Sparrows Group has expanded its service offering in the North Sea with the aim of replicating the success it had in the Middle East and Asia. To this end, the company has also appointed Sandy Main as Drilling Services Manager – Europe, with Main bringing over 30 years of experience in the drilling services industry.
In his new role as Europe Drilling Services Manager, Main will be responsible for the service’s operations and technical resources in the region, ensuring Sparrows can deliver large-scale projects to North Sea operators, Sparrows said. .
Since introducing drilling services to its repertoire in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, Sparrows has seen growing interest in the regions to improve its service offering and has been consolidating in this department, becoming the its product line into a core service, the company said. in his statement.
Its strategic focus in the UK recently changed, however, as the company identified a growing need in the market for a larger, more global offering.
Sparrows’ ability to diversify from a crane, lifting support and engineering company to a turnkey energy support company has been achieved through its close observation of the market, the statement said. The company seeks to fill gaps in the market to help meet operators’ demand for high-quality services. While its drilling services have been available in the UK and Europe, Sparrows said it will enter 2023 with a renewed focus on this offering, in response to increased activity and demand in this region for a combined service.
“This is an exciting time for the whole Sparrows team, and we are ready and prepared to build on our success in the East and transplant the same model to the UK and Europe. Through Sparrows’ in-house training and development programs we are by enhancing our current workforce and using our talent pool who already have the high quality technical skills required to deliver this service.Also adding a dual role aspect, we can give people the opportunity to work across a very wide range of wider range of equipment and in turn provide our customers with a more streamlined service,” said Stewart Mitchell, chief executive of Sparrows.
“I look forward to enhancing this service offering in the UK and Europe and am determined to deliver projects to a high standard for new and existing clients. With Sparrows skilled workforce around the world, together with the most equipped workshops I have seen, we are in a strong and supported position to help customers streamline their projects and benefit from the quality services that provided by Sparrows. 2023 is going to be a year full of energy,” Main added.
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