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The document discusses sinusoidal and helical buckling that can occur in drillpipe during drilling. It notes that buckling itself is not typically harmful if there is no pipe rotation, but rotating buckled pipe can cause fatigue failures. It provides several options to prevent or reduce buckling, including wellpath design, using heavier drillpipe, and special downhole tools to stiffen the drillpipe like non-rotating drillpipe protectors. Maintaining rotation and buoyancy in the drillstring can also help pre

Author

Danish Khan

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EN