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): April 19, 2004

                           Commission File No. 1-8726

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

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

        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 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 19,  2004,  registrant  issued a press  release  titled  "RPC,  Inc. To
Announce  First  Quarter 2004  Results and Host a  Conference  Call on April 28,
2004. - Quarterly Results to Exceed Analyst  Estimates," that announces the date
that RPC, Inc.  will release its first  quarter 2004 results.  This release also
provides  information  for the conference  call that will discuss these results,
and discloses that RPC, Inc. expects first quarter diluted earnings per share to
exceed the published analyst estimates for the first quarter of $0.11.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

      (c)   Exhibits.

            Exhibit 99 - Press release dated April 19, 2004.

                                   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: April 20, 2004                                     /s/ BEN M. PALMER
                                                         -----------------------
                                                         Ben M. Palmer
                                                         Vice President,
                                                         Chief Financial Officer
                                                         and Treasurer