Houston Selected as Site for 2020 World Petroleum Congress

The third time was the charm for Houston in the competition for the triennial meeting of the World Petroleum Congress.  In voting held in Bahrain today, WPC delegates awarded the 2020 WPC to Houston.  The Bayou City beat out Vancouver for the coveted event that has an estimated economic impact of $60-80 million and draws as many as 10,000 top-level international oil executives together every three years.  It was Houston’s third try.  The 2014 and 2017 events were lost to Moscow and Istanbul.  The last time Houston was selected as the host was 1987.