Parker Drilling Company

Grandson of Company's Founder to Retire After More Than 40 Years of Service Will Continue to Serve as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors HOUSTON, Nov. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling (NYSE: PKD) announced today that Robert "Bobby" L. Parker Jr. will retire as an employee of the company, effective December 31, 2013. Mr. Parker will continue to serve as Chairman of the company's board of directors until [...]

Mr. Wallace Brings Nearly 40 Years of Leadership Experience Obtained in Oil and Gas, Power Transmission, Fluid Management, and Industrial Manufacturing Sectors HOUSTON, Oct. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling (NYSE: PKD) announced the appointment on October 18, 2013 of Mr. Peter C. Wallace to the company's board of directors, increasing the board size from nine to ten. Mr. Wallace brings extensive senior [...]

HOUSTON, Oct. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) announced today it intends to report its 2013 Third Quarter financial results on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The Company expects to issue its earnings report that morning and will follow with a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Central time (11:00 a.m. Eastern time) to review the details of the report. Those interested in listening to the call by telephone may [...]

HOUSTON, Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) announced today that Christopher T. Weber, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the Johnson Rice Energy Conference in New Orleans, LA.  The Company's presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:05 p.m. CDT (2:05 p.m. EDT) on Monday, Sept. 30. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050620/PARKERDRILLINGLOGO) A link to [...]

HOUSTON, Aug. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) announced today that Gary Rich, president and chief executive officer, will present at the Barclays Capital CEO Energy-Power Conference in New York, NY.  The Company's presentation is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. EDT (6:45 a.m. CDT) on Thursday, Sept. 12. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050620/PARKERDRILLINGLOGO) A link to the live [...]

PR Newswire HOUSTON, Aug. 6, 2013 HOUSTON, Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE:PKD), an international drilling services and rental tools provider, today issued a correction to its previously announced earnings report for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.  This corrected report reflects additional non-routine expense of $2.5 million for the second quarter related to the April 2013 acquisition of [...]

PR Newswire HOUSTON, Aug. 1, 2013 HOUSTON, Aug. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD), an international drilling services and rental tools provider, today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, including net income of $10.0 million and $0.08 per diluted share on revenues of $226.0 million.  These results include non-routine expenses associated with the April acquisition of [...]

PR Newswire HOUSTON, July 30, 2013 HOUSTON, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD), a drilling services and rental tools provider, announced today that it has closed its previously announced sale of $225 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% senior notes due 2020 in a private offering. The notes are unsecured and guaranteed (a) initially, by each of the Company's current restricted [...]

HOUSTON, July 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) (the "Company"), an international drilling contractor and drilling services and rental tools provider, is electing to provide selected preliminary financial data for the three month period ended June 30, 2013, to prospective investors in connection with its previously announced offering of senior notes.  The Company does not generally release [...]

HOUSTON, July 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) (the "Company") today announced that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer and sell to eligible purchasers $225 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2020. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering (i) to repay in full the outstanding indebtedness and other amounts owing under its $125 [...]