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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high strength steel pipe which has excellent deformability and an excellent strength of X 80 to 100 class in the API standards and is suitable for a pipeline, and to provide its production method. SOLUTION: In the high strength steel pipe for a pipeline having excellent deformability, the ratio between the yield strength YS<SB>L</SB>in the longitudinal direction of the steel pipe and the yield strength YS<SB>C</SB>in the circumferential direction, YS<SB>L</SB>/YS<SB>C</SB>, is 70 to 95%. The steel pipe comprises suitable amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Nb, Ti, Al and N, and further comprises one or more kinds of metals selected from Ni, Mo, Cr, Cu, V, B, Ca, rare earth metals and Mg. The steel pipe has a microstructure consisting of 30 to 80% ferrite in an area ratio, and the balance martensite and/or bainite, and preferably has a YS<SB>C</SB>of≥80 psi. In the production method, a slab is heated to≥850°C, is hot-rolled, is air-cooled to≤500°C, is thereafter reheated to 740 to 850°C, and is cooled to≤400°C at≥10°C/s. The pipe may be expanded by 0.8 to 3%. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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