Parker Drilling Company

HOUSTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE:PKD) today announced, that in accordance with New York Stock Exchange rules regarding equity inducement awards, the Company has granted an equity inducement award of 261,438 restricted stock units to Christopher T. (Chris) Weber, its newly appointed Senior Vice President and Chief [...]

HOUSTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker DrillingCompany (NYSE: PKD) announced today that Christopher T. (Chris) Weber has been selected as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 20, 2013.  With nearly twenty years in the global drilling, oil and gas, and power industries, Mr. Weber brings extensive experience [...]

HOUSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD), an international drilling contractor and drilling services and rental tools provider, today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.  The Company's results for the period included net income of $0.6 million or $0.00 per diluted share on revenues of $167.2 [...]

HOUSTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD), an international drilling contractor and drilling services and rental tools provider, announced today the acquisition of International Tubular Services Limited and certain affiliates (ITS), subsidiaries of ITS Tubular Services (Holdings) Limited, a privately held [...]

HOUSTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD), an international drilling contractor, drilling services and rental tools provider, today announced that the Company has settled with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to parallel [...]

HOUSTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) announced today it intends to report its 2013 First Quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 1. The Company expects to issue its earnings report that morning and will follow with a conference call at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) to review the details of the report [...]

HOUSTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) announced today that Gary G. Rich, president and chief executive officer, will present at the Howard Weil 41st Annual Energy Conference in New Orleans, LA.  The Company's presentation is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. CDT (3:30 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Mar [...]

HOUSTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE:PKD) announced today it has commenced drilling operations with the second of two Arctic Alaska Drilling Unit (AADU) rigs the Company developed to safely and efficiently perform in environmentally sensitive, harsh arctic environments. Rig 272 initiated operations earlier this [...]

HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD), an international drilling contractor, drilling services and rental tools provider, today reported results for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended December 31, 2012.  The Company's results for the 2012 fourth quarter included a net loss of $20.1 million or $0.17 [...]

HOUSTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD), an international drilling contractor, drilling services and rental tools provider, today announced that the Company has reached an agreement in principle with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange [...]