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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 June 30, 2000

                                      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 - June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999        1

           Statements of Operations -
            Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2000 and 1999          2

           Statement of Partners' Equity -
            Six Months Ended June 30, 2000                             3

           Statements of Cash Flows-
            Six Months Ended June 30, 2000 and 1999                    4

           Notes to Financial Statements                               5

  Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
           Condition and Results of Operations                         6

PART II    OTHER INFORMATION

  Item 1.  Legal Proceedings                                           8

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













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

                                Balance Sheets

                      June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999

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


  Assets
                                                   2000                1999
                                                (Unaudited)

Current assets:
  Cash                                         $     2,552           2,017
  Accounts receivable - oil and gas revenues       176,043         205,111

           Total current assets                    178,595         207,128

Oil and gas properties, successful
 efforts method                                  7,451,534       7,451,534
      Less accumulated depreciation,
       depletion, and amortization               3,325,071       3,122,319
                                                 4,126,463       4,329,215

                                                $4,305,058       4,536,343


      Current Liabilities and Partners' Equity

Current liabilities:
      Accrued expenses                          $   12,912          31,376

           Total current liabilities                12,912          31,376


Partners' Equity                                 4,292,146       4,504,967

                                                $4,305,058       4,536,343
</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 Six Months ended June 30, 2000 and 1999
                                      (Unaudited)

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

                                             Three Months Ended        Six Months Ended
                                                  June 30,                 June 30,
                                            2000         1999          2000         1999


Revenues:
  Sales of oil and gas                     $283,352    $246,307      $568,726     $479,406
  Interest income                             2,438       1,144         2,438        2,532
                                            285,790     247,451       571,164      481,938

Expenses:
  Lifting costs                             124,711     102,236       235,969      226,943
  Direct administrative cost                    104          42           104           49
  Depreciation, depletion and
   amortization                             103,215     106,632       202,752      211,638
                                            228,030     208,910       438,825      438,630

     Net income                            $ 57,760    $ 38,541      $132,339     $ 43,308

     Net income per limited and
      additional general partner unit      $     60    $     40      $    138     $     45

</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

                              Six months ended June 30, 2000
                                        (Unaudited)


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

                                    Limited and
                                    additional       Managing
                                    general partners general partner       Total

Balance, December 31, 1999            $3,534,155     $  970,812         $4,504,967

Net income                               105,872         26,467            132,339
Distributions to partners               (276,129)       (69,031)          (345,160)

          Balance, June 30, 2000      $3,363,898     $  928,248         $4,292,146

</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

                          Six months ended June 30, 2000 and 1999
                                        (Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<C>                                                        <C>            <C>
                                                          2000           1999

Cash flows from operating activities:
          Net income                                   $132,339         43,308
          Adjustments to reconcile net
           income to net cash provided
           by operating activities:
              Depreciation, depletion,
                 and amortization                       202,752        211,638
              Changes in operating assets
                 and liabilities:
              Decrease in accounts
                  receivable - oil and gas revenues      29,068         57,990
              Decrease in accrued expenses              (18,464)       (21,428)
                  Net cash provided from
                   operating activities                 345,695        291,508

Cash flows from financing activities:
          Distributions to partners                    (345,160)      (298,101)
                 Net cash used by
                  financing activities                 (345,160)      (298,101)

Net change in cash                                          535         (6,593)
Cash at beginning of period                               2,017          6,712
Cash at end of period                                $    2,552            119

</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 1999, 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 six months ended June 30, 2000 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
       determined at year end by an 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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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-five wells have been
       drilled, of which eighty 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 June 30, 2000 of
       $165,683.

           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 June 30, 2000 Compared with 1999

           Natural gas sales increased approximately 15.0% during the second
       quarter of 2000 compared with the same period in 1999 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 $155,394 to the partners during
       the second quarter of 2000.

       Six Months Ended June 30, 2000 Compared with 1999

           Natural gas sales increased approximately 18.6% during the first
       six months of 2000 compared with the same period in 1999 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 $345,160 to the
       partners during the first six months of 2000.



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       Year 2000 Issue

           PDC, who administers all aspects of the Partnership, experienced
       no known disruptions as a result of the year date change and intends
       to continue monitoring its critical systems at various other date
       changes during the Year 2000.

           PDC's expenditures for addressing Year 2000 issues were not
       material, nor does the Company expect to incur any significant costs
       addressing Year 2000 issues in the future.


























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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
           June 30, 2000.



                                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:  July 27, 2000                        /s/ Steven R. Williams
                                                Steven R. Williams
                                                   President


Date:  July 27, 2000                        /s/ Dale G. Rettinger
                                                Dale G. Rettinger
                                             Executive Vice President
                                                 and Treasurer









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