PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.27</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U><B>Summary Description of Director Compensation</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Directors who are also employees of Patterson-UTI do not receive compensation for serving as a
director or as a member of a committee of the Board of Directors. All directors are reimbursed for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at Board of Directors
meetings and committee meetings. Each non-employee director receives annual cash compensation of
$35,000. Each non-employee director that serves on the Audit Committee or Compensation Committee
receives additional annual cash compensation of $10,000 per committee on which he or she serves,
with the chairman of each such committee receiving $15,000.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Patterson-UTI maintains a Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Director Plan&#148;). Under the
Director Plan, each non-employee director is granted options to purchase 40,000 shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) upon becoming a director and
is granted options to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock on the last business day of each
subsequent year in which the director serves on the Board of Directors.



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