Sparrows Provides Cable Handling for Hornsea One
Sparrows Group Cable and Pipe Lay Solutions (CPLS) division has delivered its largest renewables project to date as part of three contracts awarded through VBMS; DEME Offshore, formerly known as Tideway; and DeepOcean. The work scope, part of an upsurge in activity in the renewables market that helped the group to more than doubled its business during 2018, saw Sparrows provide equipment and personnel to handle the nearshore, export and inter-array cables for the Hornsea One offshore wind farm.Currently under construction, the site, located 120km off the UK’s Yorkshire coast, is poised to be the
Alpha Offshore Bags Offshore Wind Blade Repair Contract
and efficiently reach the blades. In addition to completing repairs the team will be project managing the work, preparing risk assessment and method statements and completing reporting.OWEZ has been operational since 2006 and generates enough electricity to supply 100,000 houses.Alpha Offshore is a Sparrows Group company providing engineering personnel and inspection services to the energy industry. The firm specializes in the delivery of operations and maintenance, and supervisory and commissioning services to onshore and offshore wind developments
Offshore Achievement Award winners Announced
achievement across the UK offshore energy sector. Ray Riddoch, UK managing director at Nexen was named this year’s Significant Contribution winner thanks to three decades of shaping and influencing the offshore energy industry. Other individual winners included John Fraser of Sparrows Group for Above & Beyond, Laura Steedman of BP for Young Professional and Alan Higgins, who received a Special Recognition Award for his efforts in education and promoting STEM subject. BiSN collected two awards on the night; the Innovator Award and the Great Company (SME) Award. Entier
Sparrows Wins BP Contract in Angola
BP has awarded Sparrows Group a three-year contract to manage crane operations and maintenance, and deck services off the coast of Angola. The contract covers four cranes utilized on two Floating Production Offloading and Storage (FPSO) vessels, the Greater Plutonio and the PSVM, located in Blocks 18 and 31 respectively, which are situated 160km north-west of Angola’s capital Luanda. Sparrows has two bases in Angola located in Talatona and Malonga and first worked with BP in the region in 2006. This latest scope of work, which was won as part of a competitive tender, will
February 2025
