Summary In the Dan field, very high breakdown pressures were observed for wellbores drilled with a high azimuth with respect to the preferred fracture plane. The increased breakdown pressure was caused by significant near-wellbore friction. In scaled laboratory tests, variation in breakdown pressure was accompanied by a change in fracture geometry. Therefore, the variation in breakdown pressure in the field treatments could not be related simply to in-situ stresses.
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