GeoTomo Signs Development and License Agreement with Royal Dutch Shell

Houston, Texas, USA, October 26, 2009 - GeoTomo LLC, a leading specialist in land seismic data processing software solutions for the oil and gas industry, announced today that it has entered a development and licensing contract with Royal Dutch Shell. This multi-year agreement will provide all Shell companies and affiliates access to GeoTomo’s TomoPlus software system for near-surface modeling.

 “Working with GeoTomo enables Shell to develop and deploy differentiating proprietary technologies in an effective manner.” said Dirk Smit, Vice President Exploration Technologies at Shell International E&P, B.V. 

 “The near-surface problems continue to present serious challenges to land seismic data processing worldwide,” said Jie Zhang, President of GeoTomo. “We are pleased that Shell and GeoTomo will co-operate in addressing these challenges”.  Oz Yilmaz, CTO of GeoTomo, commented, “We are indeed very pleased with Shell’s decision to choose GeoTomo as the technology partner for solving near-surface problems.  We look forward to facing the challenges in land seismic data processing in partnership with Shell.”

About GeoTomo

GeoTomo LLC (www.geotomo.com) is specialized in developing land seismic data processing technologies and offers software solutions for the oil and gas industry worldwide.  GeoTomo’s software solutions include modeling and survey design (VECON), near-surface imaging and statics analyses (TomoPlus), land seismic data processing workflows (ThrustLine and Thrust3D), 3D wave-equation imaging (WaveMAP), 3D surface and downhole seismic visualization (VISUS), etc.  The company was initially founded in Louisville, Colorado in 1998, and then relocated to Houston in 2000.  Currently GeoTomo is supporting software users in forty-two countries.