Recovery of hydrocarbons from the subsurface represents a significant challenge, particularly as the industry migrates to deeper waters and attempts to maximise recovery from complex fields.
Successful extraction of economically viable quantities of hydrocarbons requires a complete understanding of the subsurface structural configuration, and the associated variations in stress, pressure and rock properties. Present conditions can be attributed to the evolution of burial stresses, pressure, temperature, diagenetic processes and tectonics. Understanding the relative contributions of these factors can only be treated with a physics-based forward modelling approach.
Utilising our software, Elfen fm and Elfen advanced, the evolution of geological structures can be studied and understood. This can be used to confirm the validity of structural restoration workflows, with the additional benefit of providing full stress, pressure, temperature and material state histories. These may be used to address uncertainties and provide a more complete subsurface interpretation.
Utilising our software, Elfen fm and Elfen advanced, the evolution of geological structures can be studied and understood
Features and Benefits
- Constrain subsurface uncertainty. Enhance structural interpretations, especially where seismic imaging is poor
- Geological process-based workflows for reservoir and fracture network characterisation
- Understand the evolution of geological structures, capturing information such as stress, pore pressure and the deformation history
- Full-physics based framework for treating coupled deformation, temperature changes, and fluid migration over geological-time scales
- Sophisticated material models capable of representing various lithologies
- Flexible geometry import. Export to industry standard formats and interfacing with external packages e.g. FracManTM
Our Software
Elfen’s flexibility and modelling power has allowed it to be successfully utilised in a wide range of industries. We have developed specialist software modules to cater towards your specific industry.
Elfen Horizon
Using our geomachenical finite software Elfen Horizon offers an efficient and intuitive UI and analysis tool to gain an understanding of the subsurface material and stress state. Application to predict static/dynamic response of subsurface at reservoir scale and through the utilization of coupled processes.
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Elfen
Elfen Advanced provides a full understanding of the stress regime, deformation, seismogenic zone, particle size prediction and production profile that results from the excavation of open pits, long wall mines or sub-level caves.
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Elfen Forward Modelling
Utilised to create accurate simulations of geological evolution that can be quickly interpreted, studied and understood.
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