EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of our report dated February 6, 2004, except for Note 17,
as to which the date is March 5, 2004, and except for Note 2, as to which the
date is August 6, 2004, relating to the consolidated financial statements, which
appears in the Parker Drilling Company Current Report on Form 8-K dated August
13, 2004, and our report dated February 6, 2004, except for Note 17 as to which
the date is March 5, 2004, relating to the financial statement schedule, which
appears in Parker Drilling Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Experts" and "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in such
Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas
November 18, 2004