No fizzle, even from demonstrators

THE World Petroleum Congress (WPC) being about little more than networking, expectations that a new direction for the industry might emerge from Calgary 2000 were far from the mark. Representatives from countries with oil potential were there to meet Calgary-based potential investors and vice versa. Canadian delegates made up by far the largest contingent at the WPC; the rest of the world was thinly represented. The host country outnumbered even the US, writes Derek Brower from Calgary.