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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-052190
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170222
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889900
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381]
		IRS NUMBER:				752504748
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22664
		FILM NUMBER:		17629094

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4510 LAMESA HWY
		STREET 2:		P O DRAWER 1416
		CITY:			SNYDER
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79549
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9155731104

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O DRAWER 1416
		CITY:			SNYDER
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79550

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PATTERSON ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940228
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February&nbsp;22, 2017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">PATTERSON-UTI</FONT> ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-22664</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">75-2504748</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 800</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston,
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(281) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">765-7100</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Other Events. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February&nbsp;22, 2017,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#147;Patterson-UTI&#148;)</FONT> issued a press release announcing it has established a record date for the special meeting of its stockholders to
consider and vote upon (i)&nbsp;a proposal (the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Patterson-UTI</FONT> Stock Issuance Proposal&#148;) to approve the issuance of shares of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, to stockholders of Seventy Seven Energy Inc. (&#147;SSE&#148;) in connection with the merger contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December&nbsp;12, 2016, by and among <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI,</FONT> Pyramid Merger Sub, Inc., and SSE, and (ii)&nbsp;a proposal to approve the adjournment of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> special meeting to a later date or dates, if
necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> special meeting to approve the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Stock Issuance Proposal. The record date for the special meeting has been established as February&nbsp;22, 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the press release announcing the record date and meeting date for the Special Meeting is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and
incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Important Information for Investors and Stockholders </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (&#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K&#148;)</FONT> does not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. The acquisition by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> of SSE in an
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">all-stock</FONT> transaction (the &#147;proposed transaction&#148;) will be submitted to the stockholders of each of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE for their consideration. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> has filed a Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> that includes a prospectus and proxy statement jointly prepared by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE. SSE and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> may also file other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) regarding the proposed
transaction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL
BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents containing important information
about SSE and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> once such documents are filed with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> will be available free of charge on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> website at www.patenergy.com under the tab &#147;Investors&#148; and then through the link titled
&#147;SEC Filings&#148; or by contacting <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> Investor Relations Department by email at investrelations@patenergy.com, or by phone at (281) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">765-7100.</FONT>
Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by SSE will be available free of charge on SSE&#146;s website at www.77nrg.com under the tab &#147;Investors&#148; and then through the link titled &#147;SEC Filings&#148; or by contacting SSE&#146;s
Investor Relations Department at IR@77nrg.com, or by phone at (405) 608&#150;7730. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Participants in the Solicitation </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI,</FONT> SSE and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> is set forth in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;15,
2016. Information about the directors and executive officers of SSE is set forth in the 2015 Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K/A</FONT> for SSE, which was filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;29, 2016 and the Current Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> for SSE, which was filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;1, 2016. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy
solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> contains forward-looking statements which are protected as forward-looking statements
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are not limited to historical facts, but reflect <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> current beliefs, expectations or intentions regarding future events. Words
such as &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;budgeted,&#148; &#147;continue,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;predict,&#148;
&#147;potential,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;pursue,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;strategy,&#148; &#147;target,&#148; or &#147;will,&#148; and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The statements in
this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that are not historical statements, including statements regarding the expected timetable for completing the proposed transaction, benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction, costs and
other anticipated financial impacts of the proposed transaction; the combined company&#146;s plans, objectives, future opportunities for the combined company and services, future financial performance and operating results and any other statements
regarding <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> and SSE&#146;s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not historical facts, are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> or SSE&#146;s
control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: failure to obtain the required votes of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> or SSE&#146;s stockholders; the timing to consummate the proposed transaction; satisfaction of the conditions to closing of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied or that the closing of
the proposed transaction otherwise does not occur; the risk that a regulatory approval that may be required for the proposed transaction is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the diversion of management time
on transaction-related issues; the ultimate timing, outcome and results of integrating the operations of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE following the consummation of the proposed transaction; the effects of the
business combination of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE following the consummation of the proposed transaction, including the combined company&#146;s future financial condition, results of operations, strategy and
plans; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed transaction; expected synergies and other benefits from the proposed transaction and the ability of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> to realize such synergies and other benefits; expectations regarding regulatory approval of the transaction; results of litigation, settlements and investigations; actions by third parties, including
governmental agencies; volatility in customer spending and in oil and natural gas prices, which could adversely affect demand for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> services and their associated effect on rates,
utilization, margins and planned capital expenditures; global economic conditions; excess availability of land drilling rigs and pressure pumping equipment, including as a result of low commodity prices, reactivation or construction; liabilities
from operations; weather; decline in, and ability to realize, backlog; equipment specialization and new technologies; shortages, delays in delivery and interruptions of supply of equipment and materials; ability to hire and retain personnel; loss
of, or reduction in business with, key customers; difficulty with growth and in integrating acquisitions; governmental regulation; product liability; legal proceedings; political, economic and social instability risk; ability to effectively identify
and enter new markets; cybersecurity risk; dependence on our subsidiaries to meet our long-term debt obligations; variable rate indebtedness risk; and anti-takeover measures in our charter documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is
contained from time to time in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> and SSE&#146;s SEC filings. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> filings may be obtained by contacting
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> or the SEC or through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> web site at http://www.patenergy.com or through the SEC&#146;s Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System (EDGAR)
at http://www.sec.gov. SSE&#146;s filings may be obtained by contacting SSE or the SEC or through SSE&#146;s web site at www.77nrg.com or through EDGAR. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President &#150; Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NEWS RELEASE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc. Announces </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Record Date for Special Meeting Regarding Merger With
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Seventy Seven Energy Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>HOUSTON&#150; February</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;22, 2017. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">PATTERSON-UTI</FONT> ENERGY, INC.</B> (NASDAQ: PTEN) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#147;Patterson-UTI&#148;)</FONT> announced today that it has established a record date for the special meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon (i)&nbsp;the proposal (the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Patterson-UTI</FONT> Issuance Proposal&#148;) to approve the issuance of shares of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to stockholders of Seventy Seven
Energy Inc., (&#147;SSE&#148;) in connection with the merger contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December&nbsp;12, 2016, by and among <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI,</FONT> Pyramid Merger
Sub, Inc. and SSE, and (ii)&nbsp;a proposal to approve the adjournment of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event
there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Issuance Proposal. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> stockholders of record at the close of business on February&nbsp;22, 2017, will be entitled to
receive notice of the special meeting and to vote at the special meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> is an oilfield services company that primarily owns and operates in the United States one of the
largest fleets of land-based drilling rigs and a large fleet of pressure pumping equipment. Our contract drilling business operates in the continental United States and western Canada, and our pressure pumping business operates primarily in Texas
and the Appalachian region. We also provide drilling rig pipe handling technology to drilling contractors in North America and other select markets. In addition, we own and invest as a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-operating</FONT> working
interest owner in oil and natural gas assets that are primarily located in Texas and New Mexico. Location information about the Company&#146;s drilling rigs and their individual inventories is available through the Company&#146;s website at
www.patenergy.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Important Information for Investors and Stockholders </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. The
acquisition by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> of SSE in an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">all-stock</FONT> transaction (the &#147;proposed transaction&#148;) will be submitted to the stockholders of each of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE for their consideration. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> has filed a Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> that includes a prospectus
and proxy statement jointly prepared by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE. SSE and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> may also file other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;SEC&#148;) regarding the proposed transaction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents
containing important information about SSE and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> once such documents are filed with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> will be available free of charge on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> website at www.patenergy.com under the tab &#147;Investors&#148; and then through the link titled
&#147;SEC Filings&#148; or by contacting <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> Investor Relations Department by email at investrelations@patenergy.com, or by phone at (281) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">765-7100.</FONT>
Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by SSE will be available free of charge on SSE&#146;s website at www.77nrg.com under the tab &#147;Investors&#148; and then through the link titled &#147;SEC Filings&#148; or by contacting SSE&#146;s
Investor Relations Department at IR@77nrg.com, or by phone at (405) 608&#150;7730. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Participants in the Solicitation </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI,</FONT> SSE and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in
the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> is set forth in the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on
April&nbsp;15, 2016. Information about the directors and executive officers of SSE is set forth in the 2015 Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K/A</FONT> for SSE, which was filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;29, 2016 and the
Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> for SSE, which was filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;1, 2016. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Other information regarding the
participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they
become available. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release contains forward-looking statements which are protected as forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 that are not limited to historical facts, but reflect <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> current beliefs, expectations or intentions regarding future events. Words such as &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148;
&#147;budgeted,&#148; &#147;continue,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;predict,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;pursue,&#148;
&#147;should,&#148; &#147;strategy,&#148; &#147;target,&#148; or &#147;will,&#148; and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including
statements regarding the expected timetable for completing the proposed transaction, benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction, costs and other anticipated financial impacts of the proposed transaction; the combined company&#146;s plans,
objectives, future opportunities for the combined company and services, future financial performance and operating results and any other statements regarding <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> and SSE&#146;s future
expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject
to numerous risks and uncertainties, </P>
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many of which are beyond <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> or SSE&#146;s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or
implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: failure to obtain the required votes of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> or SSE&#146;s stockholders; the timing to consummate the
proposed transaction; satisfaction of the conditions to closing of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied or that the closing of the proposed transaction otherwise does not occur; the risk that a regulatory approval that may be required for
the proposed transaction is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues; the ultimate timing, outcome and results of integrating the operations of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE following the consummation of the proposed transaction; the effects of the business combination of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and SSE following the consummation of
the proposed transaction, including the combined company&#146;s future financial condition, results of operations, strategy and plans; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of
the proposed transaction; expected synergies and other benefits from the proposed transaction and the ability of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> to realize such synergies and other benefits; expectations regarding regulatory
approval of the transaction; results of litigation, settlements and investigations; actions by third parties, including governmental agencies; volatility in customer spending and in oil and natural gas prices, which could adversely affect demand for
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> services and their associated effect on rates, utilization, margins and planned capital expenditures; global economic conditions; excess availability of land drilling rigs and pressure
pumping equipment, including as a result of low commodity prices, reactivation or construction; liabilities from operations; weather; decline in, and ability to realize, backlog; equipment specialization and new technologies; shortages, delays in
delivery and interruptions of supply of equipment and materials; ability to hire and retain personnel; loss of, or reduction in business with, key customers; difficulty with growth and in integrating acquisitions; governmental regulation; product
liability; legal proceedings; political, economic and social instability risk; ability to effectively identify and enter new markets; cybersecurity risk; dependence on our subsidiaries to meet our long-term debt obligations; variable rate
indebtedness risk; and anti-takeover measures in our charter documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> and SSE&#146;s SEC filings. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT>
filings may be obtained by contacting <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> or the SEC or through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI&#146;s</FONT> web site at http://www.patenergy.com or through the SEC&#146;s Gathering
and Analysis Retrieval System (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov. SSE&#146;s filings may be obtained by contacting SSE or the SEC or through SSE&#146;s web site at www.77nrg.com or through EDGAR. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> and
SSE undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Contact: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mike Drickamer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Investor Relations </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(281) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">765-7170</FONT> </P>
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