Exhibit 23






                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



     As independent  public accounts,  we heeby consent to the  incorporation of
our reports  included in this Form 8-K/A into RPC, Inc.'s  previously filed Form
S-8 Registration Statements (Nos. 33-5527, 33-75652 and 333-40223).




                                                /s/  Arthur Andersen LLP
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                                                     Arthur Andersen


Atlanta, Georgia
February 7, 2001




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