INSTITUT FRANçAIS DU PéTROLE

The 'Institut français du pétrole' ('IFP', ''French Institute of Oil'') is an independent research organisation in France. It was founded in 1944 under the name of the 'Institut du pétrole, des carburants et des lubrifiants' (''Institute of Oil, Fuels and Lubricants'').
It is based at Rueil-Malmaison near Paris, and has sites near Lyon and at Pau. As of 2004, it has 1729 employees and a budget of 253 million euros.
It is responsible for a post-graduate training centre, the 'École du pétrole et des moteurs', and an extensive industrial training programme.
Yves Chauvin, co-laureate of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spent most of his professional career at the IFP.

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