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Acquisitions of ITS - Fair Value of Consideration Transferred (Details)

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Acquisitions of ITS - Fair Value of Consideration Transferred (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Apr. 22, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business Acquisition, Escrow Funds Released to Seller $ 2,000,000pkd_BusinessAcquisitionEscrowFundsReleasedtoSeller  
Business Combination, Amount Remaining in Escrow 3,000,000pkd_BusinessCombinationAmountRemaininginEscrow  
ITS [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Cash paid to, or on behalf of, ITS and its equity holders   101,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
Cash deposited in escrow   19,000,000pkd_BusinessAcquisitionCostofAcquiredEntityEscrowCash
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
Fair value of contingent consideration deposited in escrow for assets not acquired   5,000,000pkd_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEscrowCashPaidforAssetsNotAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
Total fair value of the consideration transferred   125,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | ITS [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure $ 0us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= pkd_ITSMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember