MATCOR, Inc.
Ellis Ekhator is a skilled professional in corrosion control and engineering, currently serving as a Corrosion Control Engineer and Field Engineer at MATCOR, Inc. since April 2022. Prior to this role, Ellis worked as a Cathodic Protection Technician at Corrpro Companies, Inc. in early 2022 and held positions such as Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2019 to 2021, Technical Professional at Halliburton from 2014 to 2019, and Subsea Engineer Trainee at FMC Technologies in 2014. Early career experience includes an internship at Nigeria LNG Limited in late 2010. Ellis holds a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt.
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MATCOR, Inc.
Preventing corrosion and extending asset life. In business since 1976, MATCOR is a global company that prevents corrosion, maintains safe and reliable operations and prevents devastating failures through turnkey cathodic protection and AC mitigation programs. These include proprietary products and services that extend the life of major infrastructure assets such as oil, gas and water pipelines, above ground storage tanks, power plants, energy facilities and well casings. MATCOR is a turnkey ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer of customized cathodic protection and AC mitigation products and systems. Services include complete high-quality project management, construction, corrosion engineering, installation, field service and maintenance programs. The company maintains a team of NACE certified specialists and a large fleet of modern construction equipment. MATCOR’s manufacturing plant is located in Chalfont, PA, and the company maintains field service and sales offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Wyoming. The company’s proprietary cathodic protection and AC mitigation systems are also shipped worldwide. MATCOR is a BrandSafway (brandsafway.com) company. What is cathodic protection? Cathodic Protection (CP) is a technique used to control the corrosion of a metal surface by making it the cathode of an electrochemical cell. What is AC mitigation? AC mitigation is the process of designing and applying pipeline grounding systems to: • Prevent voltage spikes during fault conditions • Reduce AC current density to protect against AC induced corrosion • Maintain AC step and touch potentials below 15 Vac to protect personnel from shock hazards