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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM 8-K  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=3><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>April&nbsp;3, 2003  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Commission File No.&nbsp;1-8726  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>RPC,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>58-1550825<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification&nbsp;Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2170 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(404)&nbsp;321-2140<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's telephone number, including area code </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On April&nbsp;3, 2003, registrant issued a press release entitled "RPC,&nbsp;Inc. Acquires Bronco Oilfield Services," that announces the acquisition of the
assets of Bronco Oilfield Services&nbsp;Inc., a privately-held company, based in Corpus Christi, Texas, specializing in surface pressure control services and equipment. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Exhibit&nbsp;20&#151;Press
release dated April&nbsp;3, 2003. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
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Date: April&nbsp;8, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="53%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/ BEN M. PALMER</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ben M. Palmer<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>[RPC LOGO]  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> RPC,&nbsp;INC. ACQUIRES BRONCO OILFIELD SERVICES  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>ATLANTA,
April&nbsp;3, 2003&#151;RPC Incorporated (NYSE: RES) announced today it acquired the assets of Bronco Oilfield Services,&nbsp;Inc., a privately-held company, based in
Corpus Christi, Texas, specializing in surface pressure control services and equipment. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Bronco
is an experienced and well-recognized provider of rental tool items including hydraulic chokes, manifolds, valves, and flow iron. The Company, with over 3,000 rental tool items,
recently added fluid pumping and production testing services to its services mix. Bronco's operations represent a geographic expansion of the services currently provided by Sooner
Testing,&nbsp;Inc., located in Elk City, OK, which RPC acquired in February&nbsp;2001. RPC is retaining Bronco's employees, including the services of founders Rick and Cathy Prudhomme. Bronco's
assets were acquired for a combination of cash, RPC common stock and seller-financed debt. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>"We
are pleased to add Bronco's experienced personnel and equipment to our surface pressure control business," stated Richard A. Hubbell, RPC's President and Chief Operating Officer. "For nearly
twenty years, Bronco has provided high quality services to a wide variety of customers. We believe this acquisition is another positive step in RPC's desire to provide its customers a full complement
of outstanding services in a variety of geographic markets." </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>RPC
provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oilfield companies engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil and gas
properties throughout the United States, including the Gulf of Mexico, mid-continent, southwest and Rocky Mountain regions, and in selected international markets. RPC's investor website
can be found at www.rpc.net. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Certain
statements and information included in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-
looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of RPC to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, among other things, the current and future prices of oil and natural gas, the
volatility of the oil and gas industry, customer capital expenditures, and changes in the competitive environment. Additional discussion of factors that could cause the Company's actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in the Company's filings, made periodically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>

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Chief Financial Officer<BR>
404.321.2140</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=2>JIM LANDERS<BR>
Corporate Finance<BR>
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