WORLD PETROLEUM CONGRESS
Calgary awarded 2023 World Petroleum Congress
Jun 24, 2019 | 7:49 AM
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CALGARY- The city beat out four other global cities in the bid to host the World Petroleum Congress in 2023, which attracts industry and government leaders from around the world.
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who was in St. Petersburg, Russia for the vote, calls the hosting opportunity “a shot in the arm for the Canadian energy sector.”
The World Petroleum Congress Canada calls the event the “Olympics of oil and gas” that will bring in an estimated 5000 delegates to the city.
Calgary hosted the World Petroleum Congress back in 2000 and brought in extra police officers from B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba in expectation of massive demonstrations which never materialized.
