Oct 21 (Reuters) - Precision Drilling Corp PD.TO :
* Precision drilling corporation announces 2016 third quarter financial results
* Q3 loss per share C$0.16
* Q3 earnings per share view C$-0.21 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Revenue this quarter was $202 million or 45% lower than Q3 of 2015
* Precision drilling corp - current expected capital plan for 2016 is $222 million, an increase of $20 million compared to plan announced in July 2016
* Precision drilling corp - revenue this quarter was $202 million or 45% lower than Q3 of 2015, mainly due to decreased activity in all of our operations
* Q3 revenue view C$212.2 million -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Precision drilling - has met customer needs reactivating rigs in several U.S. Basins including Permian, Stack, Scoop, Dj, Marcellus and Bakken
* Q3 revenue view C$212.2 million -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Reactivated 51 rigs since 2016 lows and have hired nearly 1,000 field personnel
* Precision Drilling Corp - in Q3, report seven rig years added to our 2017 contract book, bringing average rigs under contract for next year to 42 Source text for Eikon: ID:nCCNR3wth Further company coverage: PD.TO