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Long-Term Debt - Term Loan (Details)

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Long-Term Debt - Term Loan (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 31, 2014
Dec. 14, 2012
Jan. 22, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt $ 615,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 653,781,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt        
Repayments of long-term debt 425,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt 125,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt      
Term Loan [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Principal payments 2,500,000pkd_PrincipalPayments
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
         
Long-term Debt 30,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MediumTermNotesMember
       
9.125% Senior Notes, due April 2018 (Issued April 25, 2012) [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt 0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_A9.125SeniorNotesdueApril20181Member
428,781,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_A9.125SeniorNotesdueApril20181Member
       
Term Note Due December Twenty Seventeen [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt   0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueDecemberTwentySeventeenMember
  40,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueDecemberTwentySeventeenMember
50,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= pkd_TermNoteDueDecemberTwentySeventeenMember
 
Secured Debt [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Base rate plus   2.00%pkd_LineOfCreditFacilityBasisSpreadOnLenderDefinedOfferedRate
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember
       
LIBOR plus   3.00%pkd_LineOfCreditFacilityBasisSpreadOnBaseRate
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember
       
Revolving loan outstanding       $ 40,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember
  $ 40,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember