🔥 Hot Tapping (Hot Tap) – What It Really Means! Hot Tapping is a special technique used to add a new branch or make modifications on a pressurized pipeline without shutting the system down. It allows safe welding or cutting on live lines carrying oil, gas, water, steam, or chemicals ⚙️🔥💧—so the plant keeps running without interruption. --- 🏭 Where Hot Tapping Is Common Oil & Gas Petrochemical plants Refineries Water & wastewater systems Power plants ⚡ --- 💡 Why It’s Needed Adding new branch