How deep drilling(oil, etc) avoids drill twisting on its axis? Wouldn’t kilometers long steel drills be akin to licorice?

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How deep drilling(oil, etc) avoids drill twisting on its axis? Wouldn’t kilometers long steel drills be akin to licorice?

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Does the entire string spin, or do they pump mud down the pipe until the last x feet, and that part is a spinnable turbine that spins just the drill bit.

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