Sparrows Group, a key engineering and maintenance services specialist for the global energy and industrial sectors, has secured its first major contract in Kuwait.
The scope of work includes maintenance and provision of certificates of conformance for onshore rigs across sites.
As per the deal, Sparrows will be responsible for servicing a range of critical drilling equipment, including mud pumps, iron roughnecks, catwalks and top drives, to ensure the rigs are safe to return to the field.
With Kuwait’s oil and gas industry now reinvigorated following a slump, 100 rigs will join the operational fleet by the third quarter.
These rigs, both new and old, require high-quality servicing, which is a significant volume of work to place on existing OEMs.
Sparrows has been recognized as an approved non-OEM maintenance provider, becoming the first non-OEM service company to hold the NOC approvals to operate in the country, and showcase its expertise and capabilities, said its top official.
"Becoming the first and currently only company to hold the approval as a non-OEM maintenance provider in Kuwait, is a proud honour, and testament to Sparrows’ dedication and focus on quality," remarked its CEO Stewart Mitchell.
"This is an exciting time for our drilling services portfolio, as we expand globally, taking our remarkable success in the Middle East and Asia Pacific and replicating it in the UK and in previously inaccessible locations, such as Kuwait," he noted.
Mitchell pointed out that on each rig, a quick turnaround of maintenance and servicing was required, with the country eager to kick start its swelling oil and gas industry.
Rigs require recertification every five years, which keeps the door open for Sparrows to remain operating in Kuwait for the foreseeable future, he stated.
"With few western companies operating in Kuwait, Sparrows’ highly-skilled staff are sharing knowledge and supervising the client’s domestic maintenance teams as they carry out their CAT IV inspections," noted Mitchell.
"Sparrows has deployed a team including project managers, drilling equipment supervisors and drilling equipment technicians - including top drive, iron roughneck and BOP hoist specialists - with the numbers onsite increasing to support the growing workload," he added.
