Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Summarized financial information of reportable segments

Summarized financial information of our reportable segments for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is shown in the following tables:

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
June 30, 2013
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	2,077,556	$	—		$	2,077,556		$	696,774
Offshore	167,182		—			167,182			42,778
International Land	268,337		—			268,337			30,738
	2,513,075		—			2,513,075			770,290
Other	10,003		643			10,646			(6,638		)
	2,523,078		643			2,523,721			763,652
Eliminations	—		(643		)	(643		)	—
Total	$	2,523,078	$	—		$	2,523,078		$	763,652

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
June 30, 2012
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	1,983,369	$	—		$	1,983,369		$	670,349
Offshore	135,830		—			135,830			29,742
International Land	192,305		—			192,305			13,240
	2,311,504		—			2,311,504			713,331
Other	10,851		629			11,480			(5,782		)
	2,322,355		629			2,322,984			707,549
Eliminations	—		(629		)	(629		)	—
Total	$	2,322,355	$	—		$	2,322,355		$	707,549

Summarized financial information of our reportable segments for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is shown in the following tables:

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
June 30, 2013
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	695,816	$	—		$	695,816		$	236,388
Offshore	53,859		—			53,859			14,122
International Land	86,978		—			86,978			8,458
	836,653		—			836,653			258,968
Other	3,544		214			3,758			(2,464		)
	840,197		214			840,411			256,504
Eliminations	—		(214		)	(214		)	—
Total	$	840,197	$	—		$	840,197		$	256,504

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
June 30, 2012
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	706,786	$	—		$	706,786		$	235,684
Offshore	41,617		—			41,617			7,720
International Land	67,482		—			67,482			6,275
	815,885		—			815,885			249,679
Other	3,900		209			4,109			(2,161		)
	819,785		209			819,994			247,518
Eliminations	—		(209		)	(209		)	—
Total	$	819,785	$	—		$	819,785		$	247,518

Reconciliation of segment operating income to income from continuing operations before income taxes

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)

Segment operating income	$	256,504		$	247,518		$	763,652		$	707,549
Income from asset sales	4,006			1,862			14,538			14,365
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation	(20,550		)	(16,725		)	(64,763		)	(51,695		)
Operating income	239,960			232,655			713,427			670,219

Other income (expense):
Interest and dividend income	341			329			1,082			1,021
Interest expense	(2,091		)	(2,411		)	(4,585		)	(7,293		)
Gain on sale of investment securities	153,369			—			162,121			—
Other	(1,214		)	309			(3,195		)	288
Total other income (expense)	150,405			(1,773		)	155,423			(5,984		)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	390,365		$	230,882		$	868,850		$	664,235

Reconciliation of total assets from reportable segments to consolidated assets

	June 30,		September 30,
	2013		2012
	(in thousands)
Total assets
U.S. Land	$	4,705,254	$	4,422,297
Offshore	155,197		160,135
International Land	458,702		467,538
Other	32,047		33,539
	5,351,200		5,083,509
Investments and corporate operations	841,951		629,957
Total assets from continued operations	6,193,151		5,713,466
Discontinued operations	4,460		7,619
	$	6,197,611	$	5,721,085

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

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)

Operating revenues
United States	$	750,644	$	751,387	$	2,249,764	$	2,113,479
Colombia	22,856		19,046		74,330		58,371
Ecuador	15,993		15,178		48,234		41,753
Argentina	18,943		13,845		50,111		37,953
Other foreign	31,761		20,329		100,639		70,799
Total	$	840,197	$	819,785	$	2,523,078	$	2,322,355

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