secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC (PTEN)
CIK:        0000889900
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000889900-25-000060
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Patterson-UTI promotes James M. Holcomb to COO effective August 8, 2025
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- James M. Holcomb, formerly EVP and Chief Business Officer, named Chief Operating Officer effective August 8, 2025.
- Holcomb has over 35 years of contract drilling experience and has been with Patterson-UTI since 1998.
- He previously served as COO from January to September 2023 and as President of Patterson-UTI Drilling Company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/000088990025000060/0000889900-25-000060-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/000088990025000060/pten-20250804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000889900-25-000060

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