Press Release

ARKeX Appoints Carter as North American Sales Manager

May 21 2008

HOUSTON (May 21)-ARKeX, a worldwide leader in geophysical imaging, recently appointed Steve Carter as its North American sales manager. With more than 31 years in the geoscience industry, he will be responsible for marketing ARKeX's BlueQube^TM gravity gradiometry surveys in North America.

Carter joins ARKeX from WesternGeco where he was asset development manager for speculative surveys, developing client interest in exploration areas utilizing multidisciplinary techniques. At WesternGeco, he worked in a variety of positions ranging from party manager to operations manager. Also at WesternGeco he served as marine sales manager, sales manager on the Shell account and sales team manager. He was responsible for bringing both conventional and new technologies to clients, such as wide azimuth imaging. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Texas.

"We welcome the wealth of experience that Steve brings," said Phill Houghton, ARKeX vice president of sales. "With his immense industry knowledge and track record, Steve will be a great addition to the company. North America is an important market for ARKeX where we see a growing demand for our technology as it becomes an accepted technique in exploration."

Carter will be based in the company's Houston office.

Photograph of Steve Carter. Hi-res version available on request

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