Abstract
The temperature and pressure influence on basic characteristics (disruptive pressure, prestrike time, prestrike consumptions) of high-voltage discharge initiation in water-oil emulsion of different degrees of oil saturation with water is experimentally researched and compared with the discharge characteristics in water. The results obtained would be useful for improvement of the electric discharge technology of oil-well treat- ment under the temperatures up to 100oC and pressures up to 50 MPa.