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title: Preventing Pitting and Crevice Corrosion of Offshore Stainless Steel Tubing
description: Stainless steel tubing on oil and gas platforms is used in process instrumentation and sensing. It is also used in chemical inhibition, hydraulic lines, impulse lines and utility applications over a wide range of temperature, flow and pressure conditions. Yet it is subject to corrosion, which can lead to perforations and escape of highly flammable chemicals.
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# [Preventing Pitting and Crevice Corrosion of Offshore Stainless Steel Tubing](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/preventing-pitting-and-crevice-corrosion-of-offshore-stainless-steel-tubing)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 5/23/19 4:00 PM

Stainless steel tubing on oil and gas platforms is used in process instrumentation and sensing. It is also used in chemical inhibition, hydraulic lines, impulse lines and utility applications over a wide range of temperature, flow and pressure conditions. Yet it is subject to corrosion, which can **lead to perforations and escape of highly flammable chemicals**.

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