# Rock Flow Dynamics

> Rock Flow Dynamics develops tNavigator, an integrated platform for geological modelling, reservoir simulation and production engineering. It sells flexible software licenses and provides technical support, training, model conversion and consultancy for oil and gas, subsurface energy storage and mining projects.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Vasilii Shelkov (Co-founder and CEO), Kirill Bogachev (Co-founder and CTO), Denis Voskov (Co-founder; former CTO (2005-2008)), Vlad Karen Payrazyan (Co-founder, as identified in his ADIPEC biography)
- **Products:** tNavigator, Simulation, Geology Designer and Seismic, Model Designer, Network, Well and PVT Designers
- **Notable:** Reports more than 330 commercial clients across 47 countries., Four major software releases per year., Opened a 1,000-square-metre Belgrade data centre on 1 April 2026 for testing and optimisation.

## Products & services

- **tNavigator** — Integrated geological modelling, reservoir simulation and production engineering platform.
- **Simulation** — Black-oil, compositional, thermal and integrated reservoir simulation using parallel CPU and GPU computing.
- **Geology Designer and Seismic** — Seismic interpretation and static geological model construction.
- **Model Designer** — Dynamic modelling, pre- and post-processing and field development planning.
- **Network, Well and PVT Designers** — Surface facilities, well and fluid-property modelling in the shared platform.
- **AHM & Uncertainty** — Assisted history matching, uncertainty analysis and optimisation.
- **Mining Designer** — Mineral deposit modelling and geological uncertainty workflows.
- **Python API and AI Assistant** — Workflow automation, data integration and contextual natural-language help.
- **Technical services** — Proof-of-concept studies, consultancy, model conversion, training and hardware/cloud deployment advice.

## Achievements

- Reports more than 330 commercial clients across 47 countries.
- Four major software releases per year.
- Opened a 1,000-square-metre Belgrade data centre on 1 April 2026 for testing and optimisation.
- In September 2026, reported adoption by an unnamed Canadian SAGD operator after testing close to 35 models.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Announced DBI Gruppe adoption for hydrogen and CO2 storage modelling.
- **2026-04** — Opened Belgrade data centre on 1 April; announcement published 7 April.
- **2026-09** — Published new webinar recordings on geosteering, AI, collaboration and reservoir performance analysis.
- **2026-09** — Announced first Arabic webinar series, scheduled for October-December 2026.
- **2026-09** — Reported unnamed Canadian SAGD operator adoption following thermal simulator evaluation.

## Links

- Website: https://rfdyn.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rock-flow-dynamics/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5aWzAuL-38o61ij6tng3A

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Last updated: 2026-10-04