Item 2.02.                      Results of Operations and Financial Condition
 
On November 3, 2009, Tesco Corporation issued a press release reporting its results of operations for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009.  A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
 
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information contained in this Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 

Item 9.01.               Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1                      Tesco Corporation Press Release dated November 3, 2009.


 
 
 

SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

     
 
TESCO CORPORATION
     
Date:  November 4, 2009
By:
/s/ James A. Lank
   
James A. Lank,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


 
 
 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
  
Tesco Corporation Press Release dated November 3, 2009.