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Our story

geomecon GmbH was founded by 5 employees of the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam in September 2004. Initially, the focus was set in the development and execution of specialised rock and fracture mechanical laboratory experiments based on the work of Tobias Backers who together with Prof. Ove Stephansson developed a method to determine shear fracture toughness (Backers und Stephansson 2012).
Based on this, geomechanical modelling and simulations were offered. For fracture mechanical simulations the software fracod2D was used, for construction applications, especially for nuclear disposal, the software Phase2.
 

evolution

The need for more powerful and flexible products arose from projects concerning nuclear disposal and increasingly also the hydrocarbon industry. Therefore COMSOL Multiphysics was incorporated into the portfolio as well as starting a company own software development.
COMSOL Multiphysics is utilised for all geomechanical applications that call for a high degree of complexity and demanding physics.
The in-house software roxol is used especially for the simulation of fracture network evolutions in geotechnical applications. roxol is also the base for further RnD projects funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union.
 

clients

geomecon acquires its clients from within the fields of nuclear disposal, hydrocarbon industry, geothermal energy, mining industries, and geo-energy in general. Projects from the private sector and academia alike are being solved.
In Germany, stress field modelling and assessment of the potential of induced seismicity have evolved into a main focus of geomecon during the last years. Additionally, geomechanical simulations concerning the stability of sub-surface edifices for geothermal energy storage and nuclear disposal are increasingly demanded. our clients

research and development

geomecon GmbH has conducted RnD projects for the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union since 2011. The focus lies within the optimized exploration of energy reservoirs. An overview of our research and development projects can be found here.
 

Business administration and management

geomecon GmbH is committed to organic growth. Every year, the majority of the generated surplus was consistently invested in personnel and development in order to lay the foundation for a medium-term market positioning of geomecon GmbH as a specialist provider of geomechanical numerical simulations and consulting.
Despite the consequent investment in the development of the RnD software roxol, which represents an outstanding technology carrier, the return of the shareholders has developed positively in the last years.
Since its foundation, the company was managed by Dr. Tobias Backers. As of the beginning of 2019, Dr. Tobias Meier has been in charge of the company's fortunes. All shareholders are private individuals.
 

Our Team

Tobias Meier, Ph.D.

CEO, geomechanics

Tobias studied Engineering Geology at the Technical University Berlin. During his Ph.D., he investigated the development of borehole breakouts in transversely isotropic, unconventional rocks. He is specialized in stress field modelling and numerical simulation of the geomechanical system behaviour for evaluating wellbore and fault stability. His academic and professional background provides a robust basis for current research projects that focus on the exploitation of geothermal reservoirs or the stability of radioactive waste disposals.

tobias.meier@geomecon.de

Prof. Tobias Backers, Ph.D.

procuration, geomechanics

Tobias studied Engineering Geology, raw materials and waste disposal technology at the Technical University Berlin. For his Ph.D. thesis on the shear fracture propagation in rock he worked in collaboration with the Royal Technical University in Stockholm, Sweden, and the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Germany. From 2004 to 2018 he has been the managing director of geomecon GmbH, whose founding member he is too. Tobias Backers is also a reviewer for several international journals, President (2019-2020) of the German Section of Society of Petroleum Engineers (GS-SPE), and since 2019 professor for Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics at the Ruhr-University Bochum.

tobias.backers@geomecon.de

 

Daniel Bücken, M.Sc.

geology

Daniel is a passionate geologist with a strong focus on structural geology and reservoir geology. He studied Applied Geosciences at RWTH Aachen University, majoring in Energy and Mineral Resources. His strong geological background provides the basis for the interpretation of structural data as an input for our stress field assessment and our subsurface models. He is an integral part of the sub-surface geomodelling team at geomecon.

daniel.buecken@geomecon.de

Livia Nardini, Ph.D.

geology

Livia studied geology in Italy and Norway, focusing on structural geology and the deformation of crystalline rocks during her master's degree. She worked as an exploration geologist at Equinor ASA before starting a PhD at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam. Here she conducted experimental studies in the semi-brittle to plastic range in the presence of material heterogeneities. With her broad background in geology and geomechanics, she supports us in research projects and strengthens our modeling team.

livia.nardini@geomecon.de

Ben Bohnen, M.Sc.

numerical simulation

Ben studied geotechnology at the Technical University Berlin. In his master's thesis he worked on the modelling of geothermal reservoirs and numerically investigated the influence of heterogeneous and homogeneous reservoir parameters on the performance of geothermal reservoirs. With his programming skills, Ben expands the modelling team in data processing and statistical analysis and contributes to the extension of the in-house software roxol.

ben.bohnen@geomecon.de
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