Pacific Drilling S A : Form3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF

SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *	2. Date of Event Requiring		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
			Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
Avenue Europe International	12/31/2019		PACIFIC DRILLING S.A. [PACD]
Management GenPar, LLC
(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
C/O AVENUE CAPITAL	_____ Director	___X___ 10% Owner
GROUP, 11 WEST 42ND STREET,	_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
9TH FLOOR
	(Street)		5. If Amendment, Date		6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
NEW YORK, NY 10036	Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)		___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
						_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)	(State)	(Zip)
			Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security				2. Amount of Securities	3. Ownership	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)				Beneficially Owned	Form: Direct	(Instr. 5)
				(Instr. 4)			(D) or Indirect
							(I)
							(Instr. 5)
COMMON STOCK			19259574	I	SEE FOOTNOTE (1)(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security	2. Date Exercisable	3. Title and Amount of	4. Conversion	5. Ownership	6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4)	and Expiration Date	Securities Underlying	or Exercise	Form of	Beneficial Ownership
	(MM/DD/YYYY)	Derivative Security	Price of	Derivative	(Instr. 5)
			(Instr. 4)	Derivative	Security:
					Security	Direct (D) or
	Date	Expiration	Title	Amount or Number of
		Indirect (I)
	Exercisable	Date		Shares
			(Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Collectively, the securities (the "Common Shares") reported in this Form 3 are held directly by: (i) Avenue Energy Opportunities Fund, L.P., Avenue Energy Opportunities Fund II, L.P., Avenue PPF Opportunities Fund, L.P., Avenue Special Opportunities Fund II, L.P. and Avenue Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P. (the "US Funds") and (ii) Avenue ASRS Europe Opportunities Fund, L.P., Avenue Europe Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund III (Euro), L.P., and Avenue Europe Special Situations Fund III (U.S.), L.P. (the "Euro Funds") and together with the US Funds, the "Funds").
2. Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. is the investment manager of the US Funds and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the 13,973,624 Common Shares owned by such entities. Avenue Europe International Management, L.P. is the investment manager of the Euro Funds and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the 5,285,950 Common Shares owned by such entities.
3. Marc Lasry is the managing member of Avenue Capital Management II GenPar, LLC and Avenue Europe International Management GenPar, LLC. Mr. Lasry may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the securities reported by the Funds by reason of his ability to direct the vote and/or disposition of such securities, and his pecuniary interest in such shares (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Exchange Act) is a fractional interest in such amount.

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address		Relationships
Director	10% OwnerOfficerOther
Avenue Europe International Management GenPar, LLC
C/O AVENUE CAPITAL GROUP		X
11 WEST 42ND STREET, 9TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10036
Avenue-ASRS Europe Opportunities Fund, L.P.

C/O AVENUE CAPITAL GROUP	X
11 WEST 42ND STREET, 9TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10036

Signatures

AVENUE EUROPE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT GENPAR, LLC By: /s/ Andrew K. Schinder, Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member

**Signature of Reporting Person

AVENUE-ASRS EUROPE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. By: Avenue-ASRS Europe Opportunities Fund GenPar, LLC, its

General Partner By: GL ASRS Europe Partners, LLC, its Sole Member By: /s/ Andrew K. Schinder, Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member

**Signature of Reporting Person

1/7/2020

Date

1/7/2020

Date

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