Pioneer Drilling Announces Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

SAN ANTONIO, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pioneer Drilling Company (NYSE Amex: PDC) announced today that it intends to release financial and operational results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, on Thursday, August 5, 2010 before the market opens. In conjunction with the upcoming release, Pioneer has scheduled a conference call for August 5 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time).

For those who cannot listen to the live call, a telephone replay will be available through Thursday, August 12, 2010 by calling (303) 590-3030 and using the pass code 4329062#.  A webcast replay will also be archived for one year in the investor relations section of the Company's web site at www.pioneerdrlg.com.  For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at DRG&E at (713) 529-6600 or email [email protected].

About Pioneer Drilling Company

Pioneer Drilling Company provides contract land drilling services to independent and major oil and gas operators in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, the Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions and internationally in Colombia through its Pioneer Drilling Services Division. The Company also provides workover rig, wireline and fishing and rental services to producers in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions through its Pioneer Production Services Division.  Its fleet consists of 71 land drilling rigs that drill at depths ranging from 6,000 to 25,000 feet, 74 workover rigs (69 550-horsepower rigs, four 600-horsepower rigs and one 400-horsepower rig), 75 wireline units, and fishing and rental tools.

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