FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a- 16 or 15d- 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CGG-Veritas

Tour Maine Montparnasse — 33 Avenue du Maine — BP 191 — 75755 PARIS CEDEX 15 (address of principal executive offices)

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Sercel Announces a Major Award
for its Unite Cable-free Acquisition System in Mexico

PARIS, France — June 24^th 2009

CGGVeritas (ISIN: 0000120164 — NYSE: CGV) announced today that its subsidiary Sercel has been awarded a contract by Compania Mexicana de Exploraciones S.A de C.V. (Comesa) for the purchase of a Unite cable-free acquisition system that will be used to carry out multiple seismic projects for Pemex in southern Mexico.

As a result of multiple successful field tests carried out in 2008, Comesa plans to deploy the majority of the 8,000 channel spread in autonomous mode with data being stored in non-volatile memory in the field units. In addition data from a substantial number of units will be acquired via the Unite system’s highly advanced proprietary WLAN technology to allow real-time signal analysis. The Unite system allows greater flexibility in difficult terrain, sensitive environments or urban zones thanks to the reduction of system weight and no requirement for cable deployment.

Starting in 2002, Comesa has been upgrading its land acquisition crews with Sercel 408UL and 428XL equipment, and plans to further standardize its equipment with state of the art Sercel recording systems.

Sercel added the Unite cable-free system to its portfolio of industry leading seismic acquisition products in order to address the growing demands of the geophysical industry for large channel counts in difficult environments and total flexibility in layout and telemetry modes.
 

About CGGVeritas:

CGGVeritas (www.cggveritas.com) is a leading international pure-play geophysical company delivering a wide range of technologies, services and equipment through Sercel, to its broad base of customers mainly throughout the global oil and gas industry. CGGVeritas is listed on the Euronext Paris SA (ISIN: 0000120164) and the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares, NYSE: CGV).

Investor Relations Contacts
Paris:		Houston:
Christophe Barnini		Hovey Cox
Tel: +33 1 64 47 38 10		Tel: +1 (832) 351-8821
E-Mail: invrelparis@cggveritas.com		E-Mail: invrelhouston@cggveritas.com

THIS FORM 6-K REPORT IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS CONTAINED IN CGG VERITAS’ REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-150384) AND SHALL BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Compagnie Générale de Géophysique — Veritas has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 25th, 2009