Geokinetics Announces $80 Million in New Projects Awards

Geokinetics Inc. (NYSE Amex: GOK) today announced that since the beginning of April, 2010, it has been awarded approximately $80 million in several new projects in South America, Central and West Africa and the United States. The company is also announcing the launching of its new Geotiger Series II highly transportable 4 component (4C) ocean bottom cable (OBC) crew to the Canadian Arctic.

Richard F. Miles, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are delighted to have secured this much new work in the past couple of months, which include acquisition projects in land, TZ shallow water and multi-client commitments in the Marcellus Shale play. These awards are in addition to the approximately $80 million in three shallow water OBC projects that we disclosed during the first quarter of 2010.

"We continue to experience an increased demand for our services, particularly in Latin America and the Far East, as well as for multi-client work in several of the shale plays in the U.S. We are also working on several large contract opportunities that we still expect to be awarded within the next few weeks. Our bidding activity remains brisk which keeps us cautiously optimistic that our backlog will continue to be supported by additional awards in the coming months.

"We are also pleased to announce that we have completed the sea trials of the world's first "Air Transportable" 4C OBC crew. This unique crew is capable of being deployed worldwide within days to the most challenging E&P environments, be it land locked or ice locked. This is a logistical game changer for our E&P customers that utilizes state of the art Sercel's SeaRay 4C OBC system and Geokinetics' proprietary Geotiger Series II Marine Fleet with its automated handling systems."

About Geokinetics Inc.

Geokinetics Inc. is a leading provider of seismic data acquisition, seismic data processing services and multi-client seismic data to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Geokinetics is the largest Western contractor acquiring seismic data onshore and in transition zones in oil and gas basins around the world. Geokinetics has the crews, experience and capacity to provide cost-effective world class data to our international and North American clients. For more information on Geokinetics, visit www.geokinetics.com.

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    Richard F. Miles
    President and CEO
    Geokinetics Inc.
    (713) 850-7600