CGG Americas S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 5.2

Avocats à la Cour de Paris	Linklaters LLP
Solicitors of the Supreme Court of England and Wales	25 rue de Marignan
	75008 Paris Telephone (+33) 1 56 43 56 43 Facsimile (+33) 1 43 59 41 96 Palais J 030

The Issuers
c/o Compagnie Générale de Géophysique–Veritas
Tour Maine-Montparnasse
33, avenue du Maine
B.P. 191
75755 Paris Cedex 15
France

September 21, 2009     

Our Ref            L-167694

Dear Sirs,

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique–Veritas (the “Company”) U.S.$350,000,000 9¹/2% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “New Notes”) guaranteed (the “New Guarantees”) by Sercel Inc., Sercel Canada Ltd., Sercel Australia Pty Ltd, CGG Americas, Inc., CGG Canada Services Ltd., CGG Marine Resources Norge A/S, CGGVeritas Services Holding B.V., CGGVeritas Services Holding (U.S.) Inc., CGGVeritas Land (U.S.) Inc., CGGVeritas Services (U.S.) Inc., Veritas Investments Inc., Viking Maritime Inc., Veritas Geophysical (Mexico) LLC, Veritas DGC Asia Pacific Ltd. and Alitheia Resources Inc. (the “Guarantors” and together with the Company, the “Issuers”)

1	We have acted as French legal advisers to the Company in connection with the registration of the New Notes and the New Guarantees under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the proposed offer by the Company to exchange the New Notes and the New Guarantees for U.S.$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 91/2% senior notes due 2016 (the “Original Notes” and, together with the New Notes, the “Notes”) and the Guarantors’ guarantees thereof (the “Original Guarantees”), each of which were originally issued on June 9, 2009.
2	This opinion is limited to French law and is given on the basis that it will be governed by and construed in accordance with French law.
3	For the purpose of this opinion, we have examined and relied on the documents listed and, where appropriate, defined in the Schedule to this letter.

4 We have assumed that:

4.1	Except in the case of the Company, all relevant documents are within the capacity and powers of, and have been validly authorised by, each party and that those documents have been or will be validly executed and delivered by the relevant party.
4.2	All documents examined by us as copies or specimen documents conform to their originals and the signatures on the originals of all documents examined by us are genuine.

5 In our opinion:

5.1	The Company is asociété anonymeduly established and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of France and registered with theRegistre du commerce et des sociétésof Paris.
5.2	The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture and to issue and perform its obligations under the New Notes and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry into and the performance of its obligations under the Indenture and the issue and offering of the New Notes in exchange for the Original Notes, and the representatives of the Company named in paragraph 3 of the Schedule have the authority to execute, issue and deliver the New Notes in exchange for the Original Notes.
5.3	The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

6 We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus contained therein. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Séverin Robillard
Avocat à la Cour

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SCHEDULE

1	A certified copy of thestatutsof the Company dated July 1, 2009.
2	A certified copy of extracts of the Minutes of the Board of Directors of the Company dated May 29, 2009, containing the resolution approving the issue of the Notes and delegating to thePrésident Directeur Généralof the Company the power to determine the final conditions of the Notes.
3	A copy of a decision of Mr Robert Brunck,Président Directeur Généralof the Company, dated June 2, 2009, resolving upon the issue of and determining the final conditions of the Notes and delegating to Stéphane-Paul Frydman the power to sign the Principal Agreements and take all action required in connection with the issue of the Notes.
4	AnExtrait K-bisissued by theRegistre du commerce et des sociétésrelating to the Company, dated September 17, 2009.
5	A copy of the Offering Circular dated June 3, 2009 relating to the issue of the Original Notes.
6	A copy of the registration statement dated September 21, 2009 relating to the exchange of the New Notes and the New Guarantees for the Original Notes and the Original Guarantees (the “Registration Statement”).
7	An executed copy of the Indenture dated June 9, 2009 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuers and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, together with an authentication order signed by the Company, as provided in the Indenture.
8	A copy of the Officer’s Certificate dated June 9, 2009.
9	A copy of the Secretary’s Certificate dated June 9, 2009.
10	A copy of the Secretary’s Certificate dated September 21, 2009.

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