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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2005

                                   RPC, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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          Delaware                        1-8726                 58-1550825
(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

                 2170 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324
               (Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (404) 321-2140

      Check the  appropriate  box below if the Form 8-K  filing is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 18,  2005,  registrant  issued a press  release  titled  "RPC,  Inc. to
Present  at the 9th  Annual  Burkenroad  Reports  Investment  Conference,"  that
announced a presentation that RPC was to make on Friday, April 22, 2005 at 10:30
A.M. Eastern time.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits.

      Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated April 18, 2005.


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                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                           RPC, Inc.

Date: April 18, 2005                       /s/ BEN M. PALMER
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                                           Ben M. Palmer
                                           Vice President,
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


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