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FORT WORTH, Texas, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A Cleburne, Texas family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit arising out of an 18-wheel truck crash against Pioneer Drilling Co. (Amex: PDC), PDC MGMT Co., Pioneer Drilling Services, Ltd. and Daniel Armstrong.

By Vicki Vaughan, San Antonio Express-News Aug. 4--San Antonio-based Pioneer Drilling Co. said Thursday that it's launching an international expansion because the market for its contract-drilling services has softened in the United States.

By Toal, Brian A Once small, regional land drillers. Union Drilling Inc. and Pioneer Drilling Co. have grown their fleets, footprints and fortunes. After the 1979-81 oil boom went bust, a lot of U.S. kind drillers slacked their iron and headed for bankruptcy hearings.

By Vicki Vaughan, San Antonio Express-News Feb. 17--Although San Antonio is most often described as a city built on tourism, the military and health care, Valero Energy Corp. founder Bill Greehey said Friday he could make a case that the oil and gas industry is just as important.