Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisitions of ITS - Supplemental Proforma (Details)

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Acquisitions of ITS - Supplemental Proforma (Details) (USD $)
9 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Apr. 18, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jul. 30, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Debt issuance costs $ 7,600,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts          
Long-term Debt     615,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt 653,781,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Current     (270,952,000)us-gaap_AccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetCurrent (257,889,000)us-gaap_AccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetCurrent    
Assets, Current     (469,779,000)us-gaap_AssetsCurrent (519,283,000)us-gaap_AssetsCurrent    
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross     2,096,998,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 2,007,380,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross    
Deferred income taxes     7,476,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 9,940,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent    
Assets     1,520,659,000us-gaap_Assets 1,534,756,000us-gaap_Assets    
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net, Noncurrent     (52,115,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent (38,767,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent    
Liabilities     (854,445,000)us-gaap_Liabilities (901,614,000)us-gaap_Liabilities    
Noncontrolling interest     3,783,000us-gaap_MinorityInterest 1,446,000us-gaap_MinorityInterest    
Liabilities and Equity     1,520,659,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 1,534,756,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity    
ITS [Member]            
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Acquisition related costs     22,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
     
Debt issuance costs     5,400,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
     
Proceeds from issuance of term note   225,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
       
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Current       (1,859,000)us-gaap_AccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNetCurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Assets, Current       (1,859,000)us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross       3,072,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Deferred income taxes       391,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Assets, Noncurrent       3,463,000us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Assets       1,604,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net, Noncurrent       (60,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Liabilities, Noncurrent       (60,000)us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Liabilities       (60,000)us-gaap_Liabilities
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Noncontrolling interest       1,664,000us-gaap_MinorityInterest
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Liabilities and Equity       1,604,000us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
   
Term Note Due April Twenty Eighteen [Member] | ITS [Member]            
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Debt instrument fixed interest rate     7.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueAprilTwentyEighteenMember
     
Long-term Debt     125,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueAprilTwentyEighteenMember
     
Deferred acquisition costs $ 4,700,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueAprilTwentyEighteenMember
      $ 5,200,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueAprilTwentyEighteenMember
$ 5,600,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueAprilTwentyEighteenMember