Lecture 35 of PGE 383 (Fall 2020) Advanced Geomechanics at The University of Texas at Austin delivered on 2020/11/6 by DN Espinoza (  / dnegeomechanics  .

Topics: Breakdown pressure, application to the leak-off test and diagnostic fracture initiation test, ideal orientation of hydraulic fractures growing from wellbores and perforations.