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Patterson UTI Energy acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Patterson UTI Energy bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. (NexTier)
Word for word“On September 1, 2023, we completed the NexTier merger.” 10-K for 2023
mergerOn September 1, 2023, we completed the NexTier merger.—
Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P. (Ulterra)
Word for word“On August 14, 2023, we completed the Ulterra acquisition.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOn August 14, 2023, we completed the Ulterra acquisition.—
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.
Word for word“On September 1, 2023, we completed our merger (the “NexTier merger”) with NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. (“NexTier”), a predominately U.S. land-focused oilfield service provider, with a diverse set of well completion and production services across a variety of active basins Each share of common stock of NexTier issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time (including outstanding restricted shares) was converted into the right to receive 0.752 shares of our common stock, which based on the 4 Table of Contents closing price of our common stock of $14.91 on September 1, 2023, valued the transaction at approximately $2.8 billion, including the assumption of debt.” 10-K for 2024
mergerOn September 1, 2023valued the transaction at approximately $2.8 billion, including the assumption of debt
Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P.
Word for word“On August 14, 2023, we completed our acquisition (the “Ulterra acquisition”) of Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P. (“Ulterra”), a global provider of specialized drill bit solutions.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionOn August 14, 2023—
oilfield rentals business
Word for word“Other Other consists of our oilfield rentals business, prior to its divestiture in April 2025, along with the results of our non-operating ownership interest in oil and natural gas assets located in Texas and New Mexico.” 10-K for 2025
divestitureApril 2025—
NexTier
Word for word“For example, in 2023, we significantly expanded our completions business through the NexTier merger, and we added a specialized drill bit solutions business through the Ulterra acquisition.” 10-K for 2025
mergerin 2023—
Ulterra
Word for word“Merger and integration expense decreased due to the timing of the NexTier merger and the Ulterra acquisition, which both closed in the third quarter of 2023.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionthird quarter of 2023—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31−$155,000$0
2017-12-31$502 million$525.2 million
2018-12-31$14.2 million$9.4 million
2019-12-31$13,000—
2020-12-31$0—
2021-12-31$29.4 million—
2022-12-31$0—
2023-12-31$65.2 million$1.37 billion
2024-12-31$0—
2025-12-31$0$0

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Patterson UTI Energy’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-10. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.