Member Corner
GECF Secretary General Highlights Resilience, Diversification and Cooperation at Baku Energy Week 2026 Today, on 2 June, at Baku Energy Week 2026, H.E. Dr Philip Mshelbila, Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, participated in the session “Gas Markets: Infrastructure, Strategy & Geopolitics”. In his intervention, H.E. Dr Mshelbila underlined that geopolitical disruptions are becoming a new normal for global gas markets. In this evolving environment, the industry must move beyond short-term crisis management and invest systematically in the resilience of the entire gas value chain. He emphasised that future gas security will not be secured by resources alone. It will depend on reliable infrastructure, diversified routes, storage capacity, flexible supply chains, stable investment frameworks, practical regulation and trusted partnerships between producers, consumers and transit countries. H.E. Dr Mshelbila stressed that diversification is no longer optional, but an inevitable strategy for the future of gas markets. This includes diversification of energy sources, supply routes, infrastructure, contract structures, investment channels and market partnerships. He also highlighted that natural gas will remain a solid cornerstone of the future energy system, while the market will become increasingly interconnected and infrastructure-intensive as it prepares to face future geopolitical risks. Against this background, investment confidence will be essential to ensure that gas markets can absorb shocks without turning them into wider energy-security crises. Concluding his remarks, H.E. Dr Mshelbila underscored that cooperation among producing countries and with consuming countries is fundamental to maintaining energy security in an uncertain world. And this is precisely the role that the GECF continues to play in an evolving energy world.