Marcus Chew is softly spoken and may not seem adventurous, but in 2012 he made an audacious move to start up his own rig contracting company in Singapore, Energy Drilling

The company focused solely on developing and chartering tender-assisted drilling rigs.

In less than four years, the Energy Drilling chief executive surprised the rig industry when he took delivery of and chartered two of three tender rigs built at Chinese yard Cosco Guangzhou.

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