Wah Seong bags coating job for 2,400km pipeline from Russia to Germany

International benchmark Brent crude futures were trading at $44.95 per barrel at 0203 GMT, 6 cents below their last settlement but flat with its first close this week. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were at $44.17, down 15 cents but over 1 percent above this week's first close. "Supply disruptions and closures helped push crude oil prices higher, despite the stronger U.S.-dollar," ANZ bank said on Friday.

The pipe coating specialist said on Monday the Nord Stream 2 pipeline involves two parallel 48 inch lines, roughly 1,200km each starting from south-west of the Russian port city of St Petersburg on the Baltic Sea and ending at German coast, Greifswald.