X0202 4 2007-12-05 0 0000314606 GEOKINETICS INC GOK 0001008024 ZIEGLER WILLIAM R SATTERLEE STEPHENS BURKE & BURKE LLP 230 PARK AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10169 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2007-12-05 5 J 0 E 531780 D 0 I By limited liability company Common Stock 2007-12-05 5 J 0 E 79776 D 0 I By general partnership Common Stock 2007-12-05 5 J 0 E 107241 A 404400 D Blackhawk Investors II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Blackhawk"), effected a liquidating distribution of 531,780 shares of Common Stock owned by it to its members pro rata in accordance with their interests (the "Blackhawk Distribution"), inclusive of a distribution of 80,649 shares to the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person is one of two general partners of Blackhawk Capital Partners, a Texas general partnership ("BCP") that is the sole managing member of Blackhawk. After giving effect to this distribution, neither Blackhawk nor BCP owns any shares of Common Stock Shares. Somerset Capital Partners, a New York general partnership ("SCP"), effected a distribution of 79,776 shares of Common Stock owned by it to its partners pro rata in accordance with their interests (the "SCP Distribution"), inclusive of a distribution of 26,592 shares to the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person is one of three general partners of SCP. After giving effect to this distribution, SCP does not own any shares of Common Stock. Refers to (i) 80,649 shares acquired directly by the Reporting Person from Blackhawk as part of the Blackhawk Distribution and (ii) 26,592 shares acquired directly by the Reporting Person from SCP as part of the SCP Distribution; all 107,241 of these shares that were acquired directly by the Reporting Person in the Blackhawk and SCP Distributions were previously reported as beneficially owned by the Reporting Person indirectly, through either Blackhawk or SCP, as the case may be. Therefore the only change with respect to these shares has been in the nature of the beneficial ownership from indirect to direct. Includes an aggregate of 107,241 shares for which there was a change in the nature of beneficial ownership from indirect to direct, on account of the Blackhawk and SCP Distributions. All shares reported in this Form 4 filing reflect a 1:10 reverse stock split of the Common Stock, which became effective as of the close of business on November 3, 2006. /s/ WILLIAM R. ZIEGLER 2007-12-06