Sparrows Group has been awarded a 3.5-year extension to its inspection services contract for Stena Drilling’s global fleet of drilling vessels.

The scope of the contract includes carrying out LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998) lifting gear surveys and non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections, as well as rig-specific maintenance.

Along with an extension, the contract has also been expanded to cover Stena’s entire fleet of seven vessels, including the Stena Don in Norway.

The extension will see Sparrows provide inspection services until the end of 2020, marking over 10 years of the company holding the contract.

This is the latest in a string of contract wins for Sparrows, which recently announced the refurbishment of two offshore cranes for Centrica’s Morecambe Bay fields, plus a three-year maintenance, lifting and rigging contract for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.