AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 28, 2002

                         REGISTRATION NO. 333-__________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                                             75-2756163
(State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                777 West Rosedale Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104
                                 (817) 665-5000
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                     Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                                  Glenn Darden
                777 West Rosedale Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104
                                 (817) 665-5000
                 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                                Dean A. Tetirick
                             Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P.
         2100 Burnett Plaza, 801 Cherry Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                                 (817) 877-2883
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                      Proposed               Proposed
       Title of                 Amount                 maximum                maximum               Amount of
   securities to be              to be             offering price            aggregate            registration
     registered(1)           registered(1)          per share(1)         offering price(1)           fee(1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


<S>                               <C>                    <C>                    <C>                   <C>
Plan interests                    N/A                    N/A                    N/A                   $1.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.




<PAGE>

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     This registration  statement incorporates herein by reference the following
documents which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (or
are being filed  concurrently  herewith)  by  Quicksilver  Resources  Inc.  (the
"Company") or the Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan"):

     (a)  The Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December
          31, 2001 (including information specifically incorporated by reference
          into such Form 10-K from the Company's  definitive Proxy Statement for
          its 2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders);

     (b)  The  Plan's  Annual  Report on Form  11-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
          December 31, 2001;

     (c)  The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
          March 31, 2002;

     (d)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2002; and

     (e)  The  description  of the Company's  common stock and  preferred  stock
          contained in its Form 8-A filed October 11, 2001.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  into this
registration  statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Not  applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The Company is incorporated in Delaware.  Under Section 145 of the Delaware
General  Corporation  Law (the "DGCL"),  a Delaware  corporation  has the power,
under specified circumstances,  to indemnify its directors,  officers, employees
and agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings brought against them
by a third party or in the right of the corporation,  by reason of the fact that
they were or are such directors, officers, employees or agents, against expenses
and liabilities incurred in any such action, suit or proceedings so long as they
acted in good faith and in a manner that they  reasonably  believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of such corporation,  and with respect to any
criminal  action if they had no  reasonable  cause to believe  their conduct was
unlawful. With respect to suits by or in the right of such corporation, however,
indemnification  is generally  limited to attorneys' fees and other expenses and
is not  available  if such person is  adjudged to be liable to such  corporation
unless the court  determines that  indemnification  is  appropriate.  A Delaware
corporation  also has the power to  purchase  and  maintain  insurance  for such
persons.  The Company's restated  certificate of incorporation and bylaws permit
indemnification  of directors  and officers to the fullest  extent  permitted by
Section 145 of the DGCL. Reference is made to the Company's restated certificate
of incorporation and bylaws.


                                       1
<PAGE>


     Additionally,  the Company has acquired directors and officers insurance in
the amount of  $8,000,000,  which  includes  coverage  for  liability  under the
federal securities laws.

     Section  102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation
may contain a provision  eliminating  or limiting  the  personal  liability of a
director to the corporation or its  stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary  duty as a director  provided that such provision may not eliminate
or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the  director's  duty
of loyalty to the  corporation or its  stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law,  (iii)  under  Section  174  (relating  to  liability  for  unauthorized
acquisitions  or redemptions  of, or dividends on, capital stock) of the DGCL or
(iv) for any transaction  from which the director  derived an improper  personal
benefit.  The Company's  restated  certificate of incorporation  contains such a
provision.

     The  above   discussion   of  the   Company's   restated   certificate   of
incorporation, bylaws and Sections 102(b)(7) and 145 of the DGCL is not intended
to be exhaustive  and is qualified in its entirety by such restated  certificate
of incorporation, bylaws and statutes.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
and Description
---------------

(4)  Instruments defining the rights of security
     holders, including indentures

     4.1      Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan

     4.1      Defined Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust Agreement
              Basic Plan Document #01

     4.1      EGTRAA Amendment to the Daily Acess.com, Inc.
              Standardized and Non Standardized
              Prototype Plans

(5)  Opinion re legality

     The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes
     that it will submit or has submitted  the Plan
     and any  amendments  thereto  to the  Internal  Revenue
     Service  ("IRS") in a timely  manner and has made
     or will make all  changes required by the IRS
     in order to qualify the Plan

(15) Letter re unaudited interim financial information

     15.1     Awareness letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(23) Consents of experts and counsel

     23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(24) Power of attorney (included on page 5 of the
     Registration Statement)

(99) Additional exhibits*

*Not applicable.



                                       2
<PAGE>



Item 9.   Undertakings.

     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i)  To include any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
                    after the effective date of this registration  statement (or
                    the most recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,
                    individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent a fundamental
                    change in the  information  set  forth in this  registration
                    statement.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  any increase or
                    decrease in the volume of  securities  offered (if the total
                    dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not exceed that
                    which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
                    end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
                    in a form  of  prospectus  filed  with  the  Securities  and
                    Exchange  Commission  pursuant  to Rule  424(b)  if,  in the
                    aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
                    than a 20% change in the maximum  aggregate  offering  price
                    set forth in the "Calculation of Registration  Fee" table in
                    the effective registration statement; and

               (iii)To include  any  material  information  with  respect to the
                    plan  of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  this
                    registration  statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
                    information in this registration statement;

          provided,  however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i) and
          (ii) above do not apply if the information  required to be included in
          a  post-effective  amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic
          reports  filed  with  or  furnished  to the  Securities  and  Exchange
          Commission by the  registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
          of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that  are  incorporated  by
          reference in this registration statement.

          (2)  That,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
               Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective  amendment shall
               be  deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the
               securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
               thereof.

          (3)  To  remove  from   registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
               amendment any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

     (b)  The registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
          liability  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933,  each  filing  of the
          registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
          of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where  applicable,  each
          filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
          15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
          reference in this  registration  statement shall be deemed to be a new
          registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
          the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
          initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c)  Insofar  as   indemnification   for  liabilities   arising  under  the
          Securities  Act of 1933 may be  permitted to  directors,  officers and
          controlling  persons of the registrant  pursuant to the provisions set
          forth in Item 15, or otherwise,  the  registrant has been advised that
          in  the  opinion  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such
          indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and
          is,  therefore,   unenforceable.   In  the  event  that  a  claim  for
          indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the payment by a
          registrant  of expenses  incurred  or paid by a  director,  officer or
          controlling  person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
          action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or
          controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
          the registrant  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has  been  settled  by  controlling  precedent,  submit  to a court of
          appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the Act and  will be
          governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                       3
<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  the registrant  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth, County of Tarrant,  State of Texas,
on June 28, 2002.

                                        QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.


                                         /s/ Glenn Darden
                                        ----------------------------
                                        By: Glenn Darden
                                            President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer





                                       4
<PAGE>

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     Each  individual  whose  signature  appears  below  hereby  designates  and
appoints Glenn Darden and Bill Lamkin, and each of them, any one of whom may act
without  the  joinder  of  the  other,   as  such   person's   true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agents  (the  "Attorneys-in-Fact")  with  full  power  of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for such person and in such  person's  name,
place  and  stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign any and all  amendments
(including  post-effective  amendments) to this  registration  statement,  which
amendments  may  make  such  changes  in  this  registration  statement  as  any
Attorney-in-Fact  deems appropriate,  and any registration statement relating to
the same offering filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and requests to accelerate the  effectiveness of such  registration  statements,
and to file each such amendment with all exhibits thereto,  and all documents in
connection  therewith,  with the SEC, granting unto such  Attorneys-in-Fact  and
each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,  as fully to
all intents and  purposes  as such  person  might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such  Attorneys-in-Fact  or either of them, or
their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  registration  statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
their capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE                         TITLE                       DATE
---------------------------       ---------------------       -------------


/s/ Thomas F. Darden
---------------------------       Chairman of the Board       June 28, 2002
Thomas F. Darden                  and Director


/s/ Glenn Darden
---------------------------       President, Chief Executive  June 28, 2002
Glenn Darden                      Officer and Director


/s/ Bill Lamkin
---------------------------       Executive Vice President,   June 28, 2002
Bill Lamkin                       Chief Financial Officer
                                  and Secretary


/s/ D. Wayne Blair
---------------------------       Vice President and          June 28, 2002
D. Wayne Blair                    Controller



/s/ D. Randall Kent
---------------------------       Director                    June 28, 2002
D. Randall Kent


/s/ Anne Darden Self
--------------------------        Director                    June 28, 2002
Anne Darden Self


/s/ James A. Hughes
--------------------------        Director                    June 28, 2002
James A. Hughes



                                       5
<PAGE>



     The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer  the employee  benefit plan) have duly
caused  this  registration   statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth,  State of
Texas, on June 28, 2002.

                                  QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.
                                  401(K) PLAN


                                  By:  /s/ Anne Darden Self
                                      ----------------------------
                                      Anne Darden Self, Trustee




                                       6
<PAGE>


Exhibit Number
and Description
---------------

(4)  Instruments defining the rights of security
     holders, including indentures

     4.1      Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan

     4.1      Defined Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust Agreement
              Basic Plan Document #01

     4.1      EGTRAA Amendment to the Daily Acess.com, Inc.
              Standardized and Non Standardized
              Prototype Plans

(5)  Opinion re legality

     The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes
     that it will submit or has submitted  the Plan
     and any  amendments  thereto  to the  Internal  Revenue
     Service  ("IRS") in a timely  manner and has made
     or will make all  changes required by the IRS
     in order to qualify the Plan

(15) Letter re unaudited interim financial information

     15.1     Awareness letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(23) Consents of experts and counsel

     23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(24) Power of attorney (included on page 5 of the
     Registration Statement)

(99) Additional exhibits*

*Not applicable.



                                       7
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 28, 2002

                         REGISTRATION NO. 333-__________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                                             75-2756163
(State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                777 West Rosedale Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104
                                 (817) 665-5000
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                     Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                                  Glenn Darden
                777 West Rosedale Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104
                                 (817) 665-5000
                 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                                Dean A. Tetirick
                             Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P.
         2100 Burnett Plaza, 801 Cherry Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                                 (817) 877-2883
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                      Proposed               Proposed
       Title of                 Amount                 maximum                maximum               Amount of
   securities to be              to be             offering price            aggregate            registration
     registered(1)           registered(1)          per share(1)         offering price(1)           fee(1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plan interests                    N/A                    N/A                    N/A                   $1.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
     statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
     pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     This registration  statement incorporates herein by reference the following
documents which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (or
are being filed  concurrently  herewith)  by  Quicksilver  Resources  Inc.  (the
"Company") or the Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan"):

     (a)  The Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December
          31, 2001 (including information specifically incorporated by reference
          into such Form 10-K from the Company's  definitive Proxy Statement for
          its 2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders);

     (b)  The  Plan's  Annual  Report on Form  11-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
          December 31, 2001;

     (c)  The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
          March 31, 2002;

     (d)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2002; and

     (e)  The  description  of the Company's  common stock and  preferred  stock
          contained in its Form 8-A filed October 11, 2001.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  into this
registration  statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Not  applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The Company is incorporated in Delaware.  Under Section 145 of the Delaware
General  Corporation  Law (the "DGCL"),  a Delaware  corporation  has the power,
under specified circumstances,  to indemnify its directors,  officers, employees
and agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings brought against them
by a third party or in the right of the corporation,  by reason of the fact that
they were or are such directors, officers, employees or agents, against expenses
and liabilities incurred in any such action, suit or proceedings so long as they
acted in good faith and in a manner that they  reasonably  believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of such corporation,  and with respect to any
criminal  action if they had no  reasonable  cause to believe  their conduct was
unlawful. With respect to suits by or in the right of such corporation, however,
indemnification  is generally  limited to attorneys' fees and other expenses and
is not  available  if such person is  adjudged to be liable to such  corporation
unless the court  determines that  indemnification  is  appropriate.  A Delaware
corporation  also has the power to  purchase  and  maintain  insurance  for such
persons.  The Company's restated  certificate of incorporation and bylaws permit
indemnification  of directors  and officers to the fullest  extent  permitted by
Section 145 of the DGCL. Reference is made to the Company's restated certificate
of incorporation and bylaws.

                                       1
Additionally,  the Company has acquired directors and officers insurance in
the amount of  $8,000,000,  which  includes  coverage  for  liability  under the
federal securities laws.

     Section  102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation
may contain a provision  eliminating  or limiting  the  personal  liability of a
director to the corporation or its  stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary  duty as a director  provided that such provision may not eliminate
or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the  director's  duty
of loyalty to the  corporation or its  stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law,  (iii)  under  Section  174  (relating  to  liability  for  unauthorized
acquisitions  or redemptions  of, or dividends on, capital stock) of the DGCL or
(iv) for any transaction  from which the director  derived an improper  personal
benefit.  The Company's  restated  certificate of incorporation  contains such a
provision.

     The  above   discussion   of  the   Company's   restated   certificate   of
incorporation, bylaws and Sections 102(b)(7) and 145 of the DGCL is not intended
to be exhaustive  and is qualified in its entirety by such restated  certificate
of incorporation, bylaws and statutes.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
and Description
---------------

(4)  Instruments defining the rights of security
     holders, including indentures

     4.1      Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan

     4.1      Defined Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust Agreement
              Basic Plan Document #01

     4.1      EGTRAA Amendment to the Daily Acess.com, Inc.
              Standardized and Non Standardized
              Prototype Plans

(5)  Opinion re legality

     The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes
     that it will submit or has submitted  the Plan
     and any  amendments  thereto  to the  Internal  Revenue
     Service  ("IRS") in a timely  manner and has made
     or will make all  changes required by the IRS
     in order to qualify the Plan

(15) Letter re unaudited interim financial information

     15.1     Awareness letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(23) Consents of experts and counsel

     23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(24) Power of attorney (included on page 5 of the
     Registration Statement)

(99) Additional exhibits*

*Not applicable.

                                       2
Item 9.   Undertakings.

     (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i)  To include any  prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
                    after the effective date of this registration  statement (or
                    the most recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,
                    individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent a fundamental
                    change in the  information  set  forth in this  registration
                    statement.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  any increase or
                    decrease in the volume of  securities  offered (if the total
                    dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not exceed that
                    which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
                    end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
                    in a form  of  prospectus  filed  with  the  Securities  and
                    Exchange  Commission  pursuant  to Rule  424(b)  if,  in the
                    aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
                    than a 20% change in the maximum  aggregate  offering  price
                    set forth in the "Calculation of Registration  Fee" table in
                    the effective registration statement; and

               (iii)To include  any  material  information  with  respect to the
                    plan  of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  this
                    registration  statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
                    information in this registration statement;

          provided,  however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i) and
          (ii) above do not apply if the information  required to be included in
          a  post-effective  amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic
          reports  filed  with  or  furnished  to the  Securities  and  Exchange
          Commission by the  registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
          of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that  are  incorporated  by
          reference in this registration statement.

          (2)  That,  for the purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
               Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective  amendment shall
               be  deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the
               securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
               thereof.

          (3)  To  remove  from   registration  by  means  of  a  post-effective
               amendment any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

     (b)  The registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
          liability  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933,  each  filing  of the
          registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
          of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where  applicable,  each
          filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
          15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
          reference in this  registration  statement shall be deemed to be a new
          registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
          the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
          initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c)  Insofar  as   indemnification   for  liabilities   arising  under  the
          Securities  Act of 1933 may be  permitted to  directors,  officers and
          controlling  persons of the registrant  pursuant to the provisions set
          forth in Item 15, or otherwise,  the  registrant has been advised that
          in  the  opinion  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such
          indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and
          is,  therefore,   unenforceable.   In  the  event  that  a  claim  for
          indemnification  against such liabilities (other than the payment by a
          registrant  of expenses  incurred  or paid by a  director,  officer or
          controlling  person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
          action,  suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,  officer or
          controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
          the registrant  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has  been  settled  by  controlling  precedent,  submit  to a court of
          appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the Act and  will be
          governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  the registrant  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth, County of Tarrant,  State of Texas,
on June 28, 2002.

                                        QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.

                                         /s/ Glenn Darden
                                        ----------------------------
                                        By: Glenn Darden
                                            President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each  individual  whose  signature  appears  below  hereby  designates  and
appoints Glenn Darden and Bill Lamkin, and each of them, any one of whom may act
without  the  joinder  of  the  other,   as  such   person's   true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agents  (the  "Attorneys-in-Fact")  with  full  power  of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for such person and in such  person's  name,
place  and  stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign any and all  amendments
(including  post-effective  amendments) to this  registration  statement,  which
amendments  may  make  such  changes  in  this  registration  statement  as  any
Attorney-in-Fact  deems appropriate,  and any registration statement relating to
the same offering filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and requests to accelerate the  effectiveness of such  registration  statements,
and to file each such amendment with all exhibits thereto,  and all documents in
connection  therewith,  with the SEC, granting unto such  Attorneys-in-Fact  and
each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,  as fully to
all intents and  purposes  as such  person  might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such  Attorneys-in-Fact  or either of them, or
their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  registration  statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
their capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE                         TITLE                       DATE
---------------------------       ---------------------       -------------

/s/ Thomas F. Darden
---------------------------       Chairman of the Board       June 28, 2002
Thomas F. Darden                  and Director

/s/ Glenn Darden
---------------------------       President, Chief Executive  June 28, 2002
Glenn Darden                      Officer and Director

/s/ Bill Lamkin
---------------------------       Executive Vice President,   June 28, 2002
Bill Lamkin                       Chief Financial Officer
                                  and Secretary

/s/ D. Wayne Blair
---------------------------       Vice President and          June 28, 2002
D. Wayne Blair                    Controller

/s/ D. Randall Kent
---------------------------       Director                    June 28, 2002
D. Randall Kent

/s/ Anne Darden Self
--------------------------        Director                    June 28, 2002
Anne Darden Self

/s/ James A. Hughes
--------------------------        Director                    June 28, 2002
James A. Hughes

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The Plan.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer  the employee  benefit plan) have duly
caused  this  registration   statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth,  State of
Texas, on June 28, 2002.

                                  QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.
                                  401(K) PLAN

                                  By:  /s/ Anne Darden Self
                                      ----------------------------
                                      Anne Darden Self, Trustee

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Exhibit Number
and Description
---------------

(4)  Instruments defining the rights of security
     holders, including indentures

     4.1      Quicksilver Resources Inc. 401(k) Plan

     4.1      Defined Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust Agreement
              Basic Plan Document #01

     4.1      EGTRAA Amendment to the Daily Acess.com, Inc.
              Standardized and Non Standardized
              Prototype Plans

(5)  Opinion re legality

     The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes
     that it will submit or has submitted  the Plan
     and any  amendments  thereto  to the  Internal  Revenue
     Service  ("IRS") in a timely  manner and has made
     or will make all  changes required by the IRS
     in order to qualify the Plan

(15) Letter re unaudited interim financial information

     15.1     Awareness letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(23) Consents of experts and counsel

     23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

(24) Power of attorney (included on page 5 of the
     Registration Statement)

(99) Additional exhibits*

*Not applicable.

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