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RPC Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 7/29/22, at 12:45pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1558370-22-11360   ·   File #:  1-08726

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 7/29/22  RPC Inc.                          10-Q        6/30/22   70:6.5M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.54M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
10: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     72K 
11: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    146K 
12: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
13: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     82K 
14: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
                (Loss)                                                           
15: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     81K 
16: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    113K 
17: R8          General                                             HTML     23K 
18: R9          Recent Accounting Standards                         HTML     35K 
19: R10         Revenues                                            HTML     36K 
20: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     54K 
21: R12         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     50K 
22: R13         Business Segment Information                        HTML    201K 
23: R14         Current Expected Credit Losses                      HTML     37K 
24: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     32K 
25: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     23K 
26: R17         Pension and Retirement Plans Liabilities            HTML     52K 
27: R18         Notes Payable to Banks                              HTML     45K 
28: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
29: R20         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML    126K 
30: R21         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     76K 
31: R22         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     23K 
32: R23         Recent Accounting Standards (Policies)              HTML     28K 
33: R24         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML     26K 
34: R25         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     53K 
35: R26         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     49K 
36: R27         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    198K 
37: R28         Current Expected Credit Losses (Tables)             HTML     33K 
38: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
39: R30         Pension and Retirement Plans Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     43K 
40: R31         Notes Payable to Banks (Tables)                     HTML     41K 
41: R32         Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)                     HTML     98K 
42: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R34         General - (Details)                                 HTML     22K 
44: R35         REVENUES - Payment Terms (Details)                  HTML     21K 
45: R36         REVENUES - Contract balances (Details)              HTML     23K 
46: R37         Earnings Per Share - (Details)                      HTML     49K 
47: R38         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     26K 
48: R39         Stock-Based Compensation - Compensation expense     HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R40         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Non-vested RSU's         HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R41         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Other Information        HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R42         Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML     46K 
52: R43         Business Segment Information - Geographic           HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R44         BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION - Segment (Details)    HTML     71K 
54: R45         Current Expected Credit Losses (Details)            HTML     29K 
55: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     25K 
56: R47         PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLANS LIABILITIES -          HTML     43K 
                Components of net periodic benefit cost (Details)                
57: R48         Pension and Retirement Plans Liabilities - Serp     HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R49         NOTES PAYABLE TO BANKS - Interest incurred          HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R50         NOTES PAYABLE TO BANKS - Credit Facility (Details)  HTML     76K 
60: R51         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     21K 
61: R52         FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES - Financial instruments      HTML     27K 
                measured at fair value on recurring basis                        
                (Details)                                                        
62: R53         Fair Value Disclosures (Details)                    HTML     22K 
63: R54         Fair Value Disclosures - Financial instruments      HTML     26K 
                measured at fair value on non-recurring basis                    
                (Details)                                                        
64: R55         Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income       HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R56         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     22K 
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    123K 
66: XML         XBRL Instance -- res-20220630x10q_htm                XML   1.79M 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    102K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- res-20220630_lab                      XML    732K 
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 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- res-20220630                          XSD    111K 
69: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              332±   476K 
70: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001558370-22-011360-xbrl      Zip    247K

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