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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission file number: 1-9260

UNIT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
73-1283193
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
7130 South Lewis, Suite 1000
   
Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
74136
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  (918) 493-7700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.20 per share
 
NYSE
     
Rights to Purchase Series A Participating
 
NYSE
Cumulative Preferred Stock
   
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
Yes [x]
No [ ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
 
Yes [ ]
No [x]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
Yes [x]
No [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
 
Yes [  ]
No [  ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer [x]
Accelerated filer [ ]
Non-accelerated filer [ ]
Smaller reporting company [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
Yes [ ]
No [ x]
As of June 30, 2009, the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity (based on the closing price of the stock on the NYSE on June 30, 2009) held by non-affiliates was approximately $840,731,739.  Determination of stock ownership by non-affiliates was made solely for the purpose of this requirement, and the registrant is not bound by these determinations for any other purpose.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
 
Outstanding at February 12, 2010
Common Stock, $0.20 par value per share
 
47,592,327 shares

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Document
 
Parts Into Which Incorporated
Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”)
   
with respect to its annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 5, 2010. The
Proxy Statement shall be filed within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates.
 
Part III
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2010 solely for the purpose of filing a revised report of our third-party petroleum engineering firm. The report of Ryder Scott Company, L.P. was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to our 2009 Form 10-K. This report included a statement limiting the use of the report to Unit Corporation. The report appearing in this Form 10-K/A does not contain that limitation. In addition to the revised report being filed as Exhibit 99.1, we are including in this Form 10-K/A a consent from Ryder Scott Company, L.P. in Exhibit 23.2 and certifications of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer in Exhibit 31.1 and 31.2.

No item of or disclosures appearing in our 2009 Form 10-K are affected by this filing other than the exhibits described above. This report on Form 10-K/A is presented as of the filing date of our 2009 Form 10-K and does not reflect events occurring after that date, or modify or update disclosures in any way.

 
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PART IV
 
Item 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
 
(a)  The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

23.2
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
   
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Rule 13a - 14(a) of the Exchange Act.
   
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Rule 13a - 14(a) of the Exchange Act.
   
99.1
Ryder Scott Company, L.P. Summary Report.
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
   
UNIT CORPORATION
       
DATE: September 17, 2010
 
By:
/s/    LARRY D. PINKSTON
       
LARRY D. PINKSTON
       
 President and Chief Executive Officer
       
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
     
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
23.2     
 
Consent of  Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
     
31.1     
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Rule 13a—14(a) of the Exchange Act.
     
31.2     
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Rule 13a—14(a) of the Exchange Act.
     
99.1
 
Ryder Scott Company, L.P. Summary Report.