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Dawson Geophysical Company

 
Hoover's Profile: Dawson Geophysical Company
(NASDAQ (GM):DWSN)
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Dawson Geophysical Company
508 W. Wall St., Ste. 800
Midland, TX 79701-5010
TX Tel. 432-684-3000
Toll Free 800-332-9766
Fax 432-684-3030

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.dawson3d.com
Employees: 1,436
Employee growth: 6.8%

The oil industry can be shaky at times, but Dawson Geophysical always looks for good vibrations. The company, founded in 1952, provides data acquisition and data processing services including the analysis of 2-D and 3-D seismic data to assess potential underground oil and gas deposits. Dawson Geophysical's customers, both major and independent oil and gas operators, use the data in exploration and development activities. The company's 3-D seismic data acquisition crews work in the lower 48 states of the US; data processing is performed by geophysicists at the firm's computer center in Midland, Texas.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending September, 2008:
Sales: $324.9M
One year growth: 26.1%
Net income: $35.0M
Income growth: 28.9%

Officers:
Chairman: L. Decker Dawson
President, CEO, and Director: Stephen C. Jumper
EVP and COO: C. Ray Tobias

Competitors:
CGGVeritas
Petroleum Geo-Services
Seitel

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