MFIP

MFIP (Mechanical Fracture Intensity Predictor) Petrel plug-in allows for the identification of critically stressed regions and generate failure planes (tensile and shear) inside 3D Earth Models. It is also used to predict fracture intensity based on well log data (fracture interpretation in image log) which are correlated with plastic strain. The plug-in uses the input and output from the 3D Finite Element geomechanics simulator VISAGE. It is divided in three modules:

• Elastic module;

• Elasto-plastic module; and

• Fracture intensity prediction module.

MFIP was one of the first geomechanics Petrel plug-ins available for commercialization in the Ocean Store.

This plug-in is developed in C# as programming language and uses .NET and Ocean development frameworks.

Figure 1 shows shear failure planes and the effective principal stresses in a 3D model. Figure 2 shows the original graphical interface of the plug-in: a) Elastic module; b) Elasto-plastic and fracture intensity prediction modules.

Responsibility: 

• Designed and developed the Petrel plug-in (solver, 3D geometric computation and user interfaces)

• Created the user manual document.