The deepest pits formed during pitting corrosion of stainless steels have previously been
shown to follow a Type III extreme value distribution, where a statistical upper bound on pit
depth exists for a given point in time. In this study the Joint Generalized Extreme Value model
parameterized with respect to both time and area is applied to predict pit growth of carbon
steel under sour service conditions. Measurements of the most extreme pit depths were taken
at different time durations to estimate model parameters and several statistical measures were
used to assess the model goodness-of-fit. Results show pitting behavior of carbon steel, for
the sour service conditions tested, is statistically of an extreme value nature and can be
predicted using the JGEV model.