Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

From time to time, senior management of Pioneer Drilling Company (the "Company") meets with groups of investors and business analysts. The slides attached to this report have been prepared in connection with management's participation in such meetings and participation in the Johnson Rice & Company, L.L.C. Energy Conference on October 7, 2009. The slides provide an update on the Company's operations and expectations for 2009 and are included in Exhibit 99.1 to this report and are incorporated herein by reference. The slides are available on the Company's website at www.pioneerdrlg.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained in Exhibit 99.1 to this report that state the Company's or its management's expectations and assumptions about future events are forward-looking statements intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect those results include, among others, those mentioned in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Slides for Company presentations to be used from time to time.

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