Rowan to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

HOUSTON, March 10  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rowan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: RDC) today announced that Matt Ralls, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the following upcoming investor conferences:

  --  The Raymond James 2009 Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando,
      Florida, on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 3:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight
      Time.
  --  The Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on
      Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 9:15 a.m. Central Daylight Time.




A live audio webcast of the Raymond James Conference presentation can be accessed by visiting Rowan's Web site at http://www.rowancompanies.com/.  Please connect to our website at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the presentation to register, download and install any necessary audio software.  Shortly after the live webcast, an archived version of the webcast will be available for approximately 14 days.  A webcast of the Howard Weil Conference presentation will not be available.

Rowan Companies, Inc. is a worldwide provider of contract drilling services utilizing a fleet of 22 high-spec offshore jack-up rigs and 32 deep-well land drilling rigs.  The Company also owns and operates a manufacturing division that produces equipment for the drilling, mining and timber industries.  For more information on Rowan, please visit http://www.rowancompanies.com/.

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DATASOURCE: Rowan Companies, Inc.



CONTACT:  Suzanne M. McLeod, Director of Investor Relations of Rowan

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