Basic Energy Services, Inc.
500 W. Illinois, Suite 100
Midland, Texas 79701

January 27, 2009

VIA EDGAR AND VIA FACSIMILE (202) 772-9368

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Ms. Laura Nicholson

Re:	Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-154760) of
	Basic Energy Services, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On behalf of Basic Energy Services, Inc. (the “Company”), and pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 be accelerated to 10:00 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Thursday, January 29, 2009, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Company hereby acknowledges that:

• 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;

• 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

• the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

This request has also been transmitted via EDGAR.

Very truly yours,
Basic Energy Services, Inc.
By:	/s/ Alan Krenek Alan Krenek
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
	Officer, Treasurer and Secretary