Analysis of Drillpipe/Coiled-Tubing Buckling in a Constant-Curvature Wellbore

This article is a synopsis of paper SPE 39795, "Drillpipe-/Coiled-Tubing-Buckling Analysis in a Hole of Constant Curvature," by Weiyong Qui, SPE, Baker Oil Tools; Stefan Miska, SPE, U. of Tulsa; and Leonard Volk, SPE, BDM Petroleum Technologies, originally presented at the 1998 SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, Texas, 25-27 March.