SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 12, 2006

Petroleum Development Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

              Nevada                                           0-7246                                        95-2636730

(State or Other Jurisdiction                       (Commission                                (IRS Employer

           of Incorporation)                                    File Number)                                Identification No.)

103 East Main Street; Bridgeport, WV    26330

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 304-842-3597

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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no change

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01.      Other Events

On December 12, 2006, Petroleum Development Corporation and EXCO Resources, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement regarding a purchase of EXCO's producing properties and remaining undeveloped drilling locations in Wattenberg Field area of DJ Basin, Colorado.

The Press Release is attached in Exhibit 9.01.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits.

The Exhibit is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

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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

Date:       December 14, 2006                                

By:           /s/ Richard W. McCullough     

                Richard W. McCullough

                Chief Financial Officer