SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Summary of financial information of the entity's reportable segments for continuing operations

(in thousands)	External Sales		Inter- Segment			Total Sales			Segment Operating Income (Loss)			Depreciation		Total Assets (as adjusted)		Additions to Long-Lived Assets
2015
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	2,523,518	$	—		$	2,523,518		$	698,375		$	519,950	$	5,430,533	$	949,978
Offshore		241,043		—			241,043			67,729			11,659		117,684		16,100
International Land		386,693		—			386,693			(2,930	)		56,287		583,064		41,682
		3,151,254		—			3,151,254			763,174			587,896		6,131,281		1,007,760
Other		14,187		880			15,067			(10,911	)		19,096		1,012,634		27,518
		3,165,441		880			3,166,321			752,263			606,992		7,143,915		1,035,278
Eliminations		—		(880	)		(880	)		—			—		—		—
Total	$	3,165,441	$	—		$	3,165,441		$	752,263		$	606,992	$	7,143,915	$	1,035,278
2014
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	3,099,954	$	—		$	3,099,954		$	1,025,745		$	455,934	$	5,259,947	$	930,263
Offshore		250,811		—			250,811			69,819			12,300		137,101		4,372
International Land		355,532		—			355,532			36,417			39,932		589,968		85,424
		3,706,297		—			3,706,297			1,131,981			508,166		5,987,016		1,020,059
Other		13,410		867			14,277			(9,068	)		15,383		726,776		27,117
		3,719,707		867			3,720,574			1,122,913			523,549		6,713,792		1,047,176
Eliminations		—		(867	)		(867	)		—			—		—		—
Total	$	3,719,707	$	—		$	3,719,707		$	1,122,913		$	523,549	$	6,713,792	$	1,047,176
2013
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	2,785,449	$	—		$	2,785,449		$	932,591		$	391,072	$	4,742,381	$	726,206
Offshore		221,863		—			221,863			53,064			13,766		149,128		4,470
International Land		366,841		—			366,841			44,595			36,000		486,914		51,193
		3,374,153		—			3,374,153			1,030,250			440,838		5,378,423		781,869
Other		13,461		858			14,319			(8,602	)		14,785		881,436		9,872
		3,387,614		858			3,388,472			1,021,648			455,623		6,259,859		791,741
Eliminations		—		(858	)		(858	)		—			—		—		—
Total	$	3,387,614	$	—		$	3,387,614		$	1,021,648		$	455,623	$	6,259,859	$	791,741

Schedule of reconciliation of segment operating income to income from continuing operations before income taxes

	Years Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Segment operating income	$	752,263		$	1,122,913		$	1,021,648
Income from asset sales		11,716			19,585			18,923
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation		(88,229	)		(87,711	)		(83,910	)
Operating income		675,750			1,054,787			956,661
Other income (expense)
Interest and dividend income		5,834			1,583			1,653
Interest expense		(15,036	)		(4,654	)		(6,129	)
Gain on sale of investment securities		—			45,234			162,121
Other		(901	)		(636	)		(9	)
Total unallocated amounts		(10,103	)		41,527			157,636
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	665,647		$	1,096,314		$	1,114,297

Schedule of revenues from external customers and long-lived assets by country based on the location of service provided

	Years Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Revenues
United States	$	2,750,043	$	3,338,365	$	3,011,760
Argentina		169,359		107,945		73,208
Colombia		74,339		85,176		100,052
Ecuador		34,211		69,195		67,890
Other Foreign		137,489		119,026		134,704
Total	$	3,165,441	$	3,719,707	$	3,387,614
Long-Lived Assets
United States	$	5,149,315	$	4,753,844	$	4,345,950
Argentina		213,938		144,823		83,149
Colombia		103,316		107,112		81,315
Ecuador		29,142		70,742		63,894
Other Foreign		71,524		112,023		101,795
Total	$	5,567,235	$	5,188,544	$	4,676,103