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  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></strong></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><strong><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WASHINGTON,
  D.C. 20549</font></b></strong></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></strong></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT
  REPORT<br>
  PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE<br>
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date
  of report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>June&nbsp;5,
  2008<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">
  (May&nbsp;30, 2008)</font></b></strong></b></font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">KEY
  ENERGY SERVICES, INC.</font></b></strong></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p>
  
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    (State or Other Jurisdiction<br>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1-8038</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
    (Commission<br>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">04-2648081</font></b></p>
    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer<br>
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  McKinney Street, Suite&nbsp;1800</font></b></strong></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><strong><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Houston,
  Texas&#160; 77010</font></b></strong></p>
  
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  of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><strong><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">713/651-4300</font></b></strong></p>
  
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  box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01.&nbsp; Entry into a Material
  Definitive Agreement.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;30, 2008, Key Energy Services, LLC,
  a Texas limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Key Energy
  Services,&nbsp;Inc., a Maryland corporation (collectively, &#147;Key&#148;) entered into
  a Stock Purchase Agreement (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;) with the shareholders of
  Hydra-Walk,&nbsp;Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (&#147;Hydra-Walk&#148;), pursuant to
  which Key acquired the issued and outstanding shares of Hydra-Walk for
  approximately $10 million in cash.&#160; In
  addition, the Purchase Agreement provides for a performance earn-out potential
  of up to $2.0 million over the next two years.&#160;
  Hydra-Walk, which is located in Oklahoma, provides downhole pipe
  handling solutions for the oil&nbsp;&amp; gas service industry and operates
  over 80 patented pipe handling units in Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing description of the Purchase
  Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
  reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to
  this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K and incorporated into this Item&nbsp;1.01
  by reference.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01.&nbsp; Regulation FD Disclosure</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June&nbsp;4, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing that it had acquired Hydra-Walk,&nbsp;Inc., a copy of which
  is attached to this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is
  incorporated by reference.&#160; The
  information contained in this Item 7.01 (including the exhibit hereto) shall
  not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or incorporated by
  reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
  Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
  such a filing.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.&#160; Financial
  Statements and Exhibits</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Exhibits.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Stock Purchase Agreement dated May&nbsp;30,
  2008, by and among Key Energy Services, LLC, and E. Kent Tolman, Nita Tolman,
  Ronald D. Jones and Melinda Jones.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Press release dated June&nbsp;4, 2008
  announcing the acquisition of Hydra-Walk,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><strong><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURE</font></b></strong></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: June&nbsp;5, 2008</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Newton W. Wilson III</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice
    President and General </font></p>
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Counsel</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stock
    Purchase Agreement dated May&nbsp;30, 2008, by and among Key Energy Services,
    LLC, and E. Kent Tolman, Nita Tolman, Ronald D. Jones and Melinda Jones.</font></p>
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    <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    release dated June&nbsp;4, 2008 announcing the acquisition of
    Hydra-Walk,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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text: 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):
  June 5,
  2008
  (May 30, 2008)
  KEY
  ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Maryland
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  1-8038
  (Commission
  File Number)
  04-2648081
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  1301
  McKinney Street, Suite 1800
  Houston,
  Texas  77010
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
  713/651-4300
  (Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code)
  Check the appropriate
  box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see
  General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material
  Definitive Agreement.
  On May 30, 2008, Key Energy Services, LLC,
  a Texas limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Key Energy
  Services, Inc., a Maryland corporation (collectively, "Key") entered into
  a Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with the shareholders of
  Hydra-Walk, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation ("Hydra-Walk"), pursuant to
  which Key acquired the issued and outstanding shares of Hydra-Walk for
  approximately $10 million in cash.  In
  addition, the Purchase Agreement provides for a performance earn-out potential
  of up to $2.0 million over the next two years. 
  Hydra-Walk, which is located in Oklahoma, provides downhole pipe
  handling solutions for the oil & gas service industry and operates
  over 80 patented pipe handling units in Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
  The foregoing description of the Purchase
  Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
  reference to the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
  this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 1.01
  by reference.
  Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure
  On June 4, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing that it had acquired Hydra-Walk, Inc., a copy of which
  is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is
  incorporated by reference.  The
  information contained in this Item 7.01 (including the exhibit hereto) shall
  not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by
  reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
  Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
  such a filing.
  Item 9.01.  Financial
  Statements and Exhibits
  (d)
  Exhibits.
  10.1         Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 30,
  2008, by and among Key Energy Services, LLC, and E. Kent Tolman, Nita Tolman,
  Ronald D. Jones and Melinda Jones.
  99.1         Press release dated June 4, 2008
  announcing the acquisition of Hydra-Walk, Inc.
  2
  SIGNATURE
  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.
  KEY ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
  Date: June 5, 2008
  By:
  /s/ Newton W. Wilson III
  Newton W. Wilson III
  Senior Vice
    President and General
  Counsel
  3
  Exhibit Index
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  10.1
  Stock
    Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 2008, by and among Key Energy Services,
    LLC, and E. Kent Tolman, Nita Tolman, Ronald D. Jones and Melinda Jones.
  99.1
  Press
    release dated June 4, 2008 announcing the acquisition of
    Hydra-Walk, Inc.
  4