EXHIBIT 32


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
        (SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18,
                               UNITED STATES CODE)


         Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) (the
"Act") and Rule 13a-14(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), each of the undersigned, Paul A. Bragg, Chief
Executive Officer of Pride International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Earl W. McNiel, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby
certify that, to his knowledge:

                  (1) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
         quarterly period ended September 30, 2003 (the "Report") fully complies
         with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (2) information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
         all material respects, the financial condition and results of
         operations of the Company.


Dated:    November 14, 2003                            /s/ Paul A. Bragg
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                                                         Paul A. Bragg
                                                    Chief Executive Officer

                                                      /s/ Earl W. McNiel
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                                                         Earl W. McNiel
                                                    Chief Financial Officer


         The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to
Section 906 of the Act and Rule 13a-14(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act and
is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.