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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950129-08-005302
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081024

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRECISION DRILLING TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001013605
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 - 6TH AVENUE S.W.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4200
		CITY:			CALGARY
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T2P 3Y7
		BUSINESS PHONE:		403-264-0251

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 - 6TH AVENUE S.W.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4200
		CITY:			CALGARY
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T2P 3Y7

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PRECISION DRILLING CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960506
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Precision Drilling Trust</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">October&nbsp;24, 2008
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>BY EDGAR</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
100 F Street, NE<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Attention: Mr.&nbsp;Michael Karney

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Re:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><u>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-4 (No.&nbsp;333-153664)</u></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Precision Drilling Trust (the &#147;Company&#148;), in accordance with Rule&nbsp;461 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby requests that the effectiveness of
the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-4 be accelerated so that it will become
effective at 1:00 p.m., Washington D.C. time, on October 28, 2008, or as soon thereafter as
practicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby acknowledges that:
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    <TD>should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any
action with respect to the filing;</TD>
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    <TD>the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its
full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and</TD>
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    <TD>the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated
by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company respectfully requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone
call to Robert F. Gray, Jr. of Mayer Brown LLP at (713)&nbsp;238-2600 and that such effectiveness also
be confirmed in writing.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Very truly yours,<BR>
<BR>
PRECISION DRILLING TRUST, by its administrator<BR>
Precision Drilling Corporation<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Joanne Alexander
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Joanne Alexander&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President &#038; General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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