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EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCex31_2.htm
EX-10.2 - EXHIBIT 10.2 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCex10_2.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCex31_1.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCex32_2.htm
EX-10.1 - EXHIBIT 10.1 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCex10_1.htm
10-Q - ATWOOD OCEANICS INC 10-Q 3-31-2011 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCform10q.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 Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert J. Saltiel, 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 5, 2011
/s/ ROBERT J. SALTIEL
   
Robert J. Saltiel
   
President and Chief Executive Officer