Minimum pressure required to hydraulic fracture development:
p_b = 3 \, \sigma_{h, \rm min} - \sigma_{h, \rm max} + \sigma_t - p_i |
where
| minimal principal horizontal stress | |
| maximal principal horizontal stress | |
| tensile stress | |
| initial formation pressure |
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