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): July 29, 2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-9260
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73-1283193
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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7130
South Lewis, Suite 1000, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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74136
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (918) 493-7700
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section 8 - Other
Events.
Item 8.01 Other
Events.
On July
29, 2008, Unit Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release
announcing a new business partnership for one of its Mid-Stream
operations.
The press
release furnished as an exhibit to this report includes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain
risks and uncertainties, as disclosed by the Company in its press release and
from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As
a result of these factors, the Company's actual results may differ materially
from those indicated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Except as
required by law, we disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise forward
looking statements after the date of this report to conform them to actual
results.
A
copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d)
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Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release announcing Unit Corporation's new business partnership for
Mid-Stream operations.
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1
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.
Unit
Corporation
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Date: July
29, 2008
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By: /s/ Mark E.
Schell
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Mark E. Schell
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Senior Vice
President
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and General
Counsel
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Description
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99.1
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Press
release announcing Unit Corporation's new business partnership for
Mid-Stream operations.
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3
News UNIT
CORPORATION
7130 South
Lewis Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
Telephone
918 493-7700, Fax 918 493-7714
Contact: David
T. Merrill
Chief Financial Officer &
Treasurer
(918) 493-7700
For
Immediate Release…
July
29, 2008
UNIT
CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NEW BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
FOR MID-STREAM
OPERATIONS
Tulsa,
Oklahoma….Unit Corporation (NYSE - UNT) today announced that its mid-stream
operations, through Superior Appalachian Pipeline LLC (Superior), has entered
into a long-term business arrangement with Robert Eckle, President and founder
of Appalachian Producer Services, located in McMurray,
Pennsylvania. The two companies have agreed to jointly develop
mid-stream pipeline projects which will be owned and operated by Superior in the
Appalachian Basin. Unit had previously announced that it opened a
business development office for Superior in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it is
currently staffing that office with professionals from the
region. Superior will offer its expertise in natural gas gathering
and processing and Mr. Eckle and his company will continue to provide marketing
and natural gas management to the producer community within the
basin.
Larry
Pinkston, Unit’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "Both parties
recognize the critical need of pipeline infrastructure within the basin to
accommodate existing natural gas currently constrained and future natural gas
supplies that will be produced from the Marcellus shale and other
formations. We’re interested in constructing new gathering systems to
both relieve existing bottlenecks and gather natural gas from these potential
sources.”
Unit Corporation is a
Tulsa-based, publicly held energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in
oil and gas exploration, production, contract drilling and natural gas gathering
and processing. Unit’s Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol UNT. For more information about Unit
Corporation, visit our website at http://www.unitcorp.com.
This news
release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities
Litigation Reform Act that involve risks and uncertainties, including
anticipated oil and natural gas prices, as well as other development,
operational, implementation and opportunity risks, and other factors described
from time to time in the company’s publicly available SEC reports, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those
expected.