CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST ALERT:
                             ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.
               Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2014 First Quarter
                           Conference Call on the Web

HOUSTON  January 15, 2014 -- Atwood  Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:  ATW) announced today
that  it would  announce earnings  after the  market closes on Tuesday, February
4, 2014.  The  company will hold its conference  call and webcast in conjunction
with  its  fiscal  2014 First  Quarter  earnings  release on Wednesday, February
5, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. ET (9:00 A.M. CT).

The  company's conference call that will be  broadcast live over the Internet at
10:00 A.M.  ET, Wednesday, February 5, 2014 with Rob Saltiel, President and CEO,
and Mark Mey, Senior Vice President and CFO, participating.

What:     Atwood Oceanics, Inc.'s Fiscal 2014 First Quarter Earnings Release

When:   10:00 A.M. ET (9:00 A.M. CT), Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Where:   http://services.choruscall.com/links/atw40205.html

Dial In:   1-866-952-1906 / 785-424-1825 Conference ID#: ATWOOD

Contact:   Mark L. Mey, Senior Vice President and CFO 281-749-7902

If  you are  unable to  participate during  the live  webcast, the  call will be
published  on our IR  website http://ir.atwd.com/news.aspx?iid=4010374.  Some of
the  matters that will be discussed in  the Conference Call on February 5, 2014
may  involve forward-looking statements which  are based on current expectations
and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual future
results  to be  materially different  from those  that will  be discussed in the
Conference Call.

Atwood  Oceanics, Inc. is  a global offshore  drilling contractor engaged in the
drilling  and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells. The
company  currently owns  14 mobile offshore  drilling units  and is constructing
three  ultra-deepwater  drillships.  The  company  was  founded  in  1968 and is
headquartered  in Houston, Texas.  Atwood Oceanics,  Inc. common stock is traded
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ATW."



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