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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-12-003876
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120223
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120301
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120301
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THOMPSON C JOHN
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001187288
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08182
FILM NUMBER: 12658074
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 813 N 2ND STREET
CITY: BELLAIRE
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77401
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER DRILLING CO
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000320575
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381]
IRS NUMBER: 742088619
STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1250 N.E. LOOP 410
STREET 2: SUITE 1000
CITY: SAN ANTONIO
STATE: TX
ZIP: 78209
BUSINESS PHONE: 5128287689
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1250 N.E. LOOP 410
STREET 2: SUITE 1000
CITY: SAN ANTONIO
STATE: TX
ZIP: 78209
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTH TEXAS DRILLING & EXPLORATION INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTH TEXAS DRILLING CO
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19810715
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FORM 4 -
X0304
4
2012-02-23
0
0000320575
PIONEER DRILLING CO
PDC
0001187288
THOMPSON C JOHN
813 N. 2ND STREET
BELLAIRE
TX
77401
1
0
0
0
Common stock
2012-02-23
2012-02-23
4
S
0
4000
9.5553
D
29439
D
Common stock
2012-03-01
2012-03-01
4
S
0
1391
10.2312
D
28048
D
Stock option (right to buy)
14.98
2012-06-15
Common stock
10000
10000
D
All stock options are fully exercisable at 03-01-12.
Carlos R. Pena, Attorney-in-fact for C. John Thompson
2012-03-01
EX-24
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Power of Attorney
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Carlos Pena and Kurt Forkheim,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Pioneer
Drilling Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 24th day of February 2009.
/s/ C. John Thompson
C.John Thompson
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