pdc8k01072008.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
January
7, 2008
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported)
Petroleum
Development Corporation
Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter
Nevada
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0-7246
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95-2636730
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State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
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Commission
File
Number
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IRS
Employer
Identification
Number
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120
Genesis Boulevard, Bridgeport, WV 26330
Address
of Principal Executive Offices
304-842-3597
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):
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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No
Change
Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report
Petroleum
Development Corporation announced today that the Company does not plan to
sponsor new drilling partnerships in 2008.
The
Press
Release is attached by reference as Exhibit 9.01
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
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News
Release dated January 7,
2008:
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Petroleum
Development Corporation Will Not Offer 2008 Drilling
Partnership
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.
PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Date:
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January
7, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Richard W. McCullough
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Richard
W. McCullough
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Vice
Chairman & Chief Financial
Officer
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