SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

ý ~~CURRENT~~Current ~~REPORT PURSUANT~~report TOpursuant ~~SECTION~~to Section 13 ORor 15(d) OF ~~THE~~of ~~SECURITIES~~the ~~EXCHANGE~~Securities ~~ACT~~and OFExchange Act of 1934 .

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

~~Key~~ ~~Production Company,~~July ~~Inc. (Exact~~26, ~~Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)~~ 2002

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

KEY PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

~~707~~A ~~Seventeenth~~Delaware ~~Street,~~Corporation ~~Suite 3300,~~File ~~Denver,~~Number ~~CO 80202 (Address of Principal Executive Office)~~ 001-11769

~~(303) 295-3995 (Registrant's~~ ~~telephone~~IRS ~~number,~~Employer ~~including~~No. ~~area code)~~ 84-1089744

~~Not~~ ~~applicable (Former~~707 ~~name~~Seventeenth ~~and~~Street, ~~address~~Suite 3300 Denver, ifColorado ~~changed~~80202 (Address ~~since~~of ~~last~~principal ~~report~~executive offices)

Telephone Number (303) 295-3995
(Registrant's telephone number)

Not applicable
(Former name and address)

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

Key Production Company, Inc. (NYSE: KP) announced its ~~2001~~teleconference ~~fourth~~scheduled ~~quarter~~for ~~earnings~~Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at 12:00 pm and provided updated guidance by press release on ~~March~~July 1326, 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 ~~SIGNATURES~~

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~registrant~~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

Date: July 26, 2002		KEY PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.
		By:		/s/ PAUL KORUS Paul Korus Chief Financial Officer

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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