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<h2 id="wpc-energy-congress">WPC Energy Congress</h2> <p>The organisation's premier event is called the WPC Energy Congress. Starting in 1933, the congress was held every four years until 1991, with a 14-year hiatus in between 1937 and 1951 because of <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. After 1991, it was held every three years until the year 2000. There was a move to have it hosted every two years after the 2000 edition, with <a href="/facts/Rio_de_Janeiro/AVPTJJ2C">Rio de Janeiro</a> hosting one in 2002, but the cycle returned to every three years after that. In order to host a congress, there is a bidding process by interested cities for one in a particular year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th>WPC</th><th>Year</th><th>Host city</th><th>Host country</th></tr><tr><th>1st</th><td>1933</td><td><a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> (#1)</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th>2nd</th><td>1937</td><td><a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td></tr><tr><th>3rd</th><td>1951</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Hague/NRtu1Qqk">The Hague</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr><th>4th</th><td>1955</td><td><a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td></tr><tr><th>5th</th><td>1959</td><td><a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th>6th</th><td>1963</td><td><a href="/facts/Frankfurt/Pw4Xj9A4">Frankfurt</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/West_Germany/oCydk787">West Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th>7th</th><td>1967</td><td><a href="/facts/Mexico_City/gEnGxDEd">Mexico City</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a></td></tr><tr><th>8th</th><td>1971</td><td><a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a> (#1)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th>9th</th><td>1975</td><td><a href="/facts/Tokyo/GTvuw4ct">Tokyo</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th>10th</th><td>1979</td><td><a href="/facts/Bucharest/4xQnsGwM">Bucharest</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td></tr><tr><th>11th</th><td>1983</td><td>London (#2)</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th>12th</th><td>1987</td><td><a href="/facts/Houston/1v8AwQUN">Houston</a> (#1)</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th>13th</th><td>1991</td><td><a href="/facts/Buenos_Aires/9lUVmS7f">Buenos Aires</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>WPC</th><th>Year</th><th>Host city</th><th>Host country</th></tr><tr><th>14th</th><td>1994</td><td><a href="/facts/Stavanger/KQ3s2sco">Stavanger</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td></tr><tr><th>15th</th><td>1997</td><td><a href="/facts/Beijing/Bg4puFBv">Beijing</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></td></tr><tr><th>16th <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Congresses/16th-wpc.html">[1]</a></th><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/Calgary/DrFtRbEH">Calgary</a> (#1)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th>17th <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Congresses/17th-wpc.html">[2]</a></th><td>2002</td><td><a href="/facts/Rio_de_Janeiro/AVPTJJ2C">Rio de Janeiro</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr><th>18th <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Congresses/18th-congress.html">[3]</a></th><td>2005</td><td><a href="/facts/Johannesburg/DQd9T8FY">Johannesburg</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th>19th <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Congresses/19th-wpc.html">[4]</a></th><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Madrid/B63nL2DB">Madrid</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></td></tr><tr><th>20th <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Congresses/20th-wpc-doha.html">[5]</a></th><td>2011</td><td><a href="/facts/Doha/sKFBtyal">Doha</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Qatar/K4EkNXJE">Qatar</a></td></tr><tr><th>21st <a href="http://www.21wpc.com/">[6]</a></th><td>2014</td><td>Moscow (#2)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th>22nd <a href="http://www.22wpc.com/">[7]</a></th><td>2017</td><td><a href="/facts/Istanbul/Xo1hzGWH">Istanbul</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr><th>23rd <a href="https://www.23wpchouston.com/">[8]</a></th><td>2021</td><td>Houston (#2)</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th>24th <a href="https://2023wpc.com/">[9]</a></th><td>2023</td><td>Calgary (#2)</td><td> <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th>25th</th><td>2026</td><td><a href="/facts/Riyadh/2e9UVxy5">Riyadh</a></td><td> <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: Due to the onset of <a href="/facts/Coronavirus_disease_2019/YsUgvsaX">COVID-19</a>, the 23rd World Petroleum Congress was moved from 2020 to 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <h3>The Dewhurst Award</h3> <p>This award is named for <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Petroleum/FhuspUyD">Institute of Petroleum</a> President Thomas Dewhurst (1881-1973), who organized the first Congress in 1933, and is awarded to individuals who have shown "excellence in the petroleum industry."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>2023: <a href="/facts/Amin_H._Nasser/EBjMACmG">Amin H. Nasser</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/facts/Daniel_Yergin/5VkRDDtf">Daniel_Yergin</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/facts/Rex_Tillerson/lkVXAQRC">Rex Tillerson</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/facts/Abdullah_bin_Hamad_Al_Attiyah/1N1zzGsS">Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah</a></li> <li>2011: Guilherme De Oliveira Estrella</li> <li>2008: <a href="/facts/Ali_Al-Naimi/XLAEUW7x">Ali Al-Naimi</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/facts/John_Browne%2c_Baron_Browne_of_Madingley/u1Lp1Lpl">Lord Brown of Madingley</a></li> <li>2002: Euan Baird</li> <li>2000: Pierre Jacquard</li> <li>1997: <a href="/facts/Kenneth_T._Derr/H2EtGsGq">Kenneth T. Derr</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/facts/Peter_Holmes_(businessman)/HYPb6J0R">Sir Peter Holmes</a></li> <li>1991: Abdul Rahman Al-Athel</li></ul> <ul> <li>Energy portal</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The World Petroleum Congress". World Petroleum Council. Retrieved 2011-09-13. <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Introduction/introduction.html" target="_blank">http://www.world-petroleum.org/index.php?/Introduction/introduction.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"23rd World Petroleum Congress Postponed to December 2021". www.world-petroleum.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11. <a href="https://www.world-petroleum.org/resources/press-releases/481-23wpc-postponed-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.world-petroleum.org/resources/press-releases/481-23wpc-postponed-to-2021</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The Dewhurst Award". World Petroleum Council. Retrieved 10 July 2017. <a href="http://www.world-petroleum.org/the-dewhurst-award" target="_blank">http://www.world-petroleum.org/the-dewhurst-award</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>