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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - ROWAN COMPANIES PLCFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - FIRST QUARTER 2010 10-Q - ROWAN COMPANIES PLCq1form10_q.htm
EX-31.1 - CEO SECTION 302 CERT - ROWAN COMPANIES PLCexhibit31_1.htm
EX-31.2 - CFO SECTION 302 CERT - ROWAN COMPANIES PLCexhibit31_2.htm
EX-32.2 - CFO SECTION 906 CERT - ROWAN COMPANIES PLCexhibit32_2.htm

Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U. S. C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Rowan Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, W. Matt Ralls, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)  
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods presented.


Date:           May 7, 2010
 
/s/ W. MATT RALLS
   
W. Matt Ralls
   
President and Chief Executive Officer