Exhibit 10.2

CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This Consulting Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of
December 31, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and between OMNI Energy Services
Corp., a Louisiana corporation (the “Company”) and James Eckert, a resident of
Yazoo County, Mississippi (“Consultant”).

WHEREAS, Consultant and the Company previously entered into an Employment
Agreement dated July 1, 2004 (the “Employment Agreement”), whereby Consultant
agreed to be employed by the Company as its President and Chief Executive
Officer;

WHEREAS, Consultant and the Company entered into an Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement dated effective December 31, 2007 (the “Amended Employment
Agreement”), whereby Consultant and the Company agreed to certain revisions and
amendments and a restatement of the Employment Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Amended Employment Agreement will expire by its terms or be
terminated no later than June 30, 2008, and none of its terms shall survive the
expiration or termination of the Amended Employment Agreement;

WHEREAS, Consultant and the Company entered into a Restricted Stock and
Stock-Based Award Incentive Agreement on or about January 5, 2007 (“Restricted
Stock Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Consultant and the Company terminated and canceled the Restricted Stock
Agreement pursuant to a Termination and Mutual Release Agreement dated effective
as of December 31, 2007 (the “Release Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Consultant and the Company entered into a new Restricted Stock
Agreement dated effective January 1, 2008 (the “Amended Stock Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, upon expiration of the Amended Employment Agreement on June 30, 2008 or
the earlier termination by the Company pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Amended
Employment Agreement, the Company desires to retain Consultant as an independent
contractor to perform consulting services for the Company, and Consultant is
willing to perform such services, on the terms described below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:

1. Retirement Date. Consultant’s last date of employment with the Company will
be as stated in the Amended Employment Agreement, such date being referred to
herein as the “Retirement Date.” All of Consultant’s positions as an employee
and/or officer of the Company shall terminate on the Retirement Date.

 

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2. Term. Upon expiration of the Amended Employment Agreement on June 30, 2008 or
the earlier termination by the Company pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Amended
Employment Agreement, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 3 of this
Agreement, the term of this Agreement and the period during which Consultant
shall be required to provide consulting services to the Company as described in
Section 4 of this Agreement shall commence on the day after the Retirement Date
(the “Consulting Commencement Date”) and continue through the one (1) year
anniversary of the Consulting Commencement Date (“Term”); provided, however,
that the Company’s payment obligations pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement,
the Consultant’s obligations pursuant to Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this
Agreement, and the miscellaneous provisions set forth at Sections 12 through 28
of this Agreement, shall survive and continue in full force according to their
terms.

3. Termination Due to Death or Disability.

(a) Death. Upon the death of Consultant, the Consulting Payments (as defined
below) shall continue to be paid to the estate of the Consultant or to the
beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Consultant’s estate as directed by the
executor of the Consultant’s estate. If the Company maintains key man life
insurance on Consultant at the date of Consultant’s death, then the aggregate
remaining Consulting Payments shall be paid in full to the Consultant’s estate
within 90 days of such date of death.

(b) Disability. If Consultant becomes Disabled (as defined in
Section 409(a)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code), then the Consulting Payments
shall continue to be paid to the Consultant or his guardian, as the case may be.

4. Consulting Services. During the Term, Consultant agrees to perform for the
Company at the Company’s request the consulting services described in Exhibit A
(the “Services”). The parties hereto understand that this Agreement does not
contemplate full-time services of Consultant and that Consultant is free to
engage in other business interests and ventures, provided that such other
activities do not interfere or conflict with or otherwise violate Consultant’s
contractual obligations to the Company including but not limited to those set
forth in Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement. Consultant and the Company
agree that Consultant shall be required to perform the Services for no more than
twenty-five (25) hours per month during the Term.

5. Consulting Payments. In consideration for the Services provided by Consultant
to the Company, the termination of the Restricted Stock Agreement, and other
good and valuable consideration provided by Consultant, including but not
limited to Consultant’s promises set forth in Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this
Agreement, the Company agrees to make consulting payments to Consultant on the
following terms (the “Consulting Payments”):

(a) if the Consulting Commencement Date is July 1, 2008, then a cash payment of
$300,000 payable on January 1, 2009, and then nine (9) additional cash payments
of $100,000 each, payable quarterly thereafter; or

(b) if the Consulting Commencement Date is prior to July 1, 2008, then a cash
payment of $200,000 payable on the first business day following six months from
the Consulting Commencement Date, and then ten (10) additional cash payments of
$100,000 each, payable quarterly beginning January 1, 2009.

 

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In addition, beginning in the month of the Consulting Commencement Date, the
Company shall pay Consultant an amount in cash equal to $25,000 on the last day
of the month each month for a period of six (6) months.

6. Change of Control. Upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Company’s
Seventh Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan), the aggregate remaining
Consulting Payments shall be accelerated and paid in full on the date of the
Change of Control.

7. Independent Contractor; Benefits.

(a) It is the express intention of the Company and Consultant that Consultant
performs the Services as an independent contractor to the Company and not as an
employee of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way be construed
to constitute Consultant as an agent, employee or representative of the Company.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Consultant is not authorized
to bind the Company to any liability or obligation or to represent that
Consultant has any such authority, except as agreed by the Company and
Consultant in writing. Consultant agrees to furnish all tools and materials
necessary to accomplish this Agreement, and shall incur all expenses associated
with performance, except as expressly provided in this Agreement or Exhibit A.
Consultant acknowledges and agrees that Consultant is obligated to report as
income all compensation received by Consultant pursuant to this Agreement.
Consultant agrees to and acknowledges the obligation to pay all self-employment
and other taxes on such income. If the Company does become liable for any amount
of taxes or other amounts to be paid on Consultant’s compensation under this
Agreement, Consultant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company for said
liability, including, but not limited to, any penalties and interest. Consultant
further acknowledges that: his hours of work, place of work and conditions of
work are not controlled by the Company but rather are at his sole reasonable
discretion; his manner of achieving the results required by the Company are at
his own choice and discretion; and he is free to engage in other business
interests and ventures, provided that such other activities do not interfere or
conflict with or otherwise violate Consultant’s contractual obligations to the
Company including but not limited to those set forth in Sections 9, 10 and 11 of
this Agreement.

(b) The Company and Consultant agree that Consultant will receive no
Company-sponsored benefits other than as set forth in this Agreement, including
without limitation paid vacation, sick leave, or pension or 401(k)
participation. If Consultant is reclassified by a state or federal agency or
court as an employee of the Company, Consultant will become a reclassified
employee and will receive no benefits from the Company except those mandated by
state or federal law or as stated in this Agreement, even if by the terms of the
Company’s benefit plans or programs of the Company in effect at the time of such
reclassification, Consultant would otherwise be eligible for such benefits. The
Company agrees to continue Consultant’s health and dental insurance coverage at
its expense for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 18 months or (ii) the date
on which Consultant obtains health insurance from a subsequent employer (each of
the “Benefit Termination Date”). This coverage shall be provided by Consultant
enrolling in COBRA under the Company’s group health plan. The Company shall
reimburse Consultant for the amount of the COBRA premium payments; provided,
however, that the Company may, with the consent of the insurance company, elect
to pay such amount directly to the insurance company. Consultant agrees that he
will be required to timely complete and submit the necessary paperwork to obtain
such continuation benefits. Consultant understands and agrees that as of the
Benefit Termination Date, any continuation of dental and health insurance
benefits will be at Consultant’s own expense.

 

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8. Reports. Consultant agrees that Consultant will, from time to time during the
Term or any extension thereof, keep the Company advised as to Consultant’s
progress in performing the Services under this Agreement. Consultant also agrees
that Consultant will, as requested in writing by the Company, prepare written
reports with respect to such progress. The Company and Consultant agree that the
time required to prepare such written reports will be considered time devoted to
the performance of the Services.

9. Confidential Information. During the Term Consultant shall not use or
disclose, without the prior written consent of OMNI, Confidential Information
(as defined below) relating to OMNI or any of its Affiliates, and at the end of
the term will return to OMNI all written materials in Consultant’s possession
embodying such Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” includes
information conveyed or assigned to OMNI or any of its Affiliates by Consultant
or conceived, compiled, created, developed, discovered or obtained by Consultant
from and during Consultant’s employment relationship with OMNI, whether solely
by Consultant or jointly with others, which concerns the affairs of OMNI or its
Affiliates and which OMNI could reasonably be expected to desire be held in
confidence, or the disclosure of which would likely be embarrassing, detrimental
or disadvantageous to OMNI or its Affiliates and without limiting the generality
of the foregoing includes information relating to inventions, and the trade
secrets, technologies, algorithms, methods, products, services, finances,
business plans, marketing plans, legal affairs, supplier lists, client lists,
potential clients, business prospects, business opportunities, personnel
assignments, contracts and assets of OMNI or any of its Affiliates and
information made available to OMNI or any of its Affiliates by other parties
under a confidential relationship. Confidential Information, however, shall not
include information (a) which is, at the time in question, generally known in
the industry or in the public domain through no wrongful act of Consultant,
(b) which is later disclosed to Consultant by one not under obligations of
confidentiality to OMNI or any of its Affiliates or Consultant, (c) which is
required by court or governmental order, law or regulation to be disclosed, or
(d) which OMNI has expressly given Consultant the right to disclose pursuant to
written agreement. Consultant will promptly disclose to OMNI all Confidential
Information, as well as any business opportunity related to OMNI which comes to
Consultant’s attention during the Term. Consultant will not take advantage of or
divert any such business opportunity for the benefit of Consultant without the
prior written consent of OMNI. Consultant agrees that the remedy at law for any
breach by Consultant of this Section 9 will be inadequate and that OMNI shall
also be entitled to injunctive relief. OMNI acknowledges that Consultant had
been engaged in the seismic recording, data processing and acquisition,
surveying, drilling and related businesses for many years prior to his
employment with the Company. The provisions of this Section 9 are therefore
intended solely to prohibit the unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential
Information and not as restrictions on Consultant’s ability to engage in a
competing business or business activities (for instance under a doctrine of
“inevitable disclosure of trade secrets”) which shall be governed solely by the
provisions of Section 11.

10. Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the Term of this Agreement and for a
period of two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the Term,
Consultant agrees that Consultant will not, directly or indirectly, on
Consultant’s behalf or on behalf of any other party, solicit, induce, recruit,
encourage or attempt to influence other employees of the Company to end their
employment relationships with the Company or accept employment with Consultant
or any party other than the Company.

 

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11. Non-Competition. In consideration for the Company’s promises set forth
herein, including the Company’s engagement of Consultant, the Consulting
Payments set forth in Section 5, and the Company’s agreement to provide
Confidential Information to Consultant, and in consideration for and to enforce
Consultant’s non-disclosure obligations under Section 9 of this Agreement,
during the Term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years immediately
following (a) the expiration of the Term or (b) the last date on which
Consultant provided Services under this Agreement, whichever is earlier,
Consultant shall not, either in Consultant’s individual capacity or as a
shareholder, investor, owner, officer or director of a company or other entity,
or as an employee, agent associate or consultant of any person, partnership,
corporation or other entity, engage in, carry on, operate, manage, control or
become involved with, directly or indirectly, any business in those parishes and
counties specified in Exhibit B within the States of Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Oklahoma and Colorado or the offshore waters within one hundred
(100) miles of the coast of any such specified parish or county, that owns and
operates seismic drilling equipment. It is expressly understood and agreed that
Consultant and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this
Section 11 to be reasonable and necessary for the purpose of protecting the
Company’s Confidential Information and other legitimate business interests.
Further, Consultant agrees that the limitations in this Section 11 do not impose
a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the Company’s Confidential
Information and legitimate business interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Consultant shall not be deemed to be in violation of this Section 11 based
solely on the ownership of less than five percent (5%) of any class of
securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
the ownership of the common stock of M and N Services, Inc. These restrictions
shall become null and void if the Company fails to make any payment described in
Section 5(a) or if the Company fails to reissue the shares free of transfer
restrictions on the dates specified in Section 2 of the Amended Stock Agreement.

12. Injunctive Relief. Consultant acknowledges that money damages would not be a
sufficient remedy for any breach of the non-disclosure, non-solicitation, and
non-competition provisions of Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement.
Consultant further acknowledges that in the event of a breach or threatened
breach by Consultant of Sections 9, 10 or 11 of this Agreement, the Company
shall be entitled, as permitted by law, to seek preliminary injunctive relief
restraining Consultant from violating such provisions of this Agreement from a
court of competent jurisdiction. The Company shall also be entitled to pursue
any other remedies available to the Company for such breach or threatened breach
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including the recovery of
damages from Consultant.

13. Modification and Severability. If any one or more of the provisions
contained in Sections 9, 10 or 11 (including Exhibit B) of this Agreement are
for any reason held to be excessively broad as to time, duration, geographical
scope, activity or subject or otherwise unenforceable, the parties intend for
any such provision(s) set forth herein to be construed or modified by a court of
competent jurisdiction so as to be enforceable to the greatest extent compatible
with the applicable law and, as so construed or modified, to be fully enforced.
In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained in Sections 9, 10
or 11 (including Exhibit B) of this Agreement are held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable by any court of law or otherwise, the remaining provisions of such
Sections 9, 10 and 11 (including Exhibit B) shall nevertheless

 

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continue to be valid, legal and enforceable as though the invalid or
unenforceable parts had not been included therein. In addition, in such event,
the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as
to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible with respect
to those provisions which were held to be invalid, illegal or enforceable.

14. Assignability. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may
assign this Agreement to any other Person which may hereafter acquire or succeed
to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company by any
means, whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or
otherwise, and that such assignment or succession will be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Company and such other Person; provided, however, that an
assignment of this Agreement to an entity with operations, products or services
outside of the industries in which the Company is then active shall not, without
Consultant’s written consent, be deemed to expand the scope of Consultant’s
non-competition obligations set forth in Section 11 of this Agreement; and
provided further, that any assignment of this Agreement without the consent of
Consultant shall not relieve the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement. The Company shall require any Person who is the successor to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to expressly assume
and agree to perform, by a written agreement, all of the obligations of the
Company under this Agreement. Consultant’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement are personal and such rights, benefits, and obligations of Consultant
shall not be voluntarily assigned, diverted, or transferred, whether by
operation of law or otherwise, without prior written approval of the Company and
Consultant.

15. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the
benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

16. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted by this
Agreement to be given to a party shall be in writing and shall be deemed given
if delivered personally or by commercial messenger or courier service, or mailed
by U.S. registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), or sent via
facsimile (with receipt of confirmation of complete transmission) to the party
at the party’s address or facsimile number written below or at such other
address or facsimile number as the party may have previously specified by like
notice. If by mail, delivery shall be deemed effective 3 business days after
mailing:

 

If to the Company, to:   OMNI Energy Services Corp.   P.O. Box 3761   Lafayette,
LA 70502-3761   Attention: Chief Operating Officer If to Consultant, to:   James
C. Eckert   P.O. Box 280   Benton, MS 39039   Fax: (662) 673-0248

17. Mediation. Any controversy which may arise under this Agreement, whether it
be between Consultant and Company or any of its officers, directors,
shareholders, employees, agents, benefit plans, or Affiliates, shall first be
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mediation shall take place in Lafayette, Louisiana, or as otherwise agreed upon
by the parties within ninety (90) days of a party’s written request for
mediation. This provision shall not preclude either party from seeking an
immediate temporary restraining order or temporary injunctive relief from a
court of competent jurisdiction.

18. Survival. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the expiration of
the Term of the Agreement in accordance with their terms.

19. Headings. Headings are used in this Agreement for reference only and shall
not be considered when interpreting this Agreement.

20. “Affiliate”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means with respect
to any Person, each other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with the Person specified.

21. “Person”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means any individual,
corporation, trust, partnership, limited partnership, foundation, association,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock
association or other legal entity.

22. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Louisiana without regard to the
choice-of-law principles thereof.

23. Choice of Forum; Consent to Jurisdiction. Subject to Section 17 of this
Agreement, any suit, action or proceeding arising with respect to the validity,
construction, enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement, and all issues
relating in any matter thereto, shall be brought in the United States District
Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division, or in the event
that federal jurisdiction does not pertain, in the state courts of the State of
Louisiana in the Lafayette Parish. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits and
consents to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit,
action or proceeding and hereby irrevocably waives (a) any objection which any
of them may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue in such courts, and
(b) any claim that such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.

24. Entire Agreement. Consultant and the Company agree that this Agreement, the
Release and the Amended Stock Agreement set forth the entire agreement between
Consultant and the Company, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, whether written or oral, regarding the subject matter of this
Agreement.

25. Amendments and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented, and any obligation hereunder may be waived, only by a written
instrument executed by the parties hereto. The waiver by either party of a
breach of any provisions of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any
subsequent breach. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay
in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy by such
party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or remedy.

 

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26. Construction. Each party to this Agreement has had the opportunity to review
this Agreement with legal counsel. This Agreement shall not be construed or
interpreted against any party on the basis that such party drafted or authored a
particular provision, parts of, or the entirety of this Agreement.

27. Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. If any action at law or in equity is brought to
enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements in
addition to any other relief to which he or it may be entitled.

28. Execution. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which will be deemed an original, which taken together shall constitute the
Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.

 

EMPLOYEE:     COMPANY:     OMNI ENERGY SERVICES CORP.

/s/ James C. Eckert

    By:  

/s/ Brian J. Recatto

James C. Eckert       Brian J. Recatto       Chief Operating Officer    

/s/ Edward E. Colson, III

    Edward E. Colson, III, Director    

/s/ Barry E. Kaufman

    Barry E. Kaufman, Director    

/s/ Dennis R. Sciotto

    Dennis R. Sciotto, Director    

/s/ Richard C. White

    Richard C. White, Director

 

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Consulting Agreement

Exhibit A

CONSULTING SERVICES

1. Contact. Consultant’s principal Company contact is the Chief Executive
Officer (“CEO”), or as otherwise designated by the CEO.

2. Services.

The “Services” shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

 

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advising the Company regarding industry and customer trends, and ideas for new
business relationships;

 

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advising the Company regarding its personnel, project management and strategic
planning;

 

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assisting the Company with its role in outstanding litigation; and

 

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assisting the Company with respect to such other matters as reasonably requested
by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

It is understood and agreed that the Services contemplated will not take up a
majority of Consultant’s working hours and Consultant shall not be required to
perform services for more than twenty-five (25) hours in any one (1) month
during the Term.

3. Travel Expenses. The Company will reimburse Consultant for all reasonable
business expenses incurred by Consultant in the scope of providing the Services,
including travel expenses from and to Benton, Mississippi as directed by the
Company; provided, however, that Consultant must file expense reports with
respect to all such expenses and otherwise comply with Company’s policies as are
in effect from time to time.

 

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Consulting Agreement

Exhibit B

SPECIFIED PARISHES AND COUNTIES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 11

 

TEXAS

   LOUISIANA    MISSISSIPPI    OKLAHOMA    COLORADO San Augustine    Beauregard
   Hancock    Pittsburg    Adams Sabine    Calcasieu    Harrison    Latimer   
Jefferson Tyler    Cameron    Jackson    Pushmataha    Broomfield Jasper   
Allen    Forrest    Atoka    Boulder Newton    Jefferson Davis    Rankin    Coal
   Larimer Harris    Evangeline    Madison    Hughes    Weld Liberty    Acadia
   Pike    McIntosh    Hardin    Vermilion    Copiah    Haskell    Orange    St.
Landry          Jefferson    Lafayette          Chambers    St. Martin         
Galveston    Iberia          Fort Bend    West Baton Rouge          Wharton   
Iberville          Lavaca    East Baton Rouge          Dewitt    St. Mary      
   Victoria    Livingston          Jackson    Ascension          Matagorda   
Assumption          Brazoria    St. James          Calhoun    Terrebonne      
   Refugio    Tangipahoa          Goliad    St. John the Baptist          Bee   
St. Charles          Aransas    Lafourche          San Patricio    St. Tammany
         Nueces    Orleans          Kleberg    Jefferson          Kenedy    St.
Bernard             Plaquemines         

 

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