This book summarizes the results of experimental work on the development of technologies for the manufacture of sour service line pipe steels. It presents the latest theories on the mechanisms of cracking and factors affecting fracture resistance in H2S-containing media of low-alloy pipe steels. The authors propose methods for improving the quality of continuously cast slabs and show the effect of the chemical composition on the microstructure and properties of rolled plates for pipes. Considerable attention is paid to the metallurgical aspects of microstructure formation and its mechanical properties, as well as the enhancement and cracking resistance of sour service sheets under thermomechanical rolling with accelerated cooling. In brief, the book presents a cutting-edge overview of sour service sheet and pipe production.

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Dr. Ivan Shabalov is the Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Association of Pipe Manufacturers, Moscow, Russia. 

Dr. Yury Matrosov is a Full Professor and Principal Researcher at the Center for Pipe & Weld Structure Steels, I.P. Bardin Central Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy, Moscow, Russia. 

Dr. Alexey Kholodnyi is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Pipe & Weld Structure Steels, I.P. Bardin Central Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy, Moscow, Russia. 

Dr. Maxim Matrosov is the Director of the Center for Pipe & Weld Structure Steels, I.P. Bardin Central Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy, Moscow, Russia. 

Dr. Valery Velikodnev is the Technical Director of the Center for Examination of Pipeline Systems and Engineering in Moscow, Russia.

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Chapter 1. The impact of hydrogen sulphide-containing media on pipe steels

1.1. Mechanisms of steels destruction in H2S-containing media

1.2. Test methods for resistance to cracking in hydrogen sulphide-containing media

1.3. Requirements for sour service gas and oil pipelines

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Chapter 2. Factors affecting resistance of pipe steels to cracking in             H2S-containing media

2.1. Hydrogen absorption 2.2. Non-metallic inclusions

2.3. Steel microstructure

2.4. Strength properties

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Chapter 3. Central segregation chemical and structural heterogeneity in continuously cast slabs

3.1. Macrostructure of continuously cast slab

3.2. Methods for studying the centerline segregation heterogeneity

3.3. Factors affecting the centerline segregation

3.4. Methods for reducing the intensity of centerline segregation

3.4.1. Technological methods

3.4.2. Optimization of the chemical composition

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Chapter 4. Structure and properties formation of pipe steels under thermomechanical processing with accelerated cooling

4.1. The effect of thermomechanical processing

4.2. Cooling after the deformation

4.2.1. Structural transformations upon cooling 4.2.2. Influence of the accelerated cooling modes

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Chapter 5. Influence of the chemical composition and thermomechanical processing on the plates centerline segregation heterogeneity and resistance to hydrogen induced cracking

5.1. Centerline segregation heterogeneity in rolled plates

5.2. Chemical composition

5.3. Thermomechanical processing and thermal treatment 5.4. Accelerated cooling

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Chapter 6. State of the sour service ****sheets and pipes production technology

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