarsson, Sigfinnur Björnsson / Thomas Hultgren Svee, Viktor Zoric, Fjelltun Markus Lovas, Per Julian Saether
Date: 30 January 2010
Where: Imperial College London
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2010 Denmark

School: CELF HTX
Team: Christoffer Boesen, Mohammed Kassem, Daniel Lundberg Pedersen, Bjarke Rasmussen
Date: 29 January 2011
Where: Imperial College London
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2011 Denmark

School: Svendborg Tekniske Gymnasium
Team: Nicolai Liborius Birkholm, Rasmus Ellegaard Jørgensen, Kim Jordemann Hansen
Date: 28 January 2012
Where: Imperial College London
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2012 Canada

School: Bev Facey
Team: Oliver Isaac, Jamil Kara, Brennan Waters, and Josh Watts
Date: 26 January 2013
Where: Imperial College London
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