SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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		Additions to Long-Lived Assets
2016
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	1,242,462	$	—		$	1,242,462		$	74,118		$	508,237	$	5,005,299	$	209,156
Offshore		138,601		—			138,601			15,659			12,495		105,152		9,694
International Land		229,894		—			229,894			(14,086	)		57,102		487,181		2,364
		1,610,957		—			1,610,957			75,691			577,834		5,597,632		221,214
Other		13,275		855			14,130			(7,491	)		20,753		1,234,323		20,076
		1,624,232		855			1,625,087			68,200			598,587		6,831,955		241,290
Eliminations		—		(855	)		(855	)		—			—		—		—
Total	$	1,624,232	$	—		$	1,624,232		$	68,200		$	598,587	$	6,831,955	$	241,290
2015, as adjusted
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	2,523,518	$	—		$	2,523,518		$	698,375		$	519,950	$	5,429,179	$	949,978
Offshore		241,666		—			241,666			68,002			11,659		118,852		16,100
International Land		382,331		—			382,331			(7,093	)		57,334		565,712		39,645
		3,147,515		—			3,147,515			759,284			588,943		6,113,743		1,005,723
Other		14,187		880			15,067			(10,911	)		19,096		1,025,402		27,518
		3,161,702		880			3,162,582			748,373			608,039		7,139,145		1,033,241
Eliminations		—		(880	)		(880	)		—			—		—		—
Total	$	3,161,702	$	—		$	3,161,702		$	748,373		$	608,039	$	7,139,145	$	1,033,241
2014, as adjusted
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	3,099,954	$	—		$	3,099,954		$	1,025,745		$	455,934	$	5,261,361	$	930,263
Offshore		251,341		—			251,341			69,969			12,300		137,104		4,372
International Land		351,263		—			351,263			35,145			40,367		593,471		84,068
		3,702,558		—			3,702,558			1,130,859			508,601		5,991,936		1,018,703
Other		13,410		867			14,277			(9,068	)		15,383		726,174		27,117
		3,715,968		867			3,716,835			1,121,791			523,984		6,718,110		1,045,820
Eliminations		—		(867	)		(867	)		—			—		—		—
Total	$	3,715,968	$	—		$	3,715,968		$	1,121,791		$	523,984	$	6,718,110	$	1,045,820

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

	Years Ended September 30,
	2016			2015 (as adjusted)			2014 (as adjusted)
				(in thousands)
Segment operating income	$	68,200		$	748,373		$	1,121,791
Income from asset sales		9,896			11,834			19,083
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation		(104,062	)		(88,244	)		(87,700	)
Operating income (loss)		(25,966	)		671,963			1,053,174
Other income (expense)
Interest and dividend income		3,166			5,840			1,543
Interest expense		(22,913	)		(15,023	)		(4,657	)
Gain (loss) on investment securities		(25,989	)		—			45,234
Other		(965	)		(901	)		(636	)
Total unallocated amounts		(46,701	)		(10,084	)		41,484
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(72,667	)	$	661,879		$	1,094,658

Schedule of revenues from external customers by country based on the location of service provided

	Years Ended September 30,
	2016		2015 (as adjusted)		2014 (as adjusted)
	(in thousands)
Revenues
United States	$	1,386,786	$	2,750,043	$	3,338,365
Argentina		159,427		177,984		107,189
Colombia		20,488		70,076		81,168
Ecuador		4,948		30,987		67,976
Other Foreign		52,583		132,612		121,270
Total	$	1,624,232	$	3,161,702	$	3,715,968
Long-Lived Assets
United States	$	4,804,328	$	5,149,315	$	4,753,844
Argentina		183,286		211,862		145,783
Colombia		91,815		102,401		105,842
Ecuador		438		28,918		71,011
Other Foreign		64,866		70,674		111,107
Total	$	5,144,733	$	5,563,170	$	5,187,587