In a joint company and employee giving-back efforts, the CORTEC team again raised the needed funds for four new homes for Haiti Mission. Haiti Mission Incorporated (HMI), a Louisiana-based international development organization, helps build sustainable projects to bring dignity, hope, love, joy and faith to the people of that country. The CORTEC has previously supported this cause, raising enough to build four homes last year; and team members have even traveled to the area to view the impac...

CORTEC participated this week at LSU’s PERTT Lab in Baton Rouge, La., in a flow loop test of our new Back Pressure Valve design. This design will be incorporated into several deepwater drilling systems this year and will be utilized to provide back pressure downstream of Coriolis flow meters which will aid in accurate measurement. This design was completed in close communication with major operators and drilling contractors to address a need for a back pressure device which could provide ...

CORTEC on Location! Scenes from the field as a Cortec team member provides training to end users on electric actuator set up and calibration.  

From Concept to Reality! This piping system is a part of a waterflood system for a major GOM production facility. It features a 7-1/16” bore and 15,000 PSI rating with Inconel cladding in all wetted areas of the internal system surfaces.  The CORTEC team worked closely with the project group to develop this compact design which utilizes ball valves, check valves, chokes, monoflanges and custom piping all designed by CORTEC.  These components are being packaged for shipment ...

CORTEC, a leading manufacturer of high-quality API valves, has launched its new CX-HB3.0 Hydra-Balance Choke and Panel System, which offers drilling operations an increased level of value and functionality within Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD), Underbalanced Drilling (UBD) and other drilling set point applications. The system, which is API 6A and NACE MR0175 compliant, is a hydraulic dual choke unit and can be controlled via a compact remote panel that can be installed in close proximit...

CORTEC recently shipped three turnkey manifold systems out for a major deepwater project. The package included two API 9” 10,000 PSI boarding shutdown valve assemblies and an API 5-1/8” 10,000 PSI gas lift assembly.Two API 9” 10,000 PSI Boarding Shutdown Valve AssembliesEach consists of two CORTEC model LDA090010MS 9” bore API 6AV1 PSL-3 metal seated ball valves with ATC hydraulic actuators; LDA030610MS 3-1/16” bore API 6AV1 PSL-3 metal seated ball valves with ATC hydraulic actuators; model TLDB...

CORTEC, a leading manufacturer of high-quality API valves, has launched the new CORTEC CX-RV2.6 Pneumatic Pressure Relief System.The system, API 6A PSL 3 monogrammable and comprised of SIL 3 rated components, is designed to provide rapid pressure relief within high-pressure systems, including mud pumps, managed pressure drilling manifolds and frac relief systems. Designed as a replacement to purely mechanical devices that are significantly less reliable, the CX-RV2.6 is a unique, rugged, all-pne...

Our Houma facility is committed to continue shipping products like these electrically actuated production chokes out of the door! These particular chokes are being shipped this week for U.S. land-based production. Thank you to all of those in the oil and gas industry for your resiliency and dedication during a stressful time in the world. During times like these, CORTEC and the industry as a whole, have an opportunity to demonstrate that our operations and our people are "Built for the Pressure...

CORTEC has partnered with Weir Oil & Gas in Dubai as an authorized repair facility for CORTEC’s products. Under the Authorized Repair Facility agreement, CORTEC’s customers will send CORTEC products to Weir Oil & Gas’ Dubai, UAE, facility to capitalize on Weir’s Original Equipment Manufacturer repair and recertification status. Weir Oil & Gas’ Dubai facility is the trusted partner for the operations and maintenance needs of prominent oil and gas and industrial companies in the regio...