FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Pipkin Gregory W 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/31/2007 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC [PTEN] (Last) (First) (Middle) 531 WILLOWVIEW DRIVE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Accounting Officer 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 09/04/2007 (Street) PROSPER, TX 75078 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 9,500 (1) D   Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 5,000 (2) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pipkin Gregory W 531 WILLOWVIEW DRIVE PROSPER, TX 75078	Â	Â	  Chief Accounting Officer	Â

Signatures

/s/ Gregory W. Pipkin		09/20/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	666 shares vest on June 9, 2008, 667 shares vest on June 9, 2009, 3,750 shares vest on August 16, 2009, 667 shares vest on June 9, 2010 and 3,750 shares vest on August 16, 2010.
(2)	The reporting party was awarded 5,000 shares of restricted stock on August 31, 2007 upon appointment as Chief Accounting Officer of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. It was originally reported that 1,666 shares vest on June 9, 2008 and 1,667 shares vest on each of June 9, 2009 and 2010. This amendment is being filed to indicate that the correct vesting schedule is that 1,666 shares vest on August 31, 2008 and 1,667 shares vest on each of August 31, 2009 and 2010.

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