---
title: "PARKER DRILLING CO /DE/ — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2ff2f478-427b-5f15-bc39-779082ae0d29
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2ff2f478-427b-5f15-bc39-779082ae0d29
identifier: sec:0000076321
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PARKER DRILLING CO /DE/

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000076321`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2ff2f478-427b-5f15-bc39-779082ae0d29  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2ff2f478-427b-5f15-bc39-779082ae0d29  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GIBSON JOHN W JR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/49f389ff-6d86-58f1-9159-12b953bfae7e
- **GATES ROBERT M** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f91d3377-57b3-5ad7-b410-e547be7c722d
- **BRASSFIELD W KIRK** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/32536655-7552-5eb8-b3cc-56de814d5570
- **PLANK ROGER B** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f494277d-cbb3-599d-947d-c693d5a7aaa7
- **DONNELLY GEORGE J** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/026e614f-545a-5fb7-b19d-f578c4e21843
- **PARKER ROBERT L JR** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27a780da-5026-54d3-b638-be824e6eaac8
- **GOLDMAN ROBERT W** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fcbcd759-cc10-58cf-acb2-56e0f2ea2059
- **CULLOM LYNN G** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b7872fd-cc5f-5626-9a6f-62fe3a6b94b5
- **WHALEN JAMES W** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ff2df01-d681-5cbb-9e6e-b75530d094e4
- **POTTER RONALD C** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5b489805-4512-500e-9e8e-5976f71ee020
- **GRAHAM DENIS J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58068e69-f115-5b5a-beed-601b33a8165a
- **REINFRANK RUDOLPH R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5af1dcc3-4954-531c-b480-64daa766f66b
- **MCKEE ROBERT E III** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0b16d8f-df98-51af-84cf-e884e89b9c68
- **PARKER ROBERT L** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dbbe75ad-f6dd-5553-96ba-553e30edf3c1
- **PARKER ROBERT L JR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/27a780da-5026-54d3-b638-be824e6eaac8
- **PARKER ROBERT L** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dbbe75ad-f6dd-5553-96ba-553e30edf3c1
- **WHALEN JAMES W** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ff2df01-d681-5cbb-9e6e-b75530d094e4
- **ESSLEMONT ALEXANDER** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f66ffa5f-c887-57dc-9673-57e16c0232ec
- **ESSLEMONT ALEXANDER** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f66ffa5f-c887-57dc-9673-57e16c0232ec
- **HICKS GEORGE G** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b58c2b3f-d40e-5fb5-a705-035a7ca1ffc1
- **VARDE INVESTMENT PARTNERS LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/567af21a-8a37-5abd-8544-e52539a2b45c
- **Varde Investment Partners (Offshore) Master, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d4b0665-ff35-5361-9079-7fd78a4970a4
- **VARDE CREDIT PARTNERS G.P., L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6db8305-4631-545c-be74-c7562e246030
- **SUMRULD MICHAEL W** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90dc5b2f-f6c0-59b7-b0e8-196d569e4c91
- **CARSTAIRS ILFRYN** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cd048d90-8d64-5b7c-9ca2-4f6a97dbd736
- **Simons Jennifer Fremont** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/62cbfd43-a260-5593-b7cb-c54ff93b638b
- **VARDE INVESTMENT PARTNERS G.P., L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9d2979ed-d639-5a93-83ae-333225ac7fd9
- **DUPLANTIER JON-AL** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/283480bd-382a-56ef-a20c-80f5dde47723
- **HIGHBRIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bdac6d01-58dd-53a3-a60c-9b6c04485d72
- **COLLINS BRYAN RAY** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8632ccd2-d380-5982-a815-755f0ba64d71
- **Varde Credit Partners Master, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58b42c24-3c63-55a8-af77-1e82775c2e49
- **VARDE PARTNERS INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/26c977e0-7262-576f-8252-46aad028b827
- **VARDE PARTNERS LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e6ba800-c730-50df-8b9b-1c5ec905a85a
- **RICH GARY G** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54ba2dc9-87aa-5364-b0e8-62ea2feff4f9
- **MCMAHAN BARRY L** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c8adfa99-752f-56df-b560-cb9487ecd953
- **RICH GARY G** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/54ba2dc9-87aa-5364-b0e8-62ea2feff4f9
- **BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GP, LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c278df7d-8eec-5fb9-a28a-148d82fef206
- **SELIM AMR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/732ce3b7-c78c-5ab4-b897-a3545bd3d1d0
- **DAVIS EUGENE I** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0d3900f-88b2-57f0-ac1f-620b1113fcf5
- **BARTELS PATRICK J JR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b1ace89f-0fd2-5bf1-8f25-1067d73e2f46
- **Wells Louis Spencer** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a974ed93-dd6a-52ea-8905-ae6af0679d53
- **MORGAN DONALD E III** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bf7fb631-a1c2-511b-b74f-b8a3651519a8
- **FAUST MICHAEL** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/782f1073-f5ba-5c49-9606-9017bc653f16
- **DOCKRAY NATHANIEL C** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2ac82628-a067-524c-9090-a285a80c9ead
- **BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1f92e5f5-4d22-5e74-9b42-5b3d65925d93
- **WHITEBOX GENERAL PARTNER LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ca3953aa-a868-56b6-a4e5-c084f04765d4
- **VARDE SKYWAY FUND G.P., L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/893a7c57-9072-5c5c-9c5c-525289aa8be2
- **WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6334c600-b410-5c23-892c-f6cbb731d010
- **Varde Skyway Master Fund, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6744f6b9-daaa-5a9a-af20-bec994c36438
- **PATERSON RICHARD D** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c45a456-2575-56b7-a18c-dce9843ef21b
- **CLARKSON JONATHAN M** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0408d7b-d3e2-541e-b533-8d2c89710b4c
- **Saba Capital Management, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d23b585c-b5e6-5f4f-af57-156e0debd557
- **FONTANA PETER THOMAS** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3fdc88c1-bb6c-5df5-9854-812def05d789
- **KING GARY R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/633a83a6-002e-580a-932d-cf3ae5579e7a
- **Weinstein Boaz** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/162053a8-3cf5-530b-9e39-f58f05fa9f07
- **Weber Christopher T** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bcfded89-548a-5e53-8bcd-c5fe68607bcd
- **NAGY LESLIE K** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c12d1be4-8006-5c11-a5c4-1490219466e8
- **AGNEW PHILIP L.** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f77c196-2079-5271-92ec-74679e5c33a2
- **FARMER DAVID R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/658e22d4-d6ef-56e7-8f54-0aaafe482dbf
- **Wallace Peter C** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bce38df3-1bd3-5190-b7f8-7b7c4272d0dd
- **SCHLOM PHILIP A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c0727d2f-eda1-595c-8c26-709ecee35994
- **HARE DON** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b95f27a9-501c-5e4a-8981-de93ec9d8a87
- **MANNON DAVID C** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ee36aa5-8a78-5102-9859-202d48ba32f0
- **MANNON DAVID C** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ee36aa5-8a78-5102-9859-202d48ba32f0
- **MANNON DAVID C** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ee36aa5-8a78-5102-9859-202d48ba32f0
- **HUSBAND FRANK J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ddd9a41-7149-5a6d-b8a8-2dd18b2db00d
- **DRENNON MICHAEL D** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b87153be-54c5-506a-a81c-2853b1cf7601

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **67-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PARKER DRILLING CO /DE/**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2ff2f478-427b-5f15-bc39-779082ae0d29 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/2ff2f478-427b-5f15-bc39-779082ae0d29._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._