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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 1, 2006
PARKER DRILLING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
1-7573   73-0618660
 
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1401 Enclave Parkway, Suite 600, Houston, Texas   77077
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(281) 406-2000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Index to Exhibits
Press release

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
     On August 1, 2006, Parker Drilling Company (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing results of operations for the 2nd quarter of 2006.
     A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Report on Form 8-K. This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c)   Exhibits.
     The following exhibit is filed herewith:
  99   Press release dated August 1, 2006, issued by the Company
SIGNATURES
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Parker Drilling Company
 		  
Date: August 1, 2006  By:   /s/ W. Kirk Brassfield    
    W. Kirk Brassfield   
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   

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Index to Exhibits
99   Press release dated August 1, 2006 issued by the Company.

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