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	QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
	OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	UNITED STATES
	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C. 20549

	FORM 10-Q



	[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
	the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
	For the period ended September 30, 2001

	or

	[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of
	the Securities and Exchange Act of  1934
	For the transition period from         to




	Commission file number 033-63635-04

	I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 55-0751154

	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)
	103 East Main Street
	Bridgeport, WV 26330
	Telephone: (304) 842-6256

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to
file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes     XX       No



	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)


	INDEX



PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION	Page No.

	Item 1.  Financial Statements

		Balance Sheets - September 30, 2001 (unaudited)
		 and December 31, 2000							1

		Statements of Operations -
		 Three and Nine Months Ended
		 September 30, 2001 and 2000 (unaudited)				2

		Statement of Partners' Equity and Comprehensive Income -
		 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001 (unaudited)		3

		Statements of Cash Flows-
		 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001 and 2000 (unaudited)	4

		Notes to Financial Statements						5

	Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
		Condition and Results of Operations					7

	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
		Rate Risk									8

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION

	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings							9

	Item 6.	Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K				9













	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

	Balance Sheets

	September 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000


<TABLE>
         <C>                                          <C>           <C>


		Assets
									2001    	2000
			                                (Unaudited)

Current assets:
	Cash                          		   $    2,037      4,732
	Accounts receivable - oil and gas revenues  	206,620    195,129
	  	Total current assets			      208,657    199,861

Oil and gas properties, successful
 efforts method						    7,451,534  7,451,534
      Less accumulated depreciation,
	     depletion and amortization		    3,763,548  3,492,620
								    3,687,986  3,958,914

					  			   $3,896,643  4,158,775


		Current Liabilities and Partners' Equity

Current liabilities:
	Accrued expenses                     	  $   17,313 	25,722
			Total current liabilities		17,313 	25,722


Partners' Equity						   3,879,330   4,133,053

								  $3,896,643   4,158,775
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.








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               PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
             (A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

                    Statements of Operations

Three Months and Nine Months ended September 30, 2001 and 2000
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
          <C>                                    <C>           <C>         <C>       <C>


							   	Three Months Ended 	Nine Months Ended
						 		    September 30,   	  September 30,
								  2001   	  2000  	   2001  	  2000


Revenues:
	Sales of oil and gas				$347,779	$319,022	$1,137,954	$887,748
	Interest income	    				     998 	   1,097	     3,418	   3,535
					 			 348,777	 320,119	 1,141,372	 891,283

Expenses:
	Lifting costs					 132,781	 126,518	   398,622	 362,487
	Direct administrative cost	 			61		39		 212	     143
	Depreciation, depletion and
	 amortization	 				  87,952	 103,816	   270,928	 306,568
					 			 220,794	 230,373	   669,762	 669,198

		Net income 					$127,983	$ 89,746	$  471,610	$222,085

		Net income per limited and
		 additional general partner unit	$    134	$    111	$     493	$    249

</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.


















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PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

Statement of Partners' Equity and Comprehensive Income

Nine months ended September 30, 2001
(Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<C>                                                   <C>       <C>         <C>          <C>

								Limited and		Accumulated
								additional	Managing	other
								general	general 	Comprehensive
								partners	partner 	Income	  Total

Balance, December 31, 2000				$3,143,278 	    989,775 	-     4,133,053

Distributions to partners	  			  (613,917)	  (124,546)  	-      (738,463)

Comprehensive income:
 Net income							   377,288 	    94,322 		 	  471,610
 Opening balance of accumulated
  net loss on cash flow hedges
  upon adoption of FASB 133 on
  January 1, 2001										(804,251)
 Change in fair value of out-
  standing hedging positions								 570,344
 Less reclassification
  adjustments for settled
  contracts included in net
  income			 								 247,037
 Closing balance of accumulated
  net gain on cash flow
  hedges											  13,130  	   13,130
Comprehensive income	          	          	          	 				  484,740


Balance, September 30, 2001				$2,906,649 	   959,551 	  13,130  	3,879,330

</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.







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			PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
		(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

			Statements of Cash Flows

	Nine months ended September 30, 2001 and 2000
	(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
                <C>                                             <C>        <C>


										  2001  	 2000

Cash flows from operating activities:
	Net income								$471,610 	 222,085
	Adjustments to reconcile net income
	 to net cash provided from operating activities:
	    Depreciation, depletion and
	     amortization	 						 270,928	 306,568
    Changes in operating assets and
	     liabilities:
	    Decrease in accounts receivable -
	     oil and gas revenues	  				   1,639 	  39,939
	    Decrease in accounts payable	 			  (8,409)	 (24,859)
	        Net cash provided from
		operating activities	 				 735,768 	 543,733

Cash flow from financing activities:
	Distributions to partners					(738,463)	(542,138)
		Net cash used in financing activities		(738,463)	(542,138)

Net change in cash							  (2,695)	   1,595
Cash at beginning of period	   					   4,732 	   2,017
Cash at end of period							$  2,037 	   3,612

</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
















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	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

	Notes to Financial Statements
	(Unaudited)

1.	Accounting Policies

Reference is hereby made to the Partnership's Annual Report on Form
10-K for 2000, which contains a summary of significant accounting
policies followed by the Partnership in the preparation of its
financial statements. These policies were also followed in preparing
the quarterly report included herein.

2.	Basis of Presentation

The Management of the Partnership believes that all adjustments
(consisting of only normal recurring accruals) necessary to a fair
statement of the results of such periods have been made.  The
results of operations for the nine months ended September 30,
2001 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected
for the full year.

3.	Oil and Gas Properties

The Partnership follows the successful efforts method of
accounting for the cost of exploring for and developing oil
and gas reserves.  Under this method, costs of development
wells, including equipment and intangible drilling costs related
to both producing wells and developmental dry holes, and
successful exploratory wells are capitalized and amortized on an
annual basis to operations by the units-of-production method using
estimated proved developed reserves which will be determined at
year end by the Managing General Partner's independent petroleum
engineer.  If a determination is made that an exploratory well has
not discovered economically producible reserves, then its costs
are expensed as dry hole costs.


















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	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

	Notes to Financial Statements
	(Unaudited)

4.	Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Managing General Partner utilizes commodity based derivative
instruments as hedges to manage a portion of the Partnership's
exposure to price volatility stemming from its integrated natural
gas production.  These instruments consist of natural gas futures
and option contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The futures and option contracts hedge committed and anticipated
natural gas purchases and sales, generally forecasted to occur
within a 12 month period.  The Partnership does not hold or issue
derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and No. 138,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS
No. 133/138), was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
SFAS No. 133/138 standardized the accounting for derivative
instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded
in other contracts.  The Partnership adopted the provisions of
the SFAS 133/138 effective January 1, 2001. The natural gas
futures and options are derivatives pursuant to SFAS 133/138.
The Partnership's derivatives are treated as hedges of committed
and/or anticipated transactions and have a total estimated fair
value of $13,130 on September 30, 2001.  On adoption of this
Statement on January 1, 2001, the Partnership recorded a net
transition adjustment of ($804,251) which was recorded in
accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI).  During the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2001, the Partnership
reclassified ($18,958) and $247,037, respectively, from AOCI
into oil and gas sales relating to settled contracts.

Changes in fair value related to qualifying hedges of firm
commitments or anticipated transactions through the use of
natural gas futures and option contracts are deferred and
recorded in AOCI and subsequently recognized in income when
the underlying hedged transaction occurs.  In order for the
contracts to qualify as a hedge, there must be sufficient
hedging effectiveness.  The change in the fair value of
derivative instruments which do not qualify for hedging are
recognized into income currently.

5.	Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income includes net income and certain items
recorded directly to partner's equity and classified as Other
Comprehensive Income. The Company recorded Other Comprehensive
Income for the first time in the first quarter of 2001. Other
Comprehensive Income was $3,562 and $13,130 for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively.


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	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

	Notes to Financial Statements
	(Unaudited)



Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
            Condition and Results of Operations

	Liquidity and Capital Resources

		The Partnership was funded on December 31, 1996 with
       initial Limited and Additional General Partner
       contributions of $15,301,726 and the Managing General
       Partner contributed $3,328,126 in accordance with the
       Agreement.  Syndication and management fee costs of
       $1,989,224 were incurred leaving available capital of
       $16,640,628 for Partnership activities.

		The Partnership began exploration and development
       activities subsequent to the funding of the Partnership
       and completed well drilling activities by March 31, 1997.
       Eighty-four wells have been drilled, of which seventy-nine
       have been completed as producing wells.

		Operations will be conducted with available funds and
       revenues generated from oil and gas activities.  No bank
       borrowings are anticipated.

		The Partnership had net working capital at
       September 30, 2001 of $191,344.

		The Partnership's revenues from oil and gas will
       be affected by changes in prices.  As a result of changes
       in federal regulations, gas prices are highly dependent
       on the balance between supply and demand.  The
       Partnership's gas sales prices are subject to increase
       and decrease based on various market sensitive indices.

	Results of Operations

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2001 Compared with 2000

		Natural gas sales increased approximately 9.0% during
      the third quarter of 2001 compared with the same period in
      2000 due to higher average sales prices offset in part by
      lower sales volumes of natural gas. While the Partnership
      experienced a modest net income, depreciation, depletion
      and amortization is a non-cash expense and therefore the
      Partnership distributed $283,554 to the partners during
      the third quarter of 2001.

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2001 Compared with 2000

		Natural gas sales increased approximately 28.2% during
      the first nine months of 2001 compared with the same period
      in 2000 primarily due to higher average sales prices offset
      in part by lower sales volumes of natural gas.  While the
      Partnership experienced a modest net income, depreciation,
      depletion and amortization is a non-cash expense and
      therefore the Partnership distributed $738,463 to the
      partners during the first nine months of 2001.

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	PDC 1996-D LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	(A West Virginia Limited Partnership)

	Notes to Financial Statements
	(Unaudited)

New Accounting Standard

	In June, 2001, the Financial Accounting Board Issued
    SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations".
    The pronouncement is effective for the Partnership's year
    beginning January 1, 2003.  At the present time, the
    Partnership has not determined the impact SFAS No. 143
    will have on its financial statements upon adoption.


Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Rate Risk

	Commodity Price Risk

		The Managing General Partner utilizes
    commodity-based derivative instruments as hedges to manage
    a portion of the Partnership's exposure to price risk from
    its natural gas sales.  These instruments consist of NYMEX-
    traded natural gas futures contracts and option contracts.
    These hedging arrangements have the effect of locking in for
    specified periods (at predetermined prices or ranges of prices)
    the prices the Partnership will receive for the volume to which
    the hedge relates.  As a result, while these hedging
    arrangements are structured to reduce the Partnership's
    exposure to decreases in price associated with the hedging
    commodity, they also limit the benefit the Partnership might
    otherwise have received from price increases associated with
    the hedged commodity.  The Partnership's policy prohibits the
    use of natural gas future and option contracts for speculative
    purposes.  As of September 30, 2001, the Managing General Partner
    had entered into a series of natural gas future contracts and
    options contracts.  Open future contracts maturing in 2001 are
    for the sale of 8,006 dt of natural gas with a weighted average
    price of $3.47 dt resulting in a total contract amount of $27,782.
    Open option contracts maturing in 2001 are for the sale of 18,681
    dt with a weighted average floor price of $3.75 dt. The estimated
    fair market value of both the future contracts and the options is
    $13,130 as of September 30, 2001.

























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	PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.	Legal Proceedings

		None.

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

		(a) None.

		(b) No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the
		    quarter ended	September 30, 2001.



	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 thereunto duly authorized.


				PDC 1996-D Limited Partnership
				        (Registrant)

 				By its Managing General Partner
				Petroleum Development Corporation




Date:  November 13, 2001	  /s/ Steven R. Williams
					      Steven R. Williams
					         President


Date:  November 13, 2001	  /s/ Dale G. Rettinger
  				      	Dale G. Rettinger
				   		Executive Vice President
				      	 and Treasurer









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