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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">FORM
  144</font></div>
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  PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES</font></div>
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  TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ATTENTION:</font>&#160;&#160;Transmit
  for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with
  a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market
  maker</font></div>
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        Development
        Corporation&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;95-2636730</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type
        or print)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(b) IRS IDENT. NO.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(c) S.E.C. FILE
        NO.</font></font></div>
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        Genesis
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        842-3597</font></div>
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        CODE<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font>NUMBERS</font></div>
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        NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE
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        Genesis Boulevard
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        ADDRESS
        STREET&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CITY&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STATE
        &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ZIP CODE</font></div>
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        The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the
        I.R.S. identification Number and the S.E.C. File
  Number.</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">(a)</font></font></div>
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        of the Class of Securities To Be Sold</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">(b)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Name and Address of Each Broker
        Through whom the Securities Are To Be Offered or Each Market Maker who Is
        Acquiring the Securities</font></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SEC
        USE ONLY</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Broker/Dealer
        File Number</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;(c)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Number of Shares or Other
        Units To Be Sold</font></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">See instr.
        3(c))</font></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;(d)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Agggregate Market
        Value</font></font></div>
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        instr. 3(d))</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">(e)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Number of Shares or Other
        Units Outstanding</font></font></div>
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        instr. 3(e))</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(f)</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Approximate Date of
        Sale</font></font></div>
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        instr. 3(f))</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(MO.
        DAY YR.)</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">(g)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Name of Each Securities
        Exchange</font></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(See
        instr. 3(g))</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Common
        Stock</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Morgan
        Stanley</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
        </font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12,000</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">828,000</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14,851,234</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">04-01-2008</font></div>
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        person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
        to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know
        any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
        operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
        publicly disclosed.</font></div>
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        Darwin L. Stump</font></div>
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  sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.</font></div>
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  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  SEC
        USE ONLY
  DOCUMENT
        SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP
        NUMBER
  WORK
        LOCATION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM
  144
  NOTICE OF
  PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT
  TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit
  for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with
  a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market
  maker
  Petroleum
        Development
        Corporation                             95-2636730
  (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type
        or print)
  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c) S.E.C. FILE
        NO.
  120
        Genesis
        Boulevard                    Bridgeport.          WV              26330
  1(d) ADDRESS OF
        ISSUER           STREET          CITY
  STATE          ZIP
        CODE
  (304)
        842-3597
  (e)TELEPHONE
  AREA
        CODE
  NUMBERS
  Darwin
        L. Stump
  2(a)
        NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE
      SOLD
  ###-##-####
  (b)
        IRS IDENT. NO.
  Officer
  (c)  RELATIONSHIP
        TO ISSUER
  120
        Genesis Boulevard
                  Bridgeport
           WV        26330
  (d)
        ADDRESS
        STREET     CITY     STATE
             ZIP CODE
  INSTRUCTION:
        The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the
        I.R.S. identification Number and the S.E.C. File
  Number.
  3
  (a)
  Title
        of the Class of Securities To Be Sold
  (b)
  Name and Address of Each Broker
        Through whom the Securities Are To Be Offered or Each Market Maker who Is
        Acquiring the Securities
  SEC
        USE ONLY
  Broker/Dealer
        File Number
  (c)
  Number of Shares or Other
        Units To Be Sold
  (
  See instr.
        3(c))
  (d)
  Agggregate Market
        Value
  (See
        instr. 3(d))
  (e)
  Number of Shares or Other
        Units Outstanding
  (See
        instr. 3(e))
  (f)
  Approximate Date of
        Sale
  (See
        instr. 3(f))
  (MO.
        DAY YR.)
  (g)
  Name of Each Securities
        Exchange
  (See
        instr. 3(g))
  Common
        Stock
  Morgan
        Stanley
  12,000
  828,000
  14,851,234
  04-01-2008
  NASDAQ
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. (a)
  Name of issuer
  (b)
  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  (c)
  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  (d)
  Issuer's address, including zip code
  (e)
  Issuers's telephone number, including area code
  2. (a)
  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b)
  Such person's I.R.S. identification c) Such person's relationship to the issuer
  (e.g.,
  officer,
  director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of
  the
  foregoing)
  (d)
  Such person's address, including zip code number, if such person is an
  entity
  3. (a)
  Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)
  Name and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to
  be
  sold
  (c)
  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
  aggregate
  face
  amount)
  (d)
  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date
  within 10
  days
  prior to the filing of this
  TABLE
        I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish
        the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
        securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part
        of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title
        of the Class
  Date
        you Acquired
  Nature
        of Acquisition Transaction
  Name
        of Person from Whom Acquired
  (if
        gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Amount
        of Securities Acquired
  Date
        of Payment
  Nature
        of Payment
  Common
        Stock
  10/14/04
  P
  Petroleum
        Development
  6,400
  10/14/04
  Cash
  Common
        Stock
  10/14/04
  P
  Petroleum
        Development
  5,600
  10/14/04
  Cash
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. If the
  securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the
  time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the
  consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other
  obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
  state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last
  installment paid.
  2. If
  within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose
  account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option to
  dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full
  information with respect thereto.
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  TABLE II
  - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish
        the following information as to all securities of the issuer
        sold
  during
        the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be
        sold.
  Name
        and Address of Seller
  Title
        of Securities Sold
  Date
        of Sale
  Amount
        of Securities Sold
  Gross
        Proceeds
  REMARKS:
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  ATTENTION:
  See
        the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
        be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to
        be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In
        addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
        sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
        sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  The
        person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
        to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know
        any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
        operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
        publicly disclosed.
  April
        1, 2008
  /s/
        Darwin L. Stump
  DATE
        OF NOTICE
  SIGNATURE
  The
  notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any
  copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures
  ATTENTION:
  Intentional
  misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See
  18 U.S.C. 1001)