WPC Congress History

1933-2014

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WPC 80th Anniversary Publication pdf here

The triennial World Petroleum Congress is widely known as the “Olympics” of the petroleum industry. The event covers all aspects of the industry and provides an opportunity to debate key issues, share best practices and reach out to stakeholders. Representatives of governments, other industry sectors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international institutions also join in the dialogue.The WPC celebrates its 80th anniversary at the 21st WPC in Moscow in June 2014

The span of World Petroleum Congresses over 80 years takes the oil industry from infancy to maturity, from sole focus on conventional reservoirs to today’s increasing production of unconventional oil and gas, from heavy dependence on luck to strong reliance on highly-sophisticated computing in every aspect of exploration and production, from an industry that tended to despise gas to one that prizes its cleaner qualities in a world concerned about climate change, and from an industry in the 1930s still dominated by the US to one with centres of gravity in the Middle East, Russia, the North Sea, Australia, Brazil, Africa and many other producing zones.

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