KIEV, Dec. 21 - Ukraine will hold tenders to sign oil and gas production sharing agreements for the Yuzovsky field and the Olessky field, Interfax reported.

The minimum investment required in the course of geological exploration will be UAH 1.6 billion at the Yuzovsky field stretching over 7,886 square km in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, and UAH 1.3 billion at the Olessky field covering 6,324 square km in the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, according to a cabinet resolution dated November 30.