ATWOOD OCEANICS INC - FORM 10-K - EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - November 25, 2009

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10-K - FORM 10-K - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCf10-kfy2009.htm
EX-13 - ANNUAL REPORT - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh13-1.htm
EX-10.1.15 - FORM OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh10115.htm
EX-21.1 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh21-1.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh31-2.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDEND REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh23-1.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh32-2.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh31-1.htm
EX-10.2.1 - ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC. RETENTION PLAN FOR CERTAIN SALARIED EMPLOYEES - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh1021.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 Annual Report of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John R. Irwin, 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 as of, and for the periods presented.



Date:           November 25, 2009                                                                           /S/ JOHN R. IRWIN 
                            John R. Irwin
President and Chief Executive Officer

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