Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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, 2016
Contract Drilling:
U.S. Land	263,636		$	—		$	263,636		$	(30,888	)
Offshore	33,812		—			33,812			6,784
International Land	68,031		—			68,031			825
	365,479		—			365,479			(23,279		)
Other	3,111		208			3,319			(2,049		)
	368,590		208			368,798			(25,328		)
Eliminations	—		(208		)	(208		)	—
Total	$	368,590	$	—		$	368,590		$	(25,328	)

									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

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

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Segment operating income (loss)	$	(25,328	)	$	55,285
Income from asset sales	842			4,589
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation	(24,678		)	(21,204		)
Operating income (loss)	(49,164		)	38,670
Other income (expense):
Interest and dividend income	990			733
Interest expense	(5,055		)	(4,524		)
Other	387			(261		)
Total other income (expense)	(3,678		)	(4,052		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(52,842	)	$	34,618

Schedule of total assets by reportable segment

	December 31, 2016		September 30, 2016
	(in thousands)
Total assets
U.S. Land	$	4,933,281	$	5,005,299
Offshore	106,860		105,152
International Land	457,566		487,181
Other	36,408		36,141
	5,534,115		5,633,773
Investments and corporate operations	1,143,471		1,198,182
Total assets from continued operations	6,677,586		6,831,955
Discontinued operations	51		64
	$	6,677,637	$	6,832,019

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

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Operating revenues
United States	$	300,559	$	409,506
Argentina	48,082		49,786
Colombia	9,371		6,743
Ecuador	1		3,940
Other foreign	10,577		17,872
Total	$	368,590	$	487,847