<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements of Unit Corporation and
Subsidiaries under cover of Form 10-Q for June 30, 1995 and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000798949
<NAME> UNIT CORPORATION
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-1995
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<FN>
<F1> Accounts Receivable is presented net in the Consolidated Condensed Balance
     Sheet.
<F2> Inventory is presented as a portion of Other Current Assets in the
     Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet.
<F3> Total revenues and total costs were reduced in the second quarter, as
     compared to prior quarters, by a business combination in the Company's
     natural gas marketing segment which left the Company with a 34 percent
     equity interest in the new resulting entity.
</FN>