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ARCTIC OPERATIONS er expanded its operations to include a variety of logis- tics and expediting services to serve both onshore and offshore operations. Today, Fairweather provides a wide range of advanced support services, including drilling and production services, medical services, meteorological and oceanographic forecasting, aviation and airstrip support, environmental research, remote sensing, scientifi c surveys and expediting and logistics services. Without that sup- port, much of what takes place in the Arctic today argu- ably would be impossible.

A key component of Fairweather’s Arctic operations is the Deadhorse Aviation Center (DAC). In 2013, Fair- weather formed Tulugaq, LLC – a partnership with Ol- goonik Corporation and Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation created to expand airborne assets for remote sensing opera- tions and scientifi c surveys, bolstered by the purchase of a new Diamond DA42 optionally-manned aircraft. Fair- weather is committed supporting safe and secure opera- tions in Alaska and ensuring the needs of every project are met, no matter how complex.

The Arctic: Today & Tomorrow

Today, the maritime and the offshore oil and gas sec- tors form a large portion of Alaska’s economy. Commercial activity in the Arctic region, already robust, could grow again in the not-too-distant futures. A recent report issued by the McDowell Group outlining the role of the Oil and

Gas Industry in

Alaska’s Economy found that 2013 related employment and payroll from “Primary Companies” totaled 5,335 workers, including 4,700 Alaska residents earning $780 million in wages. Including all direct, indirect, and induced employment and wages, oil and gas industry’s spending in

Alaska accounted for 51,000 jobs and $3.45 billion in to- tal wages in Alaska’s private sector. Looking beyond all of that, the industry accounted for 33 percent of all wage and salary employment in Alaska (111,000 jobs out of total of 335,000 jobs) and 38 percent of all wages ($6.45 billion in wages out of a total of $17.1 billion).

The future could be even brighter, says Davey. “There is an estimated 40 billion barrels of oil remaining to be www.marinelink.com MN 67

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