Seitel to Broadcast First Quarter Results on May 14

Business Wire, April 30, 2008

HOUSTON -- Seitel, Inc., a leading provider of seismic data to the oil and gas industry, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter results for 2008 on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time). Seitel will release first quarter results at market close on May 13th.

The dial-in number for the call is 866-831-6224, passcode Seitel. A replay of the call will be available until May 21, 2008 by dialing 888-286-8010, passcode 26036319, and will be available following the conference call at the Investor Relations section of the company's Website at http://www.seitel-inc.com.

A copy of the company's press release announcing first quarter results, and any other financial information about the period to be presented in the conference call, will be available at the Investor Relations section of the company's Website at http://www.seitel-inc.com.

ABOUT SEITEL

Seitel is a leading provider of seismic data to the oil and gas industry in North America. Seitel's data products and services are critical for the exploration for, and development and management of, oil and gas reserves by oil and gas companies. Seitel has ownership in an extensive library of proprietary onshore and offshore seismic data that it has accumulated since 1982 and that it licenses to a wide range of oil and gas companies. Seitel believes that its library of onshore seismic data is one of the largest available for licensing in the United States and Canada. Seitel's seismic data library includes both onshore and offshore 3D and 2D data. Seitel has ownership in over 40,000 square miles of 3D and approximately 1.1 million linear miles of 2D seismic data concentrated in the major active North American oil and gas producing regions. Seitel serves a market which includes over 1,600 companies in the oil and gas industry.