Understanding how to analyze cracks is essential for the petrochemical industry to avoid accidents or incidents in a safe and economical way. Structural Integrity standards provide conservative procedures to assess the actual strength of cracked components like pipes and pressure vessels. Therefore, critical loads predictions were computed on a plate with a through-wall crack following level 2 and 3 of the fitness-for-service guide API 579. For comparison, experimental tests were performed to evaluate the standard conservatism on a ductile tearing type of failure. Furthermore, the fracture toughness of the steel was measured through standard JIc tests and material s resistance curves (J-R curve). The technique used during the fracturing process was the elastic compliance method with unloading/reloading sequences. Additionally, the effects of the specimen s geometry and the type of loading, which can significantly change the value of its toughness, were also analyzed using concepts of elastoplastic fracture mechanics. The material used in this work was the API 5L X80, which is a High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) dual-phase steel developed for deepwater pipelines. The fracture toughness measurement tests using SE(B) specimens, which have a medium-to-high plastic constraint, followed the ASTM E1820-17 procedures. The experiments with SE(T) specimens, which present a low plastic restriction, considered literature procedures.