pdc8k20110118.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 18, 2011
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

Petroleum Development Corporation (dba PDC Energy)
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter

Nevada
0-7246
95-2636730
State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation
Commission
File Number
IRS Employer
Identification Number

1775 Sherman Street, Suite 3000, Denver, CO  80203
Address of Principal Executive Offices

303-860-5800
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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No Change
Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

Item 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Conditions
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure

The following information is furnished pursuant to both Items 2.02 and 7.01.

On January 18, 2011, Petroleum Development Corporation (dba PDC Energy) (“PDC”) issued a press release with production and operational results updates.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  To the extent that the press release contains material non-public information regarding the Company’s results of operations or financial condition for the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company is furnishing the press release as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this report, and in Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in the filing.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit
No.
 
 
Description
 
99.1
 
 
PRESS RELEASE:  Petroleum Development Corporation (dba PDC Energy) Announces Successful Niobrara Results in the Wattenberg Field, and Update of Permian Basin and Appalachian Basin Operations
 


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

Date:
January 18, 2011
   
By:
/s/Richard W. McCullough
 
Richard W. McCullough
 
Chairman & CEO