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

Studies

The Resurgence of Shale Oil

01 September 2017

This study addresses the resilience factors of the American production of light tight oil, in particular regarding the evolution of the financial model, and the regulatory changes with the authorisation of exports for crude oil. The paper also evaluates the development perspectives of the production on the medium and long term.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Papers

The Steam Coal Market in 2016: the Supply Shock

08 March 2017

Surprising coal markets: while the world coal demand is diminishing, the steam coal price doubled in 2016. After five years of uninterrupted price decline and a sluggish world demand, this strong price hike might appear as paradoxical. This paper explains the principal reasons for this situation.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Studies

Offshore oil rig drilling platform in the gulf of Thailand / Shutterstock

Energy in Southeast Asia: from Networks to Markets Integration

17 January 2017

Southeast Asia is one of the world's most dynamic regions and experiences strong economic and energy demand growth rates. In this context, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is seeking to interconnect the electric grids and gas networks of the countries through two initiatives, the Asean Power Grid and the Trans-Asean Gas Pipeline, in order to pool resources and optimize energy markets integration in the region.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Papers

Liquefied Natural Gas tanker - Shutterstock/Donvictorio

The US Natural Gas Exports : New Rules on the European Gas Landscape

30 June 2016

This study addresses the consequences of US Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports towards Europe, in particular on the strategy of Russia, the EU’s main gas supplier.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Papers

Lignite mass ready to be energy for electricity power plant. Crédit: John Kasawa

COP21 : Haro sur le charbon

22 January 2016

Despite a landmark agreement on climate in December 2015, reducing the share of coal in the world energy mix will remain extremely difficult. This paper analyses five large consumers choices in terms of coal and clean coal technologies.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

The European Gas Market Looking for its Golden Age?

08 December 2015

The EU gas policy has to deal with a new landscape on the supply and demand sides. This study examines five major recent evolutions of the EU gas market: the relations with Russia, LNG coming back to Europe, the decrease of Groningen production, the contrasted evolutions of shale gas and the perspectives of EU natural gas demand.

Marie-Claire AOUN Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

Papers

Japan's Energy and Climate Policy: Towards Dispelling the Uncertainties

28 May 2015

Four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and a few months before the opening of the Paris Climate Conference, Japan is about to clarify its energy and climate policy.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE Carole MATHIEU

Papers

The US Shale Oil Revolution: The Test of the Business Model is Underway

30 January 2015

Since 2010, the United States has been undergoing a second shale revolution with the very rapid development of Light Tight Oil (LTO) or shale oil, following the revolution in shale gas. This development has allowed the production of oil and liquids to increase, so that the US is the world’s largest producer today, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

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Gas Strategy of China: Developing competion between national production and imports

31 October 2014

The Chinese gas market is facing four key challenges and the government is elaborating responses which will have implications for the Chinese and world energy markets:

Sylvie CORNOT-GANDOLPHE

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