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CORTEC’s Successful 2025 API Recertification Audit in Port Allen
Exciting News from Port Allen! The CORTEC team in Port Allen has successfully completed the 2025 API Recertification audit, which included API Q1, ISO 9001:2015, API 6A, 6D, and 16C product specifications. This audit included a transition to the 10th edition of API Q1, and we achieved this with no findings, concerns, or opportunities for…
Read MoreCORTEC’s API 16C Dual Choke Control System
Discover the power of Automation through CORTEC’s API 16C advanced dual choke control system The CX-WC control panel can operate both gear and piston-actuated chokes and easily integrates with CORTEC’s efficient and cost-effective CX-EC 3.0 Setpoint MPD Choke Control System through a single control panel. The CX-WC facilitates both remote and manual operation from the…
Read MoreCORTEC 2024 and Future Aspirations
As we celebrate our 20th anniversary and look toward 2025 and beyond, we are excited about the opportunities ahead for CORTEC. Reflecting on our journey, we appreciate the progress of our team and company and look forward to the vast potential ahead. In 2024, CORTEC achieved key milestones, including expanding our global presence through new…
Read MoreAt CORTEC, we’re all about exceptional service!
At CORTEC, we’re not just about solutions—we’re all about exceptional service! Right now, we have service personnel on board a drillship in Las Palmas, finalizing the installation of a CORTEC Managed Pressure Drilling package. This package, purchased back in May 2023, landed in February 2024. It’s thrilling to see this project take shape, marking the…
Read MoreCORTEC Helps Build Homes for Six Haitian Families in 2024
At CORTEC, giving back is a fundamental part of our culture. One of our passions is supporting Haiti Mission, Inc., a Louisiana-based international development organization that creates sustainable projects to bring dignity, hope, love, joy, and faith to the people of Haiti. Thanks to our team’s heartfelt generosity, CORTEC funded the construction of six homes…
Read MoreCORTEC Signs New ARF Agreement for UAE Region
CORTEC is excited to announce our new agreement with Aswan in Dubai. As a CORTEC Authorized Repair Facility, Aswan will ensure that our customers in the UAE region receive top-quality repair and maintenance services for their CORTEC products. This partnership will further enhance our commitment to providing exceptional support to our valued international clients. CORTEC…
Read MoreCORTEC Control System Automation Maximizes Your Operation
Control System Automation Maximizes Your Operation Source: Todd Fenn, Product Development Manager for Automation at Cortec Oct 31, 2024 as published in Offshore Engineer Pressure control equipment is the backbone of the Oil and Gas Industry. It is the first and last line of defense in pressure and flow control. Advancements in valves, chokes,…
Read More20th Anniversary: CORTEC Evolution into Valve Technology
In 2006, CORTEC embarked on an effort to diversify from our line of wellhead production chokes. CORTEC founder Bobby Corte Jr., in partnership with his brother-in-law Larry Chauvin, started a new division under CORTEC Manifold Systems (CMS), focusing on compact valve solutions.
Read MoreCORTEC Celebrates 20 Years
While Team CORTEC celebrates our 20-year milestone in 2024, we are reminded that we carry on a manufacturing legacy that extends much further back! The Corte family originally moved to Houma, Louisiana in 1964 as Bobby Corte, Sr. was seeking employment as a machinist servicing parts used within oil and gas applications in the Gulf of…
Read MoreCORTEC Installs New MPD System in the Gulf of Mexico
CORTEC recently installed a new MPD manifold system operating in the Gulf of Mexico. This system was a turnkey project in which CORTEC supported the customer from the initial design until completed installation, which required integration into existing rig pipework. CORTEC’s proven experience, design expertise and best-in-class service and support delivered a superior operational result […]
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