Founded in Alaska in 1976, Fairweather has spent five decades supporting some of the state’s most challenging and important projects, from the North Slope and Cook Inlet to remote communities and critical infrastructure. Since joining the Doyon family three years ago, that legacy has entered a new phase of growth, expanding Fairweather’s role as a provider of engineering, risk-management, medical, workforce, and safety services across Alaska.
Today, Fairweather is a key part of Doyon’s oilfield services platform, supporting many of the same customers that drive Doyon’s core business. Its teams provide engineering, logistics, regulatory compliance, health and safety oversight, medical services, and emergency response for major North Slope operators, exploration companies, and infrastructure projects. These services help keep projects running safely, efficiently, and in compliance: protecting people, schedules, and shareholder value.
Fairweather’s workforce has grown significantly since the acquisition, now employing more than 300 people across Alaska. Many of these positions are based in remote and North Slope operations, providing year-round employment opportunities for shareholders and Alaskans. Fairweather continues to build pathways for Alaska Native and Doyon shareholder employment through direct hiring, training programs, and partnerships with Doyon and its subsidiaries. Since joining Doyon, Fairweather has grown shareholder employment from just a few positions into a scalable workforce pipeline, reaching a peak of more than twenty shareholders in 2025 through projects like the Yukon Flats exploration program.
Fairweather’s strength comes from the way its technical teams work together to support customers from project planning through execution. Its Regulatory and Non-Technical Risk group secures permits, manages environmental and compliance requirements, and helps projects move forward responsibly. Drilling and engineering teams then translate those approvals into safe, efficient field operations — overseeing rigs, construction, logistics, and contractor coordination. Throughout the process, Fairweather’s Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professionals provide continuous oversight, training, and risk management to protect workers, communities, and assets. This integrated approach allows customers to rely on a single Alaska-based partner to guide projects from concept to completion, reducing risk, controlling costs, and keeping work on track in some of the state’s most challenging environments.
Fairweather’s medical services have become one of the company’s fastest growing and most visible operations, providing critical healthcare and emergency response across the North Slope and remote Alaska. Fairweather now operates dozens of clinics and medical programs for major oil and gas operators, including both on-site clinics and field-deployed medics supporting drilling, exploration, mining, and construction projects. These teams deliver urgent care, occupational health, emergency response, and medevac coordination in some of Alaska’s most challenging environments, helping keep workers safe and projects moving.
Fairweather has seen strong growth in its contingent workforce, which supplies skilled personnel to major operators across Alaska, particularly on the North Slope. To support this expanding demand, Fairweather formed a dedicated Talent Management and Workforce Solutions team to recruit, onboard, and manage employees placed with customers such as ConocoPhillips, Hilcorp, and Santos. This team ensures that workers are properly trained, credentialed, and supported while in the field, helping clients maintain staffing levels with qualified personnel, and keep projects moving. For Doyon and its shareholders, this growing workforce platform creates new job opportunities while strengthening Fairweather’s role as a trusted provider of skilled labor to Alaska’s key industries.
Fairweather Science extends the company’s Alaska expertise into environmental, weather, and risk-management services that support industry, government, and communities. Its teams provide environmental compliance, wildlife and marine mammal monitoring, and hazard-mitigation planning across Alaska and beyond. Recent work includes Arctic sea-ice and weather monitoring for offshore telecommunications, protected species observation for marine construction, and flood and hazard-mitigation planning for Alaska Native communities and municipalities. By combining science, field operations, and regulatory expertise, Fairweather Science helps ensure that development projects move forward responsibly while protecting Alaska’s lands, waters, and people.
Fairweather also operates the Deadhorse Aviation Center (DAC), one of Doyon’s most important physical assets on the North Slope. DAC supports oil and gas aviation, medical evacuations, scientific research, and federal and defense operations, serving as a hub for activity in the Arctic.
As Fairweather celebrates its 50-year anniversary, its future has never been stronger. Backed by Doyon’s long-term vision and Alaska Native ownership, Fairweather is expanding its services, creating shareholder opportunities, and helping protect the people and projects that power Alaska’s economy, today and for decades to come.
