KIEV, March 24 ??“ Two U.S. oil companies producing Caspian Sea oil in Kazakhstan have shown interest in sending their crude via an oil pipeline through Ukraine to Poland, a news agency reported citing a Ukrainian official.

Oleksandr Todiychuk, the head of UkrTransNafta oil monopoly, did not disclose company names. Two U.S. oil companies currently working in Kazakhstan are Chevron Texaco and Exxon Mobil.