HOUSTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. (Nasdaq: PTEN) today announced that it will make a presentation on October 6, 2009 at the Johnson Rice Energy Conference in New Orleans. Representing the Company at the conference will be Douglas J. Wall, President and Chief Executive Officer, and John E. Vollmer III, Chief Financial Officer.

The presentation will be webcast live beginning at approximately 2:45 p.m. Central Time on October 6, 2009. To access the webcast, go to www.patenergy.com approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. Replay of the webcast will be available through October 20, 2009 at www.patenergy.com.

About Patterson-UTI

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. provides onshore contract drilling services to exploration and production companies in North America. The Company has approximately 350 marketable land-based drilling rigs that operate primarily in the oil and natural gas producing regions of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and western Canada. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. is also engaged in the businesses of pressure pumping services and drilling and completion fluid services.

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