Mark S. Siegel
Analyst · Joe Hill from Tudor, Pickering
Thanks, Doug. As I hope our shareholders know, we manage this company for the long term, and we have made huge strides in transforming the company. We are proud of the transformation in our equipment fleets, our focus on customer service and our investment in our people. We believe that these investments have transformed our company into a top-tier service provider and resulted in greater demand for our services in the current environment of increasing well complexity. We know that we can still improve and we will continue to take steps to improve in all areas. As I said, we were very pleased with the revenue growth in the quarter and indeed for the year. In fact, for the first 9 months of 2011, our revenues are almost double what they were in the previous year. Although we were disappointed in our costs in this past quarter, we are very cognizant that our earnings increased by more than 270% for the first 9 months of this year. During the last 4 quarters, including our acquisition, our businesses have added 25 new rigs to the Drilling business, approximately 350,000-horsepower to the Pressure Pumping business, and in conjunction with the addition of these assets, 2,000 additional employees. This growth has been managed smoothly with very few hiccups. Before closing, I want to note that the $1.7 billion backlog from term contracts, plus our strong balance sheet, gives me great comfort. The strength of our sector makes me wonder if the current economic concerns are, at least in the case of North American energy market, substantially exaggerated. In closing this morning, I'm pleased to announce today that the company declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.05 per share to be paid on December 30, 2011 to holders of record as of December 15, 2011. And last, but certainly not least, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank the men and women of Patterson-UTI. We know that you work in all kinds of weather conditions, some in daylight, others at night all across America. Please know how much we, the board and management, salute you for making this company one that we can all be proud of. You make this company very strong. Operator, with that, we'll turn it over to questions.