Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Segment Information

Summary of financial information of the entity's reportable segments

Summarized financial information of our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 is shown in the following tables:

							Segment
	External		Inter-		Total		Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment		Sales		Income (Loss)
March 31, 2018
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	482,729	$	35	$	482,764	$	27,075
Offshore		32,983		—		32,983		5,449
International Land		52,459		—		52,459		(695)
		568,171		35		568,206		31,829
Other		9,313		252		9,565		(7,015)
		577,484		287		577,771		24,814
Eliminations		—		(287)		(287)		—
Total	$	577,484	$	—	$	577,484	$	24,814
							Segment
	External		Inter-		Total		Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment		Sales		Income (Loss)
March 31, 2017
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	330,967	$	—	$	330,967	$	(51,850)
Offshore		36,235		—		36,235		5,912
International Land		34,757		—		34,757		(10,977)
		401,959		—		401,959		(56,915)
Other		3,324		208		3,532		(1,134)
		405,283		208		405,491		(58,049)
Eliminations		—		(208)		(208)		—
Total	$	405,283	$	—	$	405,283	$	(58,049)

Summarized financial information of our reportable segments for the six months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 is shown in the following tables:

							Segment
	External		Inter-		Total		Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment		Sales		Income (Loss)
March 31, 2018
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	944,369	$	35	$	944,404	$	51,820
Offshore		66,349		—		66,349		14,174
International Land		115,673		—		115,673		2,839
		1,126,391		35		1,126,426		68,833
Other		15,180		472		15,652		(14,332)
		1,141,571		507		1,142,078		54,501
Eliminations		—		(507)		(507)		—
Total	$	1,141,571	$	—	$	1,141,571	$	54,501
							Segment
	External		Inter-		Total		Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment		Sales		Income (Loss)
March 31, 2017
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	594,603	$	—	$	594,603	$	(82,738)
Offshore		70,047		—		70,047		12,696
International Land		102,788		—		102,788		(10,152)
		767,438		—		767,438		(80,194)
Other		6,435		416		6,851		(3,183)
		773,873		416		774,289		(83,377)
Eliminations		—		(416)		(416)		—
Total	$	773,873	$	—	$	773,873	$	(83,377)

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

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Segment operating income (loss)	$	24,814	$	(58,049)	$	54,501	$	(83,377)
Income from asset sales		5,255		14,889		10,820		15,731
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation		(31,322)		(22,512)		(63,054)		(47,190)
Operating income (loss)		(1,253)		(65,672)		2,267		(114,836)
Other income (expense)
Interest and dividend income		1,847		1,338		3,571		2,328
Interest expense		(6,028)		(6,084)		(11,801)		(11,139)
Other		(121)		174		409		561
Total unallocated amounts		(4,302)		(4,572)		(7,821)		(8,250)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(5,555)	$	(70,244)	$	(5,554)	$	(123,086)

Schedule of total assets by reportable segment

	March 31,		September 30,
	2018		2017
	(in thousands)
Total assets
U.S. Land	$	4,940,149	$	4,967,074
Offshore		101,350		99,533
International Land		399,898		413,392
Other		182,003		133,085
		5,623,400		5,613,084
Investments and corporate operations		638,392		826,901
Total assets from continued operations		6,261,792		6,439,985
Discontinued operations				3
	$	6,261,792	$	6,439,988

Schedule of revenues from external customers and long-lived assets

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31,				March 31,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Operating Revenues
United States	$	524,435	$	370,526	$	1,025,193	$	671,085
Argentina		49,800		23,267		98,629		71,349
Colombia		237		8,852		12,233		18,223
Other Foreign		3,012		2,638		5,516		13,216
Total	$	577,484	$	405,283	$	1,141,571	$	773,873