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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): MAY 4, 2005

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                         OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as Specified in its Charter)

               Delaware                     1-16337             76-0476605
    (State or other jurisdiction       (Commission File      (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation or organization)         Number)        Identification No.)

                               Three Allen Center
                           333 Clay Street, Suite 4620
                              Houston, Texas 77002
              (Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 652-0582

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ITEM 7.01   REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

        Additional information relating to the information disclosed in Item
8.01 was included in the Company's press release dated May 4, 2005 and which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1

ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS.

        On May 4, 2005, but effective as of May 1, 2005, Oil States
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), through its
wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into agreements to purchase all of the stock
of Stinger Wellhead Protection, Incorporated and its affiliate Stinger Service
and Supply, Ltd. (collectively, "Stinger") and to separately acquire
intellectual property relating to Stinger for total consideration of $83.1
million. Also on May 4, 2005, the Company entered into an exclusive letter of
intent to purchase international operations related to Stinger for total
additional consideration of approximately $6.9 million, and the transactions
related to such letter of intent are expected to close on or about June 1, 2005.



                                   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.

Dated:  May 9, 2005

                                              OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                              By:    /s/ Cindy B. Taylor
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                                              Name:  Cindy B. Taylor
                                              Title: Senior Vice President



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number    Description of Document
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99.1      Press Release dated May 4, 2005