Aug 7 (Reuters) - Trinidad Drilling Ltd TDG.TO :
* TRINIDAD DRILLING REPORTS SECOND QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2018 RESULTS; INCREASED ACTIVITY AND HIGHER DAYRATES DRIVE STRONG IMPROVEMENT
* QTRLY FFO PER SHARE $0.11
* QTRLY LOSS PER SHARE $0.05
* CURRENTLY HAS 42 RIGS OPERATING IN ITS US OPERATIONS AND ANTICIPATES REACHING 45 ACTIVE RIGS BY THE END OF 2018
* QTRLY REVENUE $129.6 MILLION, UP 28.1 PERCENT
* EXPECTS G&A COSTS TO BE APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION IN 2018
* ALL FIGURES IN C$
* Q2 EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW C$-0.10, REVENUE VIEW C$121.0 MILLION -- THOMSON REUTERS I/B/E/S