geologic process modeling
Make Your Exploration Decisions with the Highest Confidence
Mineral systems modeling provides a powerful framework for understanding the complex geological, chemical, and physical processes that lead to ore deposit formation. By integrating reactive transport, thermodynamics, fluid flow, and geomechanics, these models offer insights into the architecture and evolution of mineralizing systems—especially those concealed beneath cover.
TerrantaLab and TerrantaFlow support undercover exploration by predicting favorable mineralization zones, testing conceptual geological models, and reducing exploration risk. Whether targeting sediment-hosted copper systems, orogenic gold, or critical metals in frontier terranes, our tools and expertise help visualize processes in 2D, 3D, and 4D.
Exploring the Potential of a Clean, Subsurface Energy Source
Natural hydrogen—also known as geologic or white hydrogen—is emerging as a promising, sustainable energy resource formed through natural subsurface processes. Unlike manufactured hydrogen, natural hydrogen can accumulate in the Earth’s crust and be produced with minimal environmental impact, offering a clean alternative for the global energy transition.
Modeling natural hydrogen systems is key to unlocking this potential. Our approach integrates geological, geochemical, and hydrodynamic processes to understand how hydrogen is generated, migrates through the subsurface, and accumulates in reservoirs. From serpentinization and radiolysis to iron oxidation and fault-controlled migration, our models simulate the full hydrogen system lifecycle—from source to trap.
High-resolution reactive transport and flow modeling with TerrantaLab and TerrantaFlow enables you to predict favorable geological settings, assess resource potential, and guide exploration strategies. By combining cutting-edge simulation tools with geological expertise, we help operators de-risk early-stage exploration and build a scientific foundation for hydrogen prospecting.
As interest in natural hydrogen grows, modeling becomes an essential tool to identify viable targets, design exploration workflows, and support regulatory and economic assessments.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Modeling Subsurface CO₂ Behavior
Injecting CO₂ into the subsurface fundamentally alters the geochemical environment, triggering complex interactions between the injected gas, formation brine, reservoir rock, and caprock (seal). Understanding and predicting these reactions is critical for ensuring the long-term stability and safety of a CO₂ storage site.
TerrantaLab and TerrantaFlow offer advanced reactive transport modeling capabilities to simulate and assess the impacts of CO₂ injection under realistic geological conditions. These tools help operators evaluate storage integrity, predict mineralogical changes, and manage long-term risks associated with CO₂ migration and trapping.
Design Resilient, Efficient Systems with Data-Driven Process Simulations
Harnessing geothermal energy and utilizing the subsurface for thermal energy storage requires a deep understanding of the coupled thermal, hydraulic, and geochemical processes at play. Whether for power generation, district heating, or seasonal energy storage, performance and sustainability depend on accurate modeling of subsurface behavior over time.
TerrantaLab and TerrantaFlow offer advanced simulation tools to design, optimize, and manage geothermal and aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) systems with confidence. By integrating geological data, fluid dynamics, and reactive transport, we help operators make informed decisions from site development to long-term operation.
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Next-Gen Modeling for the Earth’s Most Complex Systems
Chemical modeling tools are pivotal in geoscience. They offer a lens to decipher the complexity of subsurface phenomena by illuminating fluid-rock interactions, guiding mineral exploration, and enhancing our understanding of geochemical processes.
TerrantaLab, a novel, cloud-based application designed with simplicity and efficiency at its core. TerrantaLab is catering to your chemical modeling needs within the geoscience domain. Without veering into complexities or intricate parameter definitions, TerrantaLab allows users to execute detailed chemical system analyses and run 1D reaction models, particularly focusing on fluid mixing and understanding the intricate limiting factors of your chemical systems.
Fast and easy chemical modeling to support reactive flow modeling
- Modern interface with self-explaining workflows and result analysis
- Cloud-based:
- access your data and models anywhere
- No installation required
- Instant updates
- Collaboration made easy
TerrantaFlow: High-Performance Reactive Flow Modeling for the Subsurface
TerrantaFlow is a next-generation simulation engine designed to model complex subsurface fluid and reactive transport processes across 2D and 3D geological systems. Built for performance, flexibility, and scientific accuracy, it enables users to explore how fluids move, mix, and react with rocks under realistic geological conditions.
Whether you’re working in mineral systems, geothermal energy, natural hydrogen, CCS, or groundwater studies, TerrantaFlow delivers the tools you need to simulate key processes such as fluid flow, heat transport, chemical reactions, and mineral transformations at reservoir to basin scales.
With a modular, data-driven architecture and seamless integration with TerrantaLab, users can define custom fluid compositions, rock properties, and reaction kinetics—then visualize and analyze how these variables evolve through time and space.
Terranta Source-Available Software: Openness Meets Scientific Excellence
Terranta offers a suite of high-performance modeling tools under a source-available license, giving users transparency, flexibility, and control—without sacrificing the power and reliability needed for cutting-edge geoscience applications. Designed for collaboration and innovation, our source-available approach allows researchers, developers, and industry partners to build on Terranta’s core technology while benefiting from professional-grade features and support.
Whether you’re exploring natural resources, modeling reactive flow, or designing geothermal systems, Terranta’s source-available software provides a robust foundation for customizing and scaling your subsurface simulations.
Terranta Services provide specialized expertise and tailored solutions for modeling complex geological systems. Whether you’re working in mineral exploration, natural hydrogen, CCS, or geothermal energy, our team helps you extract more value from your data through advanced simulations, customized workflows, and deep domain knowledge.
From project-based modeling support to full-service delivery of high-resolution 2D and 3D reactive flow models, Terranta Services are designed to complement and extend your in-house capabilities. We collaborate closely with your team to solve technical challenges, reduce uncertainty, and accelerate decision-making—using the same tools and technologies that power TerrantaLab and TerrantaFlow.
Partner with Terranta to turn complexity into clarity—and ideas into actionable insight.
THE COMPANY
Founded in 2022 by a team of experienced physicists and geologists with over 60 years of combined experience in developing Petroleum Systems Modeling software, Terranta is dedicated to revolutionizing geological process modeling.
Our cutting-edge technologies support the energy transition, from mineral exploration to low/no-carbon energy applications.
THE TEAM
Daniel Palmowski
Adrian Kleine
Adrian has more than 10 years of experience in product development of geoscientific software applications. His expertise is wide-ranging: from numerical modeling of geological processes, to geochemistry, high performance computing, software development and software architecture, cloud computing and software project management.
Thomas Hantschel
Thomas is a physicist with 30 years of experience in the numerical simulation of geothermal, geophysical, geomechanical, and fluid transport processes. For over 20 years, he led the product development of the world’s leading simulation software for Petroleum Systems Modeling, PetroMod®, which has been used by over 100 companies worldwide to successfully explore new oil and gas fields. He managed IES GmbH for over 20 years as Managing Director and, after its sale, the branch of Schlumberger GmbH with 40-60 employees. Thomas is the co-author of the book “Fundamentals of Basin and Petroleum Systems Modeling”.
