Case Study: Tyra Gas Redevelopment

Located in the Danish North Sea, the Tyra gas field is the centre of Denmark's national energy infrastructure, processing 90% of the country's natural gas production. The client recently invested more than $300 million to redevelop these platforms in the Danish North Sea (originally built in 1984) in a bid to support Europe's transition towards a low-carbon energy future. This was a big construction project with a typically complex oil and gas supply chain. Components and structures were to be built in Spain, Italy, Indonesia and Singapore. The client had a permanent presence in these locations but did not have the resources and infrastructure to manage the project requirements alone. The managers of the project needed to find a workforce solutions partner who could: provide global employment outsourcing, payroll and global mobility solutions; deliver services to their engineering and construction sites across seven locations, including Denmark, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia; support the project for at least three years; apply aligned values in terms of prioritising employee safety and wellbeing; ensure the data protection of their employees; and manage a number of vendors ranging from transportation providers to training and certification institutions and even staff retreats.

The client needed an Employer of Record for their employees and contractors in each of the seven host countries, facilitating compliant mobilisation and providing efficient management of personnel. This included ensuring smooth expatriation, repatriation, consecutive assignment transitions and resolution of issues in country. They appointed Airswift to ensure smooth expatriation, repatriation, consecutive assignment transitions and resolutions of day-to-day issues in-location. Airswift provided comprehensive global employment outsourcing services, managing complex immigration laws across multiple jurisdictions, and ensuring compliance with local employment regulations in each of the seven countries. Our services included talent acquisition, contract hire, global employment and mobility, relocation services, global employment outsourcing, and vendor management.

All work permits were secured within the target timeline. Currently supports a headcount of 140 contractors and 80 employees, especially in Singapore, where the wellheads are being fabricated. The project successfully established operations across seven international locations with full compliance and efficient workforce management.