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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

~~Date of~~CURRENT ~~Report~~REPORT ~~(Date~~PURSUANT ofTO ~~earliest~~SECTION ~~event~~13 ~~reported~~OR 15(d) OF ~~September 3,~~THE ~~2002~~SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~KEY~~Date ~~PRODUCTION~~of ~~COMPANY, INC.~~ Report (~~Exact~~Date ~~name~~ of ~~registrant~~earliest asevent ~~specified in its charter~~reported): September 20, 2002

AKey ~~Delaware~~Production ~~Corporation~~Company, Inc. (Exact ~~File~~Name ~~Number~~of ~~001-11769~~Registrant as Specified in Charter)

IRS Employer No. 84-1089744

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

~~707~~ ~~Seventeenth~~ ~~Street, Suite 3300~~ ~~Denver,~~Item ~~Colorado~~5. ~~80202 (Address~~OTHER ~~of principal executive offices)~~ EVENTS

~~Telephone~~ Key ~~Number~~Production Company, Inc. (~~303~~NYSE: KP) announced the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Helmerich ~~295-3995 (Registrant's~~& ~~telephone~~Payne, Inc., ~~number)~~Helmerich Exploration and Production Company Inc., Mountain Acquisition Co and Key, dated as of February 23, 2002, at its special meeting of stockholders held earlier today. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

~~Not~~ ~~applicable (Former~~ ~~name~~ Item ~~and~~7. ~~address)~~FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)

Exhibits.

99.1: Press Release of Key Production Company, Inc., dated September 20, 2002.

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

Key Production Company, Inc. (NYSE: KP) announced its special meeting of stockholders to be held for the purpose of voting on the Plan of Merger, dated as of February 23, 2002, on September 20, 2002 at 10:00 a.m., MDT, at the University Club in Denver, Colorado. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND 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.

Date: September 3, 2002		KEY PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.
		By:		/s/ PAUL KORUS Paul Korus Chief Financial Officer

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
Dated: September 20, 2002

Exhibit Index

		Exhibit Number		Description
(c)		Exhibits.
		99.1		Press Release of Key Production Company, Inc., dated September 20, 2002.

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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS

Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index

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