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The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Toby Shute	Precision Drilling Dashes Its Dividend Precision Drilling Trust's eye-popping payout has passed from this world. After February's distribution, the land driller's dividends are going the way of the dodo. This is precisely the right move for the debt-laden driller.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 Toby Shute	Is That Your Final Offer? With three weeks to go before Precision Drilling Trust's merger with Basic Energy Systems, the driller makes its third offer for land driller Grey Wolf.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2009 Toby Shute	Are These Drillers Doomed or Not? Two debt-laden drillers trot out their latest results. Precision Drilling Trust and Hercules Offshore are reviewed.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2008 Toby Shute	Howl They Pull Off This Takeover? Precision and Grey Wolf have officially entered hostile territory, with Grey Wolf rejected the Canadian driller's advances via a public statement.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2008 Toby Shute	Grey Wolf Gets Greedy The driller's buyout opposition doesn't add up for this Fool.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Toby Shute	Precision: Why This Driller's Different Perhaps the most important point made by Precision Drilling Trust during its conference call had nothing to do with margins or growth rates. It had to do with its people.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Toby Shute	New All-Time Low! Now What? Investors have reached a difficult crossroads, and there are no easy answers.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2008 Toby Shute	Put Your Trust in This Driller This was the first time that Canadian driller Precision Drilling Trust reported a year-over-year improvement in earnings since the last quarter of 2006.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Toby Shute	Coalition of the Drilling Precision Drilling makes an unsolicited $2 billion bid for Grey Wolf.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Toby Shute	Precision Lands Its Prey Persistence pays off in the driller's bid for rival Grey Wolf.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Weatherford's Precision Deal With this deal, the energy services firm will expand its drilling services business, as Precision becomes more focused on contract drilling. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 Toby Shute	Precise Pain at Precision Drilling Weak Canadian gas demand sucks margins dry at Precision Drilling Trust, the largest contract driller in Canada. Overall drilling activity in Canada is down 50%.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Tim Beyers	This Top Stock Is a Winner Precision Drilling is a stock offering superior returns on shareholder equity.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Precision Drilling Become the Perfect Stock? Precision has a very real chance of recovering its former glory, but to do so, it needs to keep paying down debt and reestablish at least part of its past dividend.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Toby Shute	The Killer Among Drillers This technological leader has one of the very best rigs when it comes to directional and horizontal drilling. Helmerich & Payne is the driller to retain.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2008 Toby Shute	Calling a Bottom With Precision The Canadian contract driller may be turning the corner to better times.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Toby Shute	Two Stunning Sell-offs Marveling at Mr. Market's Monday madness.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Precision Drilling's Cautious Optimism Precision's first-quarter results are down compared to last year, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to investors.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Toby Shute	Energy Deals of the Day Precision's offer of $10 per share still stands, and Grey Wolf has announced that it has hired a banker to help evaluate strategic alternatives. Will Grey Wolf finally succumb to its Canadian suitor? We'll have to just stay tuned.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Toby Shute	Noble's Still Looking Regal Even after a ridiculously tumultuous 12 months, Noble is still the best-in-class operator.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2011 Paul Chi	Another Way to Play the Shales This company is benefiting from increased horizontal drilling.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Toby Shute	Getting Paid Not to Drill at Nabors E&P operators are so eager to back out of prior drilling commitments that they're actually paying Nabors Industries for the privilege.
The Motley Fool April 1, 2009 Toby Shute	A Robust Rig Roundup The latest news from all corners of the offshore drilling market.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Netflix, Buffett, and 5 Stocks for Skeptics What are some stocks that can turn bears into bulls? What do pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, energy company Precision Drilling, and Chinese wireless company KhongZhong have in common? These questions and others are discussed in this video.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Brian D. Pacampara	5 More Turnaround Stocks Go ahead, be contrarian -- just make sure you're right. Vaalco Energy... Angiotech Pharmaceuticals... United Retail Group... Universal Truckload Services... etc.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Toby Shute	No Fear From Bronco Drilling The small land driller is showing signs of strength in a difficult market. With a dirt-cheap valuation, a solid fleet full of refurbished rigs, and a re-energized management structure, this driller is ready to buck its downdraft and do well by its shareholders.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2007 Toby Shute	Unit's Still Unique The oil and gas company is back on its feet after last quarter's disappointing outing.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009	2 Stocks Hitting Low Notes These stocks have hit bottom. Are they ready to bounce? Take a look at: Precision Drilling Trust... BB&T Corp...
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Where to, Weatherford? Strong margins and growing international opportunities are a definite draw for investors in this drilling company.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Toby Shute	Hungry Like Grey Wolf Investors salivated at the land driller's better-than-expected results.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2009	3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes These stocks have hit bottom. Are they ready to bounce? Take a look at: The Corporate Executive Board Company... Precision Drilling Trust... Advantage Energy, Inc.me Fund...
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Toby Shute	Dodge These Drillers for Now Not only are their business conditions deteriorating -- the pace of decay is accelerating.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Toby Shute	Stop, You'll Wake the Nabors! Margins deteriorated in the most recent quarter for Nabors Industries, but the international segment doubled its contribution to operating income.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Rich Smith	Precision Castparts Falling Apart? Expectations weren't high heading into Precision Castparts' earnings release, but a win's a win, so let's give credit where it's due: Precision beat those expectations with a stick.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2006 John Reeves	Surprising Five-Star Stocks Are these stocks ripe for the picking? Bodisen Biotech... Precision Drilling Trust... Express Scripts... Guangshen Railway... etc.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 Toby Shute	Precision Drilling's New Direction Though Precision has a commanding market share in Canada, it's not bound to keep its rigs there. The lower 48 is no promised land, but it's still promising. While the firm's rigs head south, it's doubtful its shares will follow suit.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Toby Shute	Foolish Fantasy Football: Team Energy This stock analyst puts together a fantasy football investment team with an energetic squad hailing entirely from the oil and gas sector. His choices are Petrobras, Copano, and Precision Drilling Trust.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2011 Isac Simon	How Valuable Is Precision Drilling? Precision Drilling's assets generate healthy returns when compared with its peers.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2011 Seth Jayson	Check This to Find Out Whether Precision Drilling Will Bomb For the last fully reported fiscal quarter, Precision Drilling's year-over-year revenue grew 52.2%, and its AR grew 64.0%. That's a yellow flag.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Toby Shute	Here Comes the Oil-Services Slump With crude oil down to the low $40s, even the most sought-after rigs may see their going rates ratcheted down before long.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2008 Toby Shute	Don't Pity Patterson In its most recent investor conference call, the company pretty convincingly challenged some misperceptions. In actuality, it's performance is way beyond passable.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Toby Shute	A Puzzling Oil-Patch Pairing Drillers and well servicers keep merging, and it's not an encouraging trend.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2010 David Meier	Is Diamond Offshore Drilling Growing Foolishly? Diamond Offshore Drilling's track record of creating value as it grows makes it well worth considering.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Pioneer Drills Down, Strikes Money In the wake of higher energy prices, the market for drilling has gotten hot. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2008 Christopher Barker	This Week in Commodity Stocks Weekly commodity news: Vale... Freeport-McMoRan... Precision Drilling Trust... XTO Energy...Apache... BHP Billiton...
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 John Reeves	Dividend Stocks That Deliver These seven stocks pay dividends and deliver earnings growth. Alcon... CNOOC... Copano Energy... Corporate Executive Board... Greif... etc.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Grey Wolf Endangered? U.S. land-based drilling may be energy's riskiest subsector. Investors, approach with caution.
National Defense September 2009 Robert H. Williams	Army Tank Rounds Safely Demilitarized The U.S. Army -- following several less than successful efforts -- turned to a precision drilling machine company to demilitarize more than 40,000 obsolete tank cannon shells that date back to the Vietnam era.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Can Grey Wolf Separate Itself From the Pack? These are certainly trying times for investors in the drilling space. Can Grey Wolf navigate the seemingly inevitable flattening of dayrates?