Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Segment Information

Summary of financial information of the entity's reportable segments

							Segment
	External		Inter-		Total		Operating
(in thousands)	Sales		Segment		Sales		Income (Loss)
December 31, 2017
Contract Drilling
U.S. Land	$	461,640	$	—	$	461,640	$	24,745
Offshore		33,366		—		33,366		8,725
International Land		63,214		—		63,214		3,534
		558,220		—		558,220		37,004
Other		5,867		220		6,087		(7,317)
		564,087		220		564,307		29,687
Eliminations		—		(220)		(220)		—
Total	$	564,087	$	—	$	564,087	$	29,687
							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)

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

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Segment operating income (loss)	$	29,687	$	(25,328)
Income from asset sales		5,565		842
Corporate general and administrative costs and corporate depreciation		(31,732)		(24,678)
Operating income (loss)		3,520		(49,164)
Other income (expense)
Interest and dividend income		1,724		990
Interest expense		(5,773)		(5,055)
Other		530		387
Total unallocated amounts		(3,519)		(3,678)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	1	$	(52,842)

Schedule of total assets by reportable segment

	December 31,		September 30,
	2017		2017
	(in thousands)
Total assets
U.S. Land	$	4,956,429	$	4,967,074
Offshore		103,852		99,533
International Land		421,322		413,392
Other		182,001		133,085
		5,663,604		5,613,084
Investments and corporate operations		698,490		826,901
Total assets from continued operations		6,362,094		6,439,985
Discontinued operations		2		3
	$	6,362,096	$	6,439,988

Schedule of revenues from external customers and long-lived assets

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Operating Revenues
United States	$	500,758	$	300,559
Argentina		48,829		48,082
Colombia		11,996		9,371
Other Foreign		2,504		10,578
Total	$	564,087	$	368,590