references to primary sources . please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message atwood oceanics inc. type public company traded as nyse atw industry petroleum industry founded 1968 headquarters houston texas key people george s. dotson chairman rob saltiel ceo 1 products offshore drilling revenue us 1.395 billion fy 2015 1 operating income us 531 million fy 2015 1 net income us 432 million fy 2015 1 total assets us 4.809 billion fy 2015 1 total equity us 2.947 billion fy 2015 1 number of employees 1 868 2015 1 website atwood atwood oceanics inc. is an offshore drilling contractor headquartered in houston texas . contents 1 history 2 current operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1968 by john atwood . 2 atwood oceanics began operation by 1970 . in 1972 the company went public . 1 current operations edit the company owns and operates 4 ultra deepwater drillships including 2 under construction 2 ultra deepwater semisubmersibles can drill in water up to 12 000 deep 2 deepwater semisubmersibles and 5 high specification jackup rigs . 3 the company provides quarterly online updates on the status of each rig in its fleet . 4 in fiscal 2015 5 customers accounted for a total of 63 % of revenues noble energy royal dutch shell woodside petroleum chevron corporation and kosmos energy . 1 in fiscal 2015 the company derived 76 % of its revenue from its 6 deepwater drillships and semisubmersibles . 1 in fiscal 2015 71 % of the company s revenues were derived outside of the united states . the company derived more of its revenues in australia than in any other country . 1 references edit a b c d e f g h i j k atwood oceanics inc. form 10 k annual report john atwood founder of atwood oceanics dies at age 85 . oil & gas investor . july 18 2008 . atwood oceanics our company atwood oceanics fleet status report external links edit company homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atwood oceanics & oldid 743465288 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangedrilling rig operatorscompanies based in houstoncompanies established in 19681968 establishments in texashidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2015all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view