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The World Petroleum Congress, known as one of the largest gatherings of the international oil and gas industry, has always been of utmost importance to activists and professionals in this industry.
This global event, which includes the two sections of congress and exhibition, is a place for sharing views, expressing policies, and investigating the conditions in different sectors of oil and gas industry worldwide, including downstream, midstream, and upstream.
The World Petroleum Congress is organized by the World Petroleum Council (a nonprofit organization) and has been held in various countries. In 2014, the 21st WPC was hosted by Moscow, Russia, and according to the drawing, Istanbul, Turkey was selected as the host of the 22nd WPC. The congress and exhibition was held at Istanbul Congress Center in five days and the most important and largest international oil companies operating in various fields of this industry participated in this event. Major famous companies such as ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Halliburton, BP, Total, and Russian companies such as Gazprom and Lukoil were resent as sponsors in this congress. It should be noted that Drilling Magazine, the only Iranian media sponsor in the World Petroleum Congress, participated in this congress and exhibition along with reputed magazines and journals such as Upstream, Offshore Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.
Considering the importance of this international event and the active presence of Drilling Magazine in this event, we will release a report on what occurred during the five-day congress and exhibition in this international event. Furthermore, we will present the interview with the head of the World Petroleum Council conducted by the editorial board of the journal to the readers.