Wear resistant tubular members and systems and methods for producing the same

A method of manufacturing a tubular member, the method comprising:

• (a) removing material from a radially outer surface of a cylindrical tubular member, wherein the cylindrical tubular member has a central axis;
• (b) forming a wear pad on the radially outer surface of the tubular member as a result of (a);
• (c) upsetting an axial end of the tubular member to form an upset that extends axially from the axial end of the tubular member, wherein the upset has an internal transition distal the axial end and an external transition distal the axial end, wherein the internal transition increases an inner diameter of the cylindrical tubular member when moving axially along the upset away from the axial end and the external transition decreases an outer diameter of the cylindrical tubular member when moving axially along the upset away from the axial end;
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• (d) attaching a connector to the upset at the axial end of the tubular member.

A drill pipe, comprising:

• a central axis;
• a box connector;
• a pin connector axially spaced from the threaded box connector;
• a tubular region axially positioned between and axially spaced from the box connector and the pin connector;
• a first upset extending axially from the box connector to the tubular region;
• a second upset extending axially from the pin connector to the tubular region;
• a throughbore extending axially through the box connector, the first upset, the tubular region, the second upset, and the pin connector, wherein an inner diameter of the throughbore increases moving axially from the first upset into the tubular region and moving axially from the second upset into the tubular region, and wherein an outer diameter of a radially outer surface of the drill pipe decreases moving axially from the first upset into the tubular region and moving axially from the second upset into the tubular region;
• a wear pad formed on the tubular region, wherein an outer diameter of the drill pipe is greater along the wear pad than along the tubular region.