Viking recently branched out into offshore drilling by picking up 30% interests in two GustoMSC CJ46 X100-D design jack-up rigs under construction at China Merchants Industry Holdings for Labroy Shipyard co-founder Chan Kwan Bian.
Chan and Labroy co-founder Tan Boy Tee were understood to have re-invested profits from the $2.4 billion sale of Batam-based rig builder Labroy to Dubai Drydocks World in 2008, into the two CMIH jack-ups.
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