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A s interest in offshore commerce in the Arctic in- creases, key components of any successful opera- tion in this theatre include logistics, assets, and of course, a healthy dose of experience while operating in cold weather environments. To that end, Fairweather

LLC’s Arctic operations include the Deadhorse Aviation

Center (DAC). Strategically located at Prudhoe Bay, DAC provides oil companies and their suppliers with an aviation command center to manage both onshore operations and

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) exploration and produc- tion activities on the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea.

But, anyone in the know will agree that it is foolhardy to forge ahead with any sort of Arctic operations sans serious hands-on experience in the region. Equipment alone won’t get the job done. For many stakeholders, Edison Chouest

Offshore subsidiary Fairweather, LLC is just the ticket.

And, for Fairweather, they count on General Manager Lori

Davey to provide risk mitigation, operational effi ciencies and a steady, experienced hand in the region. For everyone involved, that’s the ideal combination.

At the Helm

Lori Davey, a lifelong Alaskan and resident of Anchor- age, joined Fairweather in 2012 as director of business de- velopment. Prior to that, she owned and served as president of Motznik Information Services, a data service company founded in 1974 that provides highly-targeted informa- tion searches for key Alaskan industries. Davey graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1992 and earned an MBA in 1998. Beyond this, she currently serves as a trustee on the boards of the Nature Conservancy in

Alaska and was recently appointed to the Arctic Economic

Council. As general manager of Fairweather, LLC, Lori is responsible for directing all of Fairweather’s business ac- tivities and overseeing the company’s expansion and man- agement of Deadhorse Aviation Center.

A member of the Edison Chouest Offshore companies,

Fairweather, LLC was founded in 1976 by Sherron Perry with a focus on providing aviation weather observation services to remote regions of Alaska. In response to the growth of the emerging oil and gas industry, Fairweath-

Experience Counts in the Arctic

Edison Chouest’s Fairweather, LLC lessens Arctic risk while increasing effi ciencies in a challenging environment.

By Joseph Keefe

ARCTIC OPERATIONS

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