Prénom de l'expert

Sylvie

Nom de l'expert

CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Associate Research Fellow, Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

Research Areas:

Oil
Gas
Global coal markets

Center for Energy & Climate

Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe is a consultant in energy, focussing on international issues. Since 2012, she has collaborated with the Energy and Climate Center of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) as a research associate, with CyclOpe, the reference publication on commodities, and with CEDIGAZ, the international centre of information on natural gas of IFPEN. She is lecturer at Paris-Dauphine and IFP-Training.

Sylvie has a deep understanding of global gas and coal markets, gained during her career, first as General Secretary of CEDIGAZ, IFPEN, then Project Manager, Gas Centre, Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations in Geneva, then Principal Administrator, Gas Expert, International Energy Agency and then Deputy Director of Business Development and Advisor to the Chairman on energy issues, ATIC SERVICES.

Sylvie graduated from École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM).

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Publications

Papers

The Impact of the Development of Shale Gas in the United States on Europa's Petrochemical Industries

28 November 2013

The shale gas revolution has led to strong falls in energy prices, reducing significantly the raw material costs of the US petrochemical industry. Between 2008 and 2012, US gas prices fell by two thirds.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE