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Exhibit 15.1
AWARENESS LETTER OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Pride International, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
We are aware that our report dated May 12, 2000 on our review of interim
financial information of Pride International, Inc. (the "Company") for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 and included in the Company's
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement dated June 23, 2000.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
June 23, 2000
