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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2006
PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
         
Delaware   0-22664   75-2504748
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) 		  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
4510 Lamesa Highway    
Snyder, Texas   79549
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (325) 574-6300
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Commitment Increase and Joinder Agreement

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On August 2, 2006, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) amended its unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of banks of which Bank of America, N.A. is the Administrative Agent. The amendment increased the borrowing capacity under the Credit Agreement to $375 million and added new lenders as parties to the Credit Agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)   The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
  10.1   Commitment Increase and Joinder Agreement dated as of August 2, 2006, among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors of the Company party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders party thereto.

 

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
 		  
  By:   /s/ John E. Vollmer III  
Dated: August 21, 2006    John E. Vollmer III   
    Senior Vice President-Corporate
Development, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer 		  
 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit   Description
10.1
  Commitment Increase and Joinder Agreement dated as of August 2, 2006, among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors of the Company party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders party thereto.