The collection of articles combines the extended versions of reports presented at the international conference, organized by Center of Energy Studies, IMEMO RAN and Faculty of International Energy Business, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. The analysis focuses on role and place of Central Asian states in world oil and gas markets restructuring, including: Kazakhstan and China strategic partnership in energy sector; long-term perspectives of oil production in Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan‘s policy of diversification of gas export; potential Russia – Central Asia cooperation in energy sphere; peculiarities of economic interactions between Central Asian states and Japan.