Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Information

Summary of financial information of the entity's reportable segments

Summarized financial information of our reportable segments for the six months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 is shown in the following tables:

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
March 31, 2014
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	1,473,465	$	—		$	1,473,465		$	496,014
Offshore	122,330		—			122,330			37,841
International Land	180,874		—			180,874			23,919
	1,776,669		—			1,776,669			557,774
Other	5,913		431			6,344			(5,249		)
	1,782,582		431			1,783,013			552,525
Eliminations	—		(431		)	(431		)	—
Total	$	1,782,582	$	—		$	1,782,582		$	552,525

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
March 31, 2013
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	1,381,740	$	—		$	1,381,740		$	460,386
Offshore	113,323		—			113,323			28,656
International Land	181,359		—			181,359			22,280
	1,676,422		—			1,676,422			511,322
Other	6,459		429			6,888			(4,174		)
	1,682,881		429			1,683,310			507,148
Eliminations	—		(429		)	(429		)	—
Total	$	1,682,881	$	—		$	1,682,881		$	507,148

Summarized financial information of our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 is shown in the following tables:

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
March 31, 2014
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	741,791	$	—		$	741,791		$	245,062
Offshore	63,276		—			63,276			19,343
International Land	85,533		—			85,533			11,168
	890,600		—			890,600			275,573
Other	2,830		211			3,041			(2,244		)
	893,430		211			893,641			273,329
Eliminations	—		(211		)	(211		)	—
Total	$	893,430	$	—		$	893,430		$	273,329

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
March 31, 2013
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	685,710	$	—		$	685,710		$	225,998
Offshore	55,605		—			55,605			13,650
International Land	94,092		—			94,092			13,169
	835,407		—			835,407			252,817
Other	2,902		214			3,116			(2,539		)
	838,309		214			838,523			250,278
Eliminations	—		(214		)	(214		)	—
Total	$	838,309	$	—		$	838,309		$	250,278

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

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Segment operating income	$	273,329		$	250,278		$	552,525		$	507,148
Income from asset sales	4,098			5,313			9,762			10,532
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation	(22,085		)	(22,671		)	(42,914		)	(44,213		)
Operating income	255,342			232,920			519,373			473,467
Other income (expense):
Interest and dividend income	490			315			943			741
Interest expense	(1,725		)	(1,186		)	(2,919		)	(2,494		)
Gain on sale of investment securities	21,352			—			21,352			8,752
Other	(32		)	103			(377		)	(1,981		)
Total other income (expense)	20,085			(768		)	18,999			5,018
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	275,427		$	232,152		$	538,372		$	478,485

Schedule of total assets by reportable segments

	March 31,		September 30,
	2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Total assets
U.S. Land	$	4,880,865	$	4,743,644
Offshore	132,504		149,128
International Land	476,812		486,914
Other	35,628		32,789
	5,525,809		5,412,475
Investments and corporate operations	955,493		848,647
Total assets from continued operations	6,481,302		6,261,122
Discontinued operations	6,979		3,705
	$	6,488,281	$	6,264,827

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

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Operating revenues
United States	$	800,775	$	742,635	$	1,589,466	$	1,499,120
Argentina	26,695		17,572		53,054		31,168
Colombia	21,064		24,069		47,794		51,474
Ecuador	16,822		15,611		34,622		32,241
Other foreign	28,074		38,422		57,646		68,878
Total	$	893,430	$	838,309	$	1,782,582	$	1,682,881