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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2002

Key Production Company, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		001-11769		84-1089744
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification #)

707 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3300, Denver, CO 80202
(Address of Principal Executive Office)

(303) 295-3995
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name and address, if changed since last report)

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

Key Production Company, Inc. (NYSE: KP) announced its 2001 fourth quarter earnings by press release on March 13, 2002. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

c.: Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release

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.

		KEY PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.
		By:		/s/ PAUL KORUS
		Name:		Paul Korus
		Title:		Chief Financial Officer & Vice President

Dated: March 13, 2002

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release of Key Production Company, Inc., dated March 13, 2002

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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index

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