Contract to Drill Well in GOM

April 15, 2009

Atwood Oceanics, Inc., (NYSE:ATW) a Houston-based international drilling contractor, announced that the Richmond has been awarded a contract by Applied Drilling Technology, Inc. to drill one well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at a dayrate of $52,500. This well (estimated to take 40 days to complete) will be drilled immediately following the completion of the rig's current contract which is expected to terminate in late April 2009 or early May 2009.

(www.atwd.com)

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