KHARKIV, Jan. 18 – A production sharing agreement between Ukraine and Shell and Nadra Yuzovska for the Yuzovska field (7,886 square meters, located in Kharkiv and Donetsk region) could be signed by late January, Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Oleh Proskuriakov said.

"It's likely that the agreement between the Ukrainian government and investors [Shell and Nadra Yuzovska] will be signed by late January," he said at a briefing in Kharkiv on Thursday.