Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Information

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

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
December 31, 2015
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	369,805	$	—		$	369,805		$	55,532
Offshore	41,880		—			41,880			7,722
International Land	72,194		—			72,194			(6,665		)
	483,879		—			483,879			56,589
Other	3,968		219			4,187			(1,304		)
	487,847		219			488,066			55,285
Eliminations	—		(219		)	(219		)	—
Total	$	487,847	$	—		$	487,847		$	55,285

									Segment
	External		Inter-			Total			Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment			Sales			Income (Loss)
December 31, 2014, as adjusted
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	$	890,047	$	—		$	890,047		$	318,129
Offshore	69,887		—			69,887			21,662
International Land	96,673		—			96,673			10,561
	1,056,607		—			1,056,607			350,352
Other	4,180		222			4,402			(1,899		)
	1,060,787		222			1,061,009			348,453
Eliminations	—		(222		)	(222		)	—
Total	$	1,060,787	$	—		$	1,060,787		$	348,453

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

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2015			2014 (as adjusted)
	(in thousands)
Segment operating income	$	55,285		$	348,453
Income from asset sales	4,589			4,173
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation	(21,204		)	(22,255		)
Operating income	38,670			330,371
Other income (expense):
Interest and dividend income	733			295
Interest expense	(4,524		)	(590		)
Other	(261		)	314
Total other income (expense)	(4,052		)	19
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	34,618		$	330,390

Schedule of total assets by reportable segments

			September 30,
	December 31, 2015		2015 (as adjusted)
	(in thousands)
Total assets
U.S. Land	$	5,321,369	$	5,429,179
Offshore	116,563		118,852
International Land	544,257		565,712
Other	37,498		38,397
	6,019,687		6,152,140
Investments and corporate operations	1,102,138		987,005
Total assets from continued operations	7,121,825		7,139,145
Discontinued operations	8,449		8,097
	$	7,130,274	$	7,147,242

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

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2015		2014 (as adjusted)
	(in thousands)
Operating revenues
United States	$	409,506	$	956,281
Argentina	49,786		28,476
Colombia	6,743		23,937
Ecuador	3,940		13,890
Other foreign	17,872		38,203
Total	$	487,847	$	1,060,787