The knowledge of the bending and axial efforts caused by soil movement is important for the structural integrity analysis of pipelines. The existence of residual stresses is one of the main obstacles for obtaining good results in the determination of such efforts. This work was developed to analyze the behavior of the residual stresses of manufacturing in pipes throughout its circumference and length. Measurements of residual stresses had been made in samples of a new pipe and others samplers removed from operation, using the hole drilling technique and a new sectioning technique. The measurements had been carried throughout the circumference and different sections of the pipes. The measurements with the sectioning technique proposed, called elliptical hole technique, are coherent with the measurements of the hole drilling technique, mainly for the longitudinal stresses. From the experimental results, recommendations had been made and methodologies had been proposed to separate the manufacturing residual stresses from the operating stresses in the pipelines. For each method considered in this work, a simulation was made to evaluate its errors. The circumferential and longitudinal residual stresses of manufacturing have considerable magnitudes (sometimes next to the yield strength of the pipes). Not considering the residual stresses in measurements carried through in situ to calculate the existing loads, as it is made most of the time, can cause significant errors in the determination of the efforts acting on the pipeline. The results of the simulations had shown that, if the residual stresses are low, the work loads obtained when the residual stresses are not considered are comparable with the correct loads. The procedures proposed for the determination of loads, considering the separation of the existing residual stresses, had presented smaller errors or closer to those when the calculation was made neglecting the residual stresses.