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0000008411-09-000079.txt : 20091110 0000008411-09-000079.hdr.sgml : 20091110 20091110112128 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000008411-09-000079 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091110 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20091110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATWOOD OCEANICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000008411 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381] IRS NUMBER: 741611874 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13167 FILM NUMBER: 091170844 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15835 PARK TEN PL DR STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77084 BUSINESS PHONE: 2817497845 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15835 PARK TEN PL DR STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77084 8-K 1 f8knov102009.htm REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE Unassociated Document

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: NOVEMBER 10, 2009

ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-13167

TEXAS

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Internal Revenue Service – Employer Identification No. 74-1611874

15835 Park Ten Place Drive, Houston, Texas, 77084

(281) 749-7800

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

AuDAX Resources Ltd. (“AuDAX”), an Australian Corporation listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, announced that the ATWOOD SOUTHERN CROSS has been selected, subject to signing a contract and receiving Tunisia government approvals, to drill one well offshore Tunisia in 2010. A copy of the AuDAX press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1

Statements contained in this report with respect to the future are forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management's reasonable judgment with respect to future events. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various factors including; the Company's dependence on the oil and gas industry; the risks involved the construction of a rig; competition; operating risks; risks involved in foreign operations; risks associated with possible disruption in operations due to terrorism; risks associated with a possible disruption in operations due to a war with Iraq; and governmental regulations and environmental matters. A list of additional risk factors can be found in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ITEM 9.01 EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT 99.1 Copy of Press Release made by AuDAX Resources Ltd. in Australia on

November 10, 2009

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION

99.1 Copy of Press Release made by AuDAX Resources Ltd. in Australia on

November 10, 2009

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC
		(Registrant)



		/s/ James M. Holland James M. Holland Senior Vice President

		DATE: November 10, 2009

EX-99.1 2 exh99-1.htm COPY OF PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY AUDAX Unassociated Document

EXHIBIT 99.1

ASX Release

10th November 2009

DRILLING UNIT SELECTED

AuDAX Resources Ltd (ASX:ADX) is pleased to announce that Atwood Oceanics Inc has been selected as the successful bidder to provide Drilling Rig Services for the deep water Sambuca prospect in the Kerkouane permit offshore Tunisia. Atwood will be providing the ATWOOD SOUTHERN CROSS semi-submersible offshore drilling unit to conduct the work programme.

The technical and commercial evaluation results were approved by ETAP (Enterprise Tunisienne D’Activites Petrolieres) in Tunis.

Subject to signing a final agreement and receiving respective government approvals, AuDAX expects to drill the Exploration well to test the Sambuca prospect in the preferred weather window of summer 2010.

The Sambuca prospect appears to be one of the largest undrilled structures in the Mediterranean Sea with a total P50 recoverable resource potential of 270 million barrels of oil equivalent.

For further details please contact:

Wolfgang Zimmer Gary Roper

Managing Director Chairman

+43 (0) 676 358 1214 +61(08)9226 2822