World Petroleum Congress: the trade show
World Petroleum Congress (WPC), is widely recognized as the "Olympics" of the oil and gas industry. Is held every three years on a different city and for the next edition, to be held on 2017, the host city will be Istanbul.
The congress is organised by The World Petroleum Council (WPC), a non-advocacy, non-political organisation with charitable status in the U.K. and has accreditation as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) from the United Nations (UN). The WPC is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable use and management of the world’s petroleum resources for the benefit of all.