Conditions in the energy markets have hurt hundreds of companies that rely on healthy crude prices for their success, and not all of them are in the oil production business themselves. Dawson Geophysical ( DWSN 0.75% ) has also felt the pain from crude's plunge because of falling demand for its seismic services, and coming into Thursday's third-quarter financial report, Dawson investors had little hope that the slide in the company's financials would slow. Dawson didn't even manage to live up to those lowered expectations, however, and its views on the future could well raise concerns throughout the oil patch.