8-K

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


                                    FORM 8-K


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

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 5, 2003


                           Commission File No. 1-8726


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

      Delaware                                        58-1550825
(State or other jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)

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

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



Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

On December 5, 2003, registrant issued a press release titled "Dr. David Tannich
Named New President of Well Control  School," that announces the  appointment of
Dr. David Tannich to the position of President of Well Control School.


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits.

          Exhibit 99 - Press release dated December 5, 2003.



                                   SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                          RPC, Inc.

Date: December 5, 2003                    /s/ BEN M. PALMER
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Ben M. Palmer
                                          Vice President,
                                          Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-99

                                                                      Exhibit 99

          Dr. David Tannich Named New President of Well Control School

    HARVEY, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2003--Well Control School
(WCS) announced today the appointment of Dr. David Tannich to the
position of President of Well Control School. Dr. Tannich is a native
Houstonian and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where
he earned a Ph.D. in Physics. WCS is an operating division of Cudd
Pressure Control, Inc., which is a subsidiary of RPC, Inc. (NYSE:
RES).
    Dr. Tannich began his career with Exxon Production Research
Company (EPR) in 1969 and spent the better part of twenty years
directly involved in well control work - as an active researcher, as
Group Leader of Exxon's well-control research program, and as
coordinator of and instructor in Exxon's international well-control
training program.
    While at EPR, he conceived and developed numerous special-purpose
well-control simulation programs, including the industry's first
two-phase transient-flow well-control model.
    Dr. Tannich was then assigned for five years to Exxon Company
International's Headquarters Drilling Technology group. Next he was
transferred to Exxon's Russian affiliate, Exxon Ventures (CIS), Inc.
as a Drilling Advisor. Dr. Tannich was then reassigned to EPR and
immediately placed on a temporary loan assignment with Exxon
Exploration Kuwait, Inc. for two years.
    Dr. Tannich retired from Exxon at the end of September 1998 after
nearly thirty years. He joined Cudd Pressure Control, Inc. in October
of the same year as a Deepwater Well Control Technology Manager. In
July 1999, Dr. Tannich was named Vice President - Engineering at Cudd
Well Control.
    He is Chairman of API Subcommittee 16 for Drilling Well Control
Systems, and he is also Chairman of SC16's Task Group for
Drill-Through Equipment.
    Dr. Tannich is also the Convenor (Chairman) of ISO TC67/SC4/WG2
for Drilling Well Control Systems, which is responsible for writing
international well-control equipment standards.
    Jim Caillouet, President of RPC Support Services made the formal
announcement on Monday after asking employees to, "join me in
congratulating and supporting Dr. David Tannich in his new position.
With the scope of Dr. Tannich's experience and his ability to
understand the future of well control training, we see him as a true
asset to the overall future success of Well Control School."
    WELL CONTROL SCHOOL, based in Harvey, Louisiana, is a leading
provider of training and certification services to the worldwide oil
industry. These training services include a full line of high-end
interactive training products and conventional instructor led
classroom training using full color training materials and hands-on
simulation exercises.
    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 oil and gas services operating business
units include Cudd Pressure Control, Patterson Services, and Bronco
Oilfield Services. RPC's investor Web site can be found on the
Internet at www.rpc.net.

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    CONTACT: Well Control School
             Dennise Sauvage, 504/361-8282
             or
             RPC, Inc.
             Ben Palmer, 404/321-2140