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Delaware	1311	73-1283193
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
	8200 South Unit Drive Tulsa, Oklahoma 74132 (918) 493-7700

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants’ principal executive offices)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to this registration statement.

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Unit Corporation (Company) is filing these Post-Effective Amendments on Form S-1 to the following Form S-3 Registration Statements (Registration Statements) so that the offerings thereunder can be properly terminated. These Post-Effective Amendments were previously included in the “POS AM” filing submitted on October 7, 2020 under the Registration No. 333-128213.

The Company is filing these Post-Effective Amendments on Form S-1 to the Registration Statements, which have been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to deregister any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued as of the date hereof:

1. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-99979), filed with the SEC on September 20, 2002, pertaining to the registration of 7,220,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.20 per share (Common Stock).

2. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-89353), filed with the SEC on October 19, 1999, pertaining to the registration of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

3. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-42341), filed with the SEC on December 16, 1997, pertaining to the registration of 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock.

On May 22, 2020, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Unit Petroleum Company, Unit Drilling Company, 8200 Unit Drive, L.L.C., Unit Drilling Colombia, L.L.C. and Unit Drilling USA Colombia, L.L.C. (collectively, the Debtors), filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. The Debtors’ Chapter 11 cases were jointly administered under the caption In re Unit Corporation, et al., Case No. 20-32740 (Chapter 11 Cases).

In connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, the Company has terminated all offerings pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with the undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that have been registered for issuance and remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all of such securities registered under the Registration Statements but remain unsold or unissued as of the date hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on October 13, 2020.


UNIT CORPORATION


By:	/s/ Mark E. Schell
	Name:	Mark E. Schell
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel


Michael S. Telle Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 758-2222