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Geokinetics Inc. (AMEX: GOK) announced the appointment of T. Diane Anderson to the newly created position of Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective November 1, 2008. Reporting to Richard Miles, the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Anderson will be responsible for the oversight of legal affairs worldwide working closely with the board of directors, executive management and operations teams.

Mr. Miles stated, “In a relatively short period of time, Diane has played a key role in addressing a wide range of legal, business and regulatory issues for the company and I am delighted to appoint her to this important new position. Given the increasingly complex business environment within which we operate, the creation of the general counsel position was necessary. Diane has done a tremendous job and I look forward to her ongoing contribution to the company’s current and future initiatives as we continue to execute our business strategy.”

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Anderson served as Geokinetics’ Corporate Counsel and Secretary since June 2007 and as Corporate Counsel since January 2007. Prior to that, she served in a consulting capacity for Geokinetics from August 2006 until January 2007 focused on SEC reporting, and corporate governance and compliance matters. With over 14 years of corporate securities, business transactional and regulatory experience, Ms. Anderson brings leadership experience in both legal and business roles having worked closely with executive management teams and boards of directors leading initiatives related to strategic planning, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property strategy, corporate governance and compliance and SEC reporting with several large public companies including El Paso Corp., BMC Software and TXU. Ms. Anderson earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX and her M.B.A in Finance from Dallas Baptist University in Dallas, TX.

About Geokinetics Inc.

Geokinetics Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is a leading global provider of seismic acquisition and high-end seismic data processing services to the oil and gas industry. Geokinetics has strong operating presence in North America and is focused on key markets internationally. Geokinetics operates in some of the most challenging locations in the world from the Arctic to mountainous jungles to the transition zone environments. More information about Geokinetics is available at www.geokinetics.com.

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Aguila Exploration is pleased to welcome Jennifer Hynes to their GIS team. Jennifer has a degree in Environmental Studies with a focus on GIS applications. She has recently been involved in the mapping and management of well data in Western Canada. Jennifer will be involved in spatial analysis, GIS data management, mapping and more. Aguila Exploration Consultants Ltd. is committed to excellence in the provision of Seismic Project Management and Consulting services to the Oil & Gas exploration industry. Visit us at www.aguila.ca.

Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT) is extremely pleased to announce that Dragan Ivancevic has joined their organization as a Technical Advisor for Canada. Dragan holds a Graduated Degree in Geological Engineering with a major in Geophysics, is a member of the CSEG and SEG, and has 10+ years of related geophysical experience. Dragan would like to let friends and colleagues know that he can be reached at divancevic@seismicmicro. com or (403) 303-3223.

Derek Boeckx would like his friends and business associates to know that he is now Manager, Geophysics at Spearpoint Energy Corp. and can be reached by phone at 403-213-3005 or by email at Derek.Boeckx@spearpointenergy.ca.

Craig Funk has left Pinnacle/Halliburton to join PostashCorp in Saskatoon as Chief Geophysicist. It is an exciting time to be joining PotashCorp as they undergo expansions on their existing mines and as they develop new mines in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Craig will be managing the geophysical data collection, processing and interpretation for PotashCorp, which includes 3-D surface seismic, microseismic, GPR, EM and LIDAR. He will also be responsible for the rock mechanics instrumentation network on all the mines. He can be reached at craig.funk@potashcorp.com, or 306-933-8734.