22 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC President John R Irwin exercised stock options for 33,200 shares and disposed of 16,600 shares.
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20 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC President John R Irwin exercised stock options for 60,000 shares and disposed of 30,000 shares.
20 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC Senior Vice President James M Holland exercised stock options for 60,000 shares and disposed of 30,000 shares.
19 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC Officer, Senior Vice President Glen P Kelley exercised stock options for 24,000 shares and disposed of 12,000 shares.
2 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director Robert W Burgess received 394 shares as part of the equity award.
2 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director William J Morrissey received 394 shares as part of the equity award.
2 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director Deborah A Beck received 394 shares as part of the equity award.
2 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director Hans Helmerich received 394 shares as part of the equity award.
2 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director James R Montague received 394 shares as part of the equity award.
2 Mar 2007director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director George S Dotson received 394 shares as part of the equity award.
1 Feb 2007production update▼ Bad
Fleetwide operating costs ran higher than normal in early fiscal 2007 -- year-end bonuses, startup costs on rigs entering new regions (Thailand, India, West Africa) and the HUNTER's inspection downtime all added up, though none of it changed the outlook.
23 Jan 2007production update● Neutral
Routine fleet status update; no new incidents or contract changes were highlighted beyond the standard report.
9 Jan 2007substantial holder notice● Neutral
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P reported a ATWOOD OCEANICS INC shareholding of 3,644,950 shares (11.73% of votes) in a periodic institutional filing.
5 Jan 2007drilling progress report● Neutral
The ATWOOD HUNTER lost 14 days to a required regulatory inspection in December, while the newly-mobilized ATWOOD BEACON began a 25-month drilling program in India.
8 Dec 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director William J Morrissey received 800 shares as part of the equity award.
8 Dec 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director Deborah A Beck received 800 shares as part of the equity award.
8 Dec 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director Robert W Burgess received 800 shares as part of the equity award.
8 Dec 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director George S Dotson received 800 shares as part of the equity award.
8 Dec 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director James R Montague received 800 shares as part of the equity award.
8 Dec 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director Hans Helmerich received 800 shares as part of the equity award.
9 Nov 2006production update● Neutral
The ATWOOD FALCON's shipyard upgrade wrapped up on budget at about $32 million, though expensing those costs temporarily pushed up its quarterly operating costs.
18 Oct 2006production update▲ Good
Woodside locked in a two-year extension for the ATWOOD EAGLE at roughly $405,000/day starting December 2007, while the FALCON's shipyard project stayed within its roughly $32 million budget.
11 Oct 2006production update▲ Good
Fleet update: the newly-upgraded SEAHAWK started up off Equatorial Guinea at $68,430/day, the SOUTHERN CROSS relocated to the Black Sea as planned, and the FALCON's Shell-funded shipyard upgrade (about $32 million, three-quarters paid by Shell) stayed on budget.
5 Oct 2006substantial holder notice● Neutral
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P disclosed a new substantial ATWOOD OCEANICS INC shareholding (10.02% of votes).
12 Sept 2006production update▼ Bad
The ATWOOD HUNTER lost nine days of revenue (about $2.2 million) in August to an unplanned equipment swap -- a minor blemish on an otherwise fully-booked fleet.
5 Sept 2006director interest notice● Neutral
ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director James R Montague received 931 shares as part of the equity award.
26 June 2006contract award▲ Good
The ATWOOD SOUTHERN CROSS picked up a fourth back-to-back Black Sea contract, this one with Vanco International, pushing its booked work into early 2008.
9 June 2006director interest notice● Neutral
James R Montague became a ATWOOD OCEANICS INC director and company insider (initial ownership filing).
23 May 2006listing compliance notice● Neutral
The NYSE flagged a possible governance-compliance gap over director independence; Atwood said it believed it was already compliant and filed to document that five of its directors are independent.
28 Apr 2006contract award▲ Good
The ATWOOD SOUTHERN CROSS lined up a third Turkish contract, this time with state oil company TPAO at $290,000-320,000/day -- more than double the $125,000 rate it won in December, a sign of how fast dayrates were climbing.