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EX-32.2 - CFO CERTIFICATION - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh32-2.htm
EX-10.2 - RETENTION PLAN FOR CERTAIN SALARIED EMPLOYEES - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh10-2.htm
EX-31.1 - CEO CERTIFICATION - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh31-1.htm
EX-31.2 - CFO CERTIFICATION - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCexh31-2.htm
10-Q - FORM 10-Q FOR QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 - ATWOOD OCEANICS INCf10qdec312009.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 December 31, 2009, 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:           February 4, 2010                                                                           /s/ ROBERT J. SALTIEL
Robert J. Saltiel
President and Chief Executive Officer