As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2014

Registration No. 333-175858

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

To

Form S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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GLOBAL GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1382	05-0574281
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

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13927 South Gessner Road

Missouri City, Texas 77489

Telephone: (713) 972-9200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Sean M. Gore

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

13927 South Gessner Road

Missouri City, Texas 77489

Telephone: (713) 808-7321

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copies to:

James E. Brasher Senior Vice President and General Counsel Global Geophysical Services, Inc. 13927 South Gessner Road Missouri City, Texas 77489 (713) 808-7310 (713) 808-7810 (facsimile) Joe S. Poff Baker Botts L.L.P. One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Street Houston, TX 77002 (713) 229-1410 (713) 229-7710 (facsimile)

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o                             Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer o                               Smaller reporting company o

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

On July 28, 2011, Global Geophysical Services, Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-175858) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale from time to time of up to 12,396,634 shares of the Registrant’s common stock by the selling stockholders identified therein. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed to deregister all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement and not otherwise sold thereunder.

As previously disclosed, on March 25, 2014, the Registrant and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division (the “Bankruptcy Court”). As contemplated by the Debtors’ Joint Plan of Reorganization (originally filed with the Bankruptcy Court on September 24, 2014 and as amended, modified, supplemented or reformed from time to time, the “Plan of Reorganization”), all equity interests in the Registrant, including shares of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares or other instruments evidencing an ownership interest in the Registrant, whether or not transferable, and any option, warrant or right, contractual or otherwise, to acquire any such interest in the Registrant and any phantom stock or similar stock option unit provided pursuant to the Registrant’s employee compensation programs, will be cancelled on the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization, and the holders of such equity interests shall not receive any distribution of property pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization on account of such equity interests.

As a result of the Plan of Reorganization, the Registrant will not conduct any further offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Registrant has filed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration any of the securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold and to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Missouri City, Texas on December 4, 2014.

Global Geophysical Services, Inc.

By: /s/ Sean M. Gore  

Sean M. Gore

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 4, 2014.

Signature	Title
/s/ Richard C. White	President and Director (Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer)
Richard C. White
/s/ Sean M. Gore	Senior Vice President (Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Sean M. Gore
/s/ Damir S. Skerl	Director
Damir S. Skerl
/s/ Michael C. Forrest	Director
Michael C. Forrest
/s/ George E. Matelich	Director
George E. Matelich
/s/ Stanley de Jongh Osborne	Director
Stanley de Jongh Osborne
/s/ Karl F. Kurz	Director
Karl F. Kurz
/s/ Michael S. Bahorich	Director
Michael S. Bahorich
	Director
Joseph P. McCoy