SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
November
8, 2008
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported)
Petroleum
Development Corporation
Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter
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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
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Item
5.02. Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of
Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers
The Board
of Directors of Petroleum Development Corporation announced that Richard W.
McCullough, Petroleum Development Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, assumed
the title of Chairman of the Board of Directors effective November 11,
2008.
The Press
Release is attached herein as Exhibit 99.1
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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PRESS
RELEASE:
Petroleum
Development Corporation Board of Directors Announces New Chairman of the
Board
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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.
PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Date:
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November
13, 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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CEO
and President
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