SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549nimmon

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)

January 15, 2001

Key Production Company, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware                   001-11769                 84-1089744
(State of incorporation) (Commission file number)  (IRS Employer
                                                   Identification No.)

707 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3300  Denver, Colorado        80202-3404
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

303/295-3995
(Registrant's telephone number)

Not Applicable
(Former name and address)



 ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

         (b)   The Registrant engaged the accounting firm of KPMG LLP on January
15, 2001, as the principal accountant to audit the Registrant's financial
statements. Neither the Registrant nor anyone acting on its behalf has
previously consulted KPMG for any purpose that would be required to be disclosed
in a Form 8-K.

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.

Date: January 15, 2001         KEY PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.

                               By:  /s/ Paul J. Korus
                                        Paul J. Korus
                                        Chief Financial Officer



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