Geospace Technologies Corp. designs and manufactures instruments and equipment used in the oil and gas industry for acquisition and processing of seismic data. It operates through the following business segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets, and Emerging Markets. The Oil and Gas Markets segment focuses on wireless seismic data acquisition systems, reservoir characterization products and services, and traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wire, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices, and other seismic products. The Adjacent Markets segment leverages upon existing manufacturing facilities and engineering capabilities. The Emerging Markets segment consists of the Quantum business. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.