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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-05-10</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2012-05-14</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001022705</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TESCO CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TESO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001206739</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>REYNOLDS JOHN T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LIME ROCK PARTNERS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>274 RIVERSIDE AVE., 3RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WESTPORT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06880</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option to Purchase</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>14.1900</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-05-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7000.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.0000</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-05-10</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>7000.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7000.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">All awards were granted pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Tesco Corporation 2005 Incentive Plan, which is exempt under Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This number represents the stock options (Options) granted to the reporting person as a portion of his compensation for serving as an officer or director of the Company.  These Options are subject to a three-year vesting period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Options vest in three equal annual installments beginning May 10, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Due to an administrative error, the number of Stock Options granted was incorrectly entered as 7,500, but it should have been 7,000.  This Amendment corrects the mistake.  All other terms and provisions were correctly stated.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Dean Ferris, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-06-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
