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Maïté

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de BONCOURT

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Associate Researcher

Biographie En

Before joining Ifri's Centre for Energy in February 2010, Maïté de Boncourt worked as lobbyist and policy analyst for a major IOC in Brussels, covering european energy policies. She also worked for the European Commission’s Delegation in Syria, Damascus. She started at Ifri's Brussels office, where she covered european energy policies.


Her work at Ifri now focuses on oil and gas markets, including the development of unconventional hydrocarbons,  downstream oil developments such as refining, energy geopolitics and transportation. She specifically focuses on Middle Eastand Mediterranean, and extensively covers the region’s hydrocarbons and renewable developments, energy governance and geopolitics.

In 2012, she was teaching european energy policy at Science Po Paris, and she is now occasionally giving lectures on the geopolitics of energy.

Maïté holds a Master’s degree in European Affairs from the College of Europe (Bruges), a Master’s degree in Public Management from the Katholieke Universteit Leuven, and a Master’s degree in Contemporary History from the Sorbonne (Paris). She is fluent in both English and French.

Research Areas

 

  • Conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons
  • Geopolitics of Energy
  • Downstream oil & transport 
  • Middle East

Maïté de Boncourt focuses on hydrocarbon research and also on Middle East, the Gulf and Mediterranean, and extensively covers the region’s hydrocarbons and renewable developments, energy governance and geopolitics. As part of this research axis, she currently focuses on eastern mediterranean new resources, the shift of power for traditional oil and gas producers in the region, and ongoing energy reforms.

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Publications

Shadows on Israeli Gas Success Story: a Political and Geopolitical Risk Analysis

Date de publication
17 December 2015
Accroche

In Israel, both the regional geopolitical context and domestic politics play an important role in the development of the offshore gas fields.

East-Mediterranean Gas potential: Opportunities and Barriers

Date de publication
05 June 2015
Accroche

A report released by Insight_e,  the European energy consortium specialised on energy policy research and analysis
Lead authors: Constantinos Taliotis (KTH) and Maïté de Boncourt (Ifri), Authoring team: Kimon Keramidas (Enerdata), Reviewer: Paul Deane (UCC)

The European Refining Crisis: What is at stake for Europe?

Date de publication
04 March 2013
Accroche

The European Refining sector is in crisis. The wave of refineries closures has spared no EU Member States.

Powering Kuwait into the 21st Century: Alternatives for Power Generation

Date de publication
20 December 2012
Accroche

Kuwait is facing a surge in the consumption of power. The current power fuel mix, based on oil, appears unsustainable. Yet Kuwait has a large number of assets.

Powering Kuwait into the 21st Century: Adopting a Sustainable Strategy

Date de publication
28 September 2012
Accroche

Over the last ten years, Kuwait's power consumption has doubled. This rising need for electricity has been mainly driven by the fast population growth rate, the increasing need for desalinated water, accounting for 93% of water consumption, and the economic development of the country.

The Gulf Countries' Energy Strategies: What's on the Menu for the Power Sector?

Date de publication
01 September 2012
Accroche

The futuristic green city of Masdar in the United Arab Emirates or the latest announcements of Saudi Arabia which might now well become the new Eldorado for solar energy companies have a clear marketing varnish. But if they are showcases of green ambitions, they nonetheless reflect the situation the Gulf States face today driven by the development of heavy industry and petrochemicals but first and foremost by the rapid population growth (around 2% for Saudi Arabia and 3% for Kuwait; Qatar and the Emirates have higher population growth rate due to immigrants).

Unconventional Gas: A Game Changer for Transport Too?

Date de publication
12 July 2011
Accroche

A new technology trend, the development of natural gas vehicles, is emerging in the transport sector. 

The Electric Vehicle in the Climate Change Race: Tortoise, Hare or Both?

Date de publication
31 January 2011
Accroche

Europe is seeking ways to decrease the growing negative impact of passenger cars on climate, currently responsible for up to 12% of total EU CO2 emissions. After biofuels in the nineties and hydrogen in 2000, the new answer to climate change appears to be electric. But contrary to many marketing messages, electric cars are not zero emissions cars. They will not necessarily contribute to actual CO2 emission reductions before 2020 and even then, not in every country. 

Will We Drive Electric on Asian Batteries?

Date de publication
07 December 2010
Accroche

The development of the electric car market, supported by public funding, needs to be monitored closely. Currently, except for Renault benefiting from its electric partnership with Nissan, batteries for electric vehicles will most likely be outsourced. A lot of joint ventures are being signed with Asian battery companies and automotive suppliers. As a consequence, some argue that there is no rational to develop further and fund the European battery industry: batteries are already made more cheaply elsewhere.

Electric Cars: the Orient and the Occident

Date de publication
01 October 2010
Accroche

China is looking ahead and thinking electric. The Chinese government recently announced the release of $15 billion in a “Manhattan-style” venture to support electric vehicle (EV) research, standardization and development as part of its five-year plan and to meet its seemingly unattainable objective of introducing 500 000 “clean” vehicles per year by 2011.