The selection of materials for the transport of oil and gas, is not always made sufficiently emphasizing corrosion resistance, but rather good mechanical properties, ease of fabrication and low cost. Due to the material loss rates resulting from internal corrosion, it becomes necessary to thoroughly characterize the behaviour of the high strength steels which are used for oil and gas pipelines, such as API 5L X70 and API 5L X80. One the contributing factors responsible for internal corrosion is carbon dioxide (CO2). The main corrosion product resulting from the action of this gas, in solution, on the steel is an iron carbonate precipitate which is believed to retard further corrosion at some temperatures, acting as a diffusion barrier to the chemical species involved. The current work studies the behaviour of the above steels in a 1% NaCl solution containing CO2, and the stability of the FeCO3 film formed at different temperatures. Electrochemical analysis techniques, such as polarization curves, linear polarization resistance and impedance measurements were used to study the formation of the iron carbonate film on the surface of the steels. The film was also observed and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).