Bell Geospace's M.V. Northella Begins Fourth European

Survey Houston (PROTEXT) - Bell Geospace, Inc. announced today thatthe M.V. Northella is currently completing its fourth surveycollecting three- dimensional full tensor gradient (3-D FTG) dataoffshore Europe. The Northella, which began acquiring data in the North Sea inApril, to date has acquired gradient data for six differentcompanies, totaling 10,500 line kilometers. Bell Geospace plansto continue to collect data in the North Sea as long as weatherpermits and will then send the Northella to acquire data offshoreWest Africa. "We are delighted with the Northella's performance and lookforward to a full season of collecting gradient data in Europe,"said John P.A. MacFarlane, General Manager of Bell Geospace'sAberdeen office. "We are also very excited about our newsatellite link which allows real-time data transference from theNorthella to our data processing centers in Aberdeen andHouston." The M.V. Northella, a 213' Monohull specifically designed tobe stable in rough seas, conducts Bell Geospace's Europeansurveys. It is equipped with Bell Geospace's second 3-D FTGinstrument, a uniquely configured gravity gradiometer consistingof 12 accelerometers. Originally designed by the United StatesNavy for nuclear submarine navigation, 3-D FTG technology isavailable exclusively through Bell Geospace. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Bell Geospace, Inc. is aprivately held, technology-based company that is the exclusiveprovider of high-resolution three-dimensional Full TensorGradient data to the oil and gas market. Leading exploration andproduction companies employ the company's products and servicesto gradient optimize seismic data and identify promising drillinglocations. Bell Geospace's operations for Europe, Africa and theMiddle East are based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Bell Geospace, Inc.can be visited via the Internet at www.bellgeo.com. ots OriginalText Service: Bell Geospace, Inc. Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Diana Galindo of BellGeospace, Inc. (USA) 281-591-6900 x402, or email,dgalindo@bellgeo.com; or Christine E. Reel of AVP Enterprises,Inc. (USA) 713-629-1316, or email, cereel@earthlink.net, forBell Geospace, Inc. Web site: http://www.bellgeo.com

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