OREANDA-NEWS. October 29, 2010. In Beijing, the leadership of the World Petroleum Council (WPC) has decided to hold annual meeting, the World Petroleum Council, in Astana.

The World Petroleum Council was held in the capital of China. During the voting, Russia took the right to host the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow in 2014. The 20th World Petroleum Congress will take place in the Middle East in Doha, Qatar from December 4 to 8, 2011 for the first time.

According to CEO KAZENERGY Jambulat Sarsenov, the largest industry forum is held once every three years under the auspices of the World Petroleum Council (WPC) and really is a worldwide collection of the largest and most prominent companies, organizations, and oil and gas industry around the world.

 “The main objective of the forum is to promote scientific and technological innovation in the oil industry, as well as analysis of economic, financial, managerial, environmental and social aspects associated with the development of the world oil industry,” he said.

Participating for the first time in the XIX World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, Spain in 2008, Kazakhstan was not able to declare itself at such large and reputable event.

 “The taken decision today in Beijing by WPC management to hold the annual meeting of the World Petroleum Council 2012 in Astana, gives a greater confidence that further cooperation of Kazakhstan with other WPC participants will be a key to the stable development of domestic energy sector,” Dmitry Sarsenov said.

The World Petroleum Council (World Petroleum Council) was formed in 1933. It includes more than 60 countries. The main task of the WPC is to host the World Petroleum Congress for discussion and exchange of information between representatives of the country's oil industry, members of the WPC. In 2008, Kazakhstan was accepted as a membership of the World Petroleum Council.