SAN ANTONIO, Texas, January 12, 2009 – Pioneer Drilling Company, Inc. (NYSE Alternext : PDC) today announced that it will participate in the Pritchard Capital Partners Energize 2009 Conference being held in San Francisco on January 13 through 15, 2009.

Wm. Stacy Locke, President and CEO of Pioneer Drilling, will make a presentation at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, January 14. Presentations will not be webcast, but the Company’s presentation materials will be available on the Pioneer Drilling Website at www.pioneerdrlg.com. The presentation provides an update on the Company’s operations and expectations for 2009.

About Pioneer

Pioneer Drilling Company provides land contract drilling services to independent and major oil and gas operators in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, the Rocky Mountain region 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 and Rocky Mountain regions through its Pioneer Production Services Division. Its fleet consists of 70 land drilling rigs that drill at depths of 6,000 and 18,000 feet, 74 workover rigs (sixtynine 550 horsepower rigs, four 600 horsepower rigs and one 400 horsepower rig), 59 wireline units, and fishing and rental tools.