Аннотация:The paper is devoted to considering the possibility and manners of applying the method of directional unloading of the formation (DUF) served for increasing well productivity for low permeable deposits. An analysis of stress state in the vicinity of a well for various geometry of borehole bottom is presented. The methodic of experimental study of deformation and fracture processes near the well for conditions of certain field is developed on the base of this analysis. According this methodic, the tests of specimens cut from reservoir rock under study have been carried out by using the unique setup of IPMech RAS Triaxial Independent Load Test System. The results of experiments allowed the practically important conclusions about the possibility of applying DUF metod for low permeable deposits and the manners of its applicability.