Precision Drilling Corporation
800, 525 – 8th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1G1
May 1, 2017
BY EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Precision Drilling Corporation
Registration Statement on Form F-10/F-4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Precision Drilling Corporation (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors” and the Guarantors, together with the Company, the“Co-Registrants”) have filed a registration statement on Form F-10/F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) for the proposed registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) of US$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Exchange Notes”) to be offered in exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) for the Company’s outstanding 7.750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Existing Notes”). TheCo-Registrants are registering the Exchange Notes in reliance upon the position enunciated by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) inExxon CapitalHoldings Corporation, SEC No-Action Letter (April 13, 1988), and inMorgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, SEC No-Action Letter (June 5, 1991).
Each of theCo-Registrants represent that neither it nor any of its affiliates have entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and, to the best of suchCo- Registrant’s information and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer will be acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and will have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer. In this regard, theCo-Registrants will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise) that if such person has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired in the Exchange Offer, such person (i) could not rely on the Staff position enunciated in the aforementioned no action letters and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction and be identified as an underwriter in the prospectus. The Co-Registrants acknowledge that such a resale transaction by such person participating in the Exchange Offer pursuant to such arrangement or understanding for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.
Each of theCo-Registrants represents that, to the best of such Co-Registrant’s information and belief, no holder or beneficial owner of the outstanding Existing Notes is an affiliate of the suchCo-Registrant.
TheCo-Registrants will also make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise) that it is the position of the Staff that anybroker-dealer that holds the Existing Notes for its own account acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and that receives the Exchange Notes in exchange for the Existing Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, may be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes and must confirm that it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with theCo-Registrants or any of their affiliates to deliver the Exchange Notes. Each suchbroker- dealer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.
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Very truly yours, |
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Precision Drilling Corporation |
By: | | /s/ Kevin A. Neveu |
Name: | | Kevin A. Neveu |
Title: | | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Precision Completion & Production Services Ltd. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Diversified Oilfield Services Corp. |
By: | | /s/ Ross Pickering |
Name: | | Ross Pickering |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Diversified Oilfield Services Corp., as General Partner, for and on Behalf of Precision Limited Partnership. |
By: | | /s/ Ross Pickering |
Name: | | Ross Pickering |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Diversified Oilfield Services Corp., as General Partner, for and on Behalf of Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership |
By: | | /s/ Ross Pickering |
Name: | | Ross Pickering |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Employment Services Corp. |
By: | | /s/ Ross Pickering |
Name: | | Ross Pickering |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Drilling, Inc. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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DI Energy, Inc. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Grey Wolf International, Inc. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Grey Wolf International Drilling Corporation |
By: | | /s/ Ross Pickering |
Name: | | Ross Pickering |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Drilling Holdings Company |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Drilling LLC |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Drilling Holdings Company, as General Partner, for and on Behalf of Precision Drilling Company, LP |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Murco Drilling Corporation |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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DI/Perfensa Inc. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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PD Supply Inc. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Drilling (US) Corporation |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Directional Services, Inc. |
By: | | /s/ Grant M. Hunter |
Name: | | Grant M. Hunter |
Title: | | President |
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Precision Directional Services Ltd. |
By: | | /s/ Ross Pickering |
Name: | | Ross Pickering |
Title: | | President |
Amma Anaman
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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