July 20, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Geokinetics, Inc. (AMEX: GOK) said that Scott A. McCurdy, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has agreed to delay his departure date from the company and remain with Geokinetics in his present capacity until at least August 18, 2010, to assist through the second quarter reporting period and to enable an orderly transition.

The company is currently interviewing several qualified candidates and is confident a successor will be named in the near future.

Geokinetics also said it has appointed William L. Moll, Jr. was VP and general counsel and corporate secretary effective April 1, 2010, having joined the company in January 2010 as VP and corporate counsel.

Moll came to Geokinetics with over 18 years of relevant experience, primarily representing publicly traded companies in the oil and gas industry.

Scott M. Zuehlke joined the company on July 1, 2010 as director of investor relations. Prior to joining Geokinetics, Zuehlke served for over a year as manager of finance and investor relations at Hercules Offshore, Inc., an oil and gas drilling company.

Texas-based Geokinetics is a provider of seismic data acquisition, seismic data processing services and multi-client seismic data to the oil and gas industry worldwide.

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