The Water-Polymer Method of Hydroperforation of Oil and Gas wells Abstract The aim of the study is to develop an efficient, innovative method of perforating oil and gas well casing strings with a high-velocity stream of polymer solution that conserves resources and energy and meets the requirements for environ- mentally friendly hydrocarbon production. New knowledge about the dynamics of polymer solutions in the model conditions of flow through the nozzles of the hydro perforator, which form a high-velocity jet, became the main scientific basis for substantiating the water-polymer method of hydro perforation of oil and gas wells. The study of the reaction of polymer solutions to tension hydrodynamic influence allowed to formulate a structural concept, the "common denominator" of which is the strong deformation effect of tension hydrodynamic field on high molecular weight coils, which, according to nonequilibrium thermodynamics, should cause a kind of high elasticity. Peculia...