EXHIBIT 5.1

                               KRYS BOYLE, P.C.
                               Attorneys at Law
Telephone                   Suite 2700 South Tower                  Facsimile
(303) 893-2300              600 Seventeenth Street             (303) 893-2882
                         Denver, Colorado  80202-5427


                               March 12, 2007

Delta Petroleum Corporation
Suite 1400
475 17th Street
Denver, Colorado  80202

Dear Board of Directors:

     We have acted as counsel to Delta Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), pursuant to which the Company is
registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended a total of 2,800,000
shares (the "Shares") of its common stock, $.01 par value(the "Common Stock")
for issuance under the Company's 2007 Performance and Equity Incentive Plan.
This opinion is being rendered in connection with the filing of the
Registration Statement.  All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Registration
Statement.

     In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Company's Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws, both as currently in effect; such other records
of the corporate proceedings of the Company and certificates of the Company's
officers as we have deemed relevant; and the Registration Statement and the
exhibits thereto.

     In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such copies.

     Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations set forth below,
we are of the opinion that the we are of the opinion that the 1,500,000
Shares that have been issued under the 2007 Performance and Equity Incentive
Plan have been duly and validly authorized and are duly and validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable, and the remaining 1,300,000 Shares that
may be issued under the 2007 Performance and Equity Incentive Plan have been
duly and validly authorized by the Company and will be, when issued in
accordance with the Company's 2007 Performance and Equity Incentive Plan,
duly and validly issued and fully paid and non assessable.

     Our opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Colorado and
Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other
jurisdiction.  No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the
qualification of the Shares under the securities or blue sky laws of any
state or any foreign jurisdiction.


     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    /s/ Krys Boyle, P.C.
                                    KRYS BOYLE, P.C.