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EXHIBIT 99.2



|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|NOT FILED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|In connection with the Quarterly Report of Seitel, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Marcia H. Kendrick, Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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|Dated:  November                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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