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Company's Share-Based Compensation Plans (Detail) | Dec. 31, 2014
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Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Shares Authorized for Grant | 9,100,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = pten_LongTermIncentivePlanTwentyFourteenMember
Shares Underlying Awards Outstanding | 1,242,600 pten_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = pten_LongTermIncentivePlanTwentyFourteenMember
Shares Available for Grant | 6,478,876 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = pten_LongTermIncentivePlanTwentyFourteenMember
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Shares Underlying Awards Outstanding | 6,070,794 pten_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = pten_LongTermIncentivePlanTwoThousandFiveMember
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended ("1997 Plan") |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Shares Underlying Awards Outstanding | 300,000 pten_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = pten_LongTermIncentivePlanNineteenNinetySevenMember

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- Definition The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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