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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
The following is a list of all subsidiaries of the Registrant at July 31, 2000
owned by the Registrant or one or more of its other subsidiaries:
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STATE OR COUNTRY
CORPORATE NAME OF SUBSIDIARY OF INCORPORATION
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Veritas Energy Services Inc................................................ Canada
Veritas DGC Land Ltd....................................................... Canada
Canex Information Services Ltd............................................. Canada
Veritas Geoservices Ltd.................................................... Canada
Veritas Energy Services (US) Inc........................................... Canada
Veritas Energy Services Partnership........................................ Canada
Digicon Geophysical Corp................................................... Delaware
Veritas DGC Asia Pacific Ltd............................................... Delaware
Veritas DGC Ltd............................................................ United Kingdom
Veritas DGC Australia (Pty) Ltd............................................ Australia
Veritas DGC Land Inc....................................................... Delaware
Veritas Seismic S.A........................................................ Venezuela
Veritas DGC (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd............................................ Malaysia
Veritas DGC (B) Sdn Bhd.................................................... Brunei
Veritas Geophysical Inc.................................................... Delaware
Veritas DGC Land Guatamala S.A............................................. Guatamala
Digicon de Venezuela C.A................................................... Venezuela
Digicon (Nigeria) Ltd....................................................... Nigeria
Veritas DGC Singapore Pte. Ltd.............................................. Singapore
P.T. Digicon Mega Pratama.................................................. Indonesia
Digital Exploration (Nigeria) Limited....................................... Nigeria
Euroseis, Inc............................................................... Delaware
Veritas Geophysical I....................................................... Cayman Islands
Veritas Geophysical II...................................................... Cayman Islands
Veritas Geophysical III..................................................... Cayman Islands
Veritas Geophysical IV...................................................... Cayman Islands
Veritas Geophysical do Brasil, Ltda......................................... Brazil
Digicon Finance N.V......................................................... Netherlands Antilles
VTS Properties, Inc......................................................... Delaware
Geophysical Services Inc.................................................... Delaware
Digicon Sub Corp............................................................ Delaware
Veritas Geophysical (Norway) AS............................................. ....Norway
674916 Alberta Ltd.......................................................... Canada
Time Seismic Exchange Ltd.................................................. Canada
Enertec Resource Services Inc.............................................. Canada
Enertec Geophysical Services Ltd........................................... Canada
Veritas Geophysical (Chile) Ltda........................................... Chile
Veritas Energy Services Nigeria Ltd........................................ Nigeria
Guardian Data (UK) Ltd..................................................... United Kingdom
VeriSearch Inc. ........................................................... Delaware
Guardian Data International LLC............................................ Texas
Guardian Data Seismic Pty Ltd.............................................. Australia
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