Japan, Turkmenistan sign deals worth $18 bnJapan and Turkmenistan signed a raft of energy and other deals worth more than $18 billion during a Japanese leader's first-ever official visit to the reclusive country.
Obama makes case for renewable energyUS President Barack Obama made a full-throated defense of renewable energy, hitting coal-championing critics as free market hypocrites.
Japan ends nuclear shutdown four years after FukushimaJapan ended a two-year nuclear shutdown in the energy-hungry country, sparked by public fears following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, the worst atomic disaster in a generation.
Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases in new price rowUkraine announced the immediate suspension of all Russian gas purchases after EU-mediated negotiations aimed at keeping supplies running for at least three more months broke down.
OPEC expected to keep status quo on oil outputOPEC ministers gather for an eagerly awaited meeting which is widely expected to leave its output levels unchanged, despite the recent oil price collapse and global oversupply.