Abstract  This article presents a survey of reports delivered at an International Conference hosted by the I. P. Bardin Central Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy in February 2008. Presentations given by specialists from Russia’ Ukraine’ the United States’ Belgium’ Brazil’ and Austria focused on important problems being encountered in ensuring that Russian pipe manufacturers have an adequate supply of high-quality steel for the construction of pipelines that are being built or have been planned. The reports examined aspects of the production of high-strength tube steels at Russian plants and experiences with the use of steels of strength classes X80–X100 in pipelines.