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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SMITH IKE C.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KEY ENERGY SERVICES INC [KEG] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP and Controller (Last) (First) (Middle) 1301 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 1800 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2010 (Street) HOUSTON, TX 77010 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/02/2010   F   545 (1) D $ 10.56 (2) 20,358 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Units (4)

(4)

03/01/2010

A

5,452

(4)

(4)

Common Stock

5,452

$ 0

5,452

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SMITH IKE C. 1301 MCKINNEY STREET SUITE 1800 HOUSTON, TX 77010			VP and Controller

Signatures

By Robert B. Rapfogel, Attorney-in-fact for Ike C. Smith		03/03/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Payment of tax liability by delivery of stock incident to the vesting on March 2, 2010 of 1,667 shares of restricted stock.
(2)	Vesting price is based on the closing price of common stock on March 2, 2010, pursuant to the Key Energy Services, Inc. 2007 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan").
(3)	Includes 19,236 unvested shares of restricted stock granted under the 2007 Plan and the Key Energy Services, Inc. 2009 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan").
(4)	Represents performance units granted under the 2009 Plan. Half of the performance units are subject to a performance period from March 1, 2010 through February 28, 2011, and half are subject to a performance period from March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012. At the end of each performance period, either 0%, 50% or 100% of the performance units subject to that performance period will vest based on the relative performance of Key Energy Services, Inc. within a peer group of companies as measured by total shareholder return. If any performance units vest at the end of a performance period, such vested performance units will be settled within sixty (60) days after the vesting date, solely in cash, in an amount equal to the closing price per share of Key Energy Services, Inc.'s common stock on the last trading day of the performance period.

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