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I/O Announces New Multilingual Websites; Designed to Serve the Worldwide E&P and Geophysical Communities

HOUSTON – November 1, 2006 -- I/O (NYSE: IO) announced today the launch of three new websites in Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish. As an international company serving the global geophysical market, I/O is committed to delivering the latest corporate, product, and technical information to its customers in their native tongue. Each of the non-English websites has been tailored to relevant topics of interest in the regions where Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish are the primary language.

Chris Friedemann, Vice President – Commercial Development of I/O, commented “I/O continues to expand our international presence. We serve a worldwide customer base from offices in 12 separate countries. The global pursuit for oil and gas resources requires ready access to information about advanced seismic technologies and services. Our main objective in creating multilingual websites is to deliver locally relevant content in a timely, readily understood manner in order to support the business activities of our global customer base.”

The individual websites can be accessed by visiting www.i-o.com or by going directly to www.io.com/russia, www.i-o.com/china, or www.i-o.com/spanish. The regional sites will be frequently updated with relevant information; however, the corporate site will continue to be the primary resource for the latest news, investor relations and product information.

About I/O

I/O is a leading, technology-focused seismic solutions provider. The company provides cuttingedge seismic acquisition equipment, software, planning and seismic processing services and data libraries to the global oil and gas industry. I/O's technologies are applied in both land and marine environments, in traditional 2D and 3D surveys, and in rapidly growing areas like time-lapse (4D) reservoir monitoring and full-wave imaging. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, I/O has regional offices in Canada, Latin America, Europe, China, Russia, Africa and the Middle East. Additional information is available at http://www.i-o.com.

Contacts:
Media: Kelly Smith-Kline, Director - Corporate Marketing Communications
+1 (281) 879-3593 kelly.kline@iongeo.com