SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Drilling Company, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PDC) today announced that it will participate in the Global Hunter Securities Conference, which will be held in San Francisco on July 17-19, 2011.

Wm. Stacy Locke, President and CEO of Pioneer Drilling, is scheduled to make a presentation to the conference at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, July 19.  The presentation will provide an update on the Company's operations and certain recent developments.  To listen to the live audio webcast, view Pioneer Drilling's slideshow and download the presentation materials, visit the Company's website at www.pioneerdrlg.com.  A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the presentation is concluded and will be archived for rebroadcast on the Company's website.

About Pioneer Drilling

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 well service 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, 80 well service rigs (73 550-horsepower rigs, six 600-horsepower rigs and one 400-horsepower rig), 99 wireline units, and fishing and rental tools.

SOURCE Pioneer Drilling Company