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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| TSX: PD NYSE: PDS | |
| Industry | Oil Well Services |
| Genre | Oilfield services company |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Key people | CEO: Kevin A. Neveu |
| Products | Oil field services and rentals |
| Revenue | $1.93 billion CAD (2023) [1] |
Number of employees | 4,469 (2019) [2] |
| Website | www |
Precision Drilling Corporation is the largest drilling rig contractor in Canada, also providing oil field rental and supplies.
Precision Drilling Ltd. was founded in 1951. [3]
In 1987, Precision Drilling was acquired by Cypress Drilling, led by president Hank Swartout, in a reverse takeover which left the company with a fleet of 19 rigs. [4] Swartout led the company through extensive growth until his retirement in 2007. [5]
In 2005, Precision sold its energy services and international contract-drilling divisions to Weatherford International for $2.28 billion [6] and reorganized as an income trust. [4] [7] Precision converted from an income trust back to a corporation in 2010. [8]
In 2008, Precision acquired its US rival Grey Wolf Inc. for $2 billion, [9] a merger which expanded its rig count in the US, which it had largely left in 2005, over tenfold. [10] The acquisition led to financial difficulties which led to a $330M CAD investment by the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) in 2009, [11] characterized by Maclean's as a bailout. [12] AIMCo divested its stake in 2013. [13]
In 2018, Precision attempted to purchase Trinidad Drilling with over $1B CAD of shares as a white knight, opposing the cash bid of competitor Ensign Energy Services, however a drop in Precision's share price and thus bid value resulted in Ensign's bid prevailing. [14]
In September 2019, amid a difficult energy sector in Alberta, Precision Drilling Corporation's share price fell below the required minimum for the S&P/TSX Composite Index and was removed from the index. [15]
In July 2022, Precision Drilling acquired High Arctic Energy Services Inc.'s welling services and rental divisions for $29.3 million. [16]
In December 2023, Precision had 97 land drilling rigs in Canada (25% of total 386), 104 in the US (9% of total Super-Spec land drilling rigs), and 13 among Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Georgia. [17]
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