UK-based workers' union Unite said on Friday said that an 'unprecedented 48-hour major stoppage' would hit the offshore oil sector later this month, with 1350 offshore workers predicted to bring dozens of platforms to a ‘standstill.’The trade union predicts the strike action starting on April 24 until April 26 will bring platforms and the offshore installations of major oil and gas operators to a ‘standstill’…
Around 150 Sparrows Offshore Services contractors on offshore facilities in the UK will start strike action in a dispute over pay from Wednesday, April 5, workers' union Unite said Monday.'Dozens of platforms and operators to be hit including Shell and Harbour Energy…
Baltimore-based offshore wind energy development company US Wind, Inc. announced its plan to form a long-term partnership with Haizea Wind Group Management S.L. to manage and operate Sparrows Point Steel, Maryland’s first permanent offshore wind factory in Baltimore County…
UK-based workers' union Unite said Saturday that its Worley Services UK members were the latest group of offshore workers to demand a better deal on jobs, pay, and conditions in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).Unite said that a 100% of over 50 workers…
Offshore workers employed by Sparrows Offshore Services on BP’s North Sea installations have called off the strike action after securing an extra three weeks paid leave on BP assets, British union Unite said on Tuesday. The strike involved almost 50 workers at BP's Andrew…
Around 1400 offshore workers employed on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) platforms will take strike action in the next weeks, seeking better deal on jobs, pay, and conditions, workers' union Unite said Monday.According to Unite, platforms and…
British union Unite on Friday said several Sparrows offshore services workers have voted to strike at dozens of platforms on the UK continental shelf including those of BP and Shell.Around 150 Sparrows workers across more than 20 oil and gas platforms have voted for strike in a dispute over pay…
Nearly 50 offshore crane operators, crane maintainers, lifting personnel, and deck crew working on BP’s offshore platforms in the UK North Sea have backed a strike action over pay, workers' union Unite said Friday.According to Unite workers…
Engineering and maintenance services firm Sparrows Group said it is expanding its service roster in the North Sea as it looks to replicate its drilling services success in the Middle East and Asia.Sparrows, which had previously offered drilling services in the UK and Europe…
Energy industry engineering and maintenance services company Sparrows Group has secured a two-year contract to provide crane maintenance services onboard Tullow Oil’s FPSO Kwame Nkrumah at the Jubilee offshore oil field in Ghana.Sparrows will be responsible for the maintenance…
Engineering consultancy Wood Thilsted has been appointed as a detailed design engineer for US Wind’s MarWin project, the company’s first offshore wind project to be constructed off the coast of Maryland, U.S..Apart from being responsible for the delivery of the detailed foundation design for MarWin…
Sparrows Group said Tuesday it had secured a contract worth approximately £50 million (around $60 million) with a major UKCS operator to provide crane management services across its operating assets in the North Sea. It did not say who the client was…
UK-based company Sparrows Group, a provider of engineering and maintenance services for the energy industry, said Wednesday it had secured a three-year crane operations and maintenance services contract offshore Luanda, Angola.The agreement…
Industrial services provider has agreed to acquire the UK-based energy industry engineering and maintenance specialist Sparrows Group.The transaction will include the acquisition of Sparrows’ wind energy business Alpha and is an important development in Altrad’s global growth ambitions…
Engineering and maintenance services firm Sparrows Group has secured a three-year contract award from Serica Energy for crane operations and maintenance services on the UK North Sea platform, Bruce. Sparrows will provide resident focal points…