UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                
                                
                                FORM 8-K
                                
                                
                              CURRENT REPORT
                                
                   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                   the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                
                              Date of Report: March 7,2005
           (Date of Earliest Event Reported):(March 7,2005)
                                
                                                              
                         Berry Petroleum Company
           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
                                
                                
           Delaware              1--9735            77-0079387
        (State or Other     (Commission File       (IRS Employer
         Jurisdiction            Number)        Identification No.)
       of Incorporation)
                                
                                
          5201 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 300            93309
                 Bakersfield, CA
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)    (Zip Code)
                                
                                
 Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (661) 616-3900
                                
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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition
  
    On March 7, 2005, Berry Petroleum Company issued a news release 
announcing its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and
year ended December 31, 2004.  The information contained in the 
press release is incorporated herein by reference and furnished
as Exhibit 99.1.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1
is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of 
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or 
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
   (c)    Exhibits
  
   99.1   Press release dated March 7, 2005 announcing the Registrant's
financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2004.
 




                             
                            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.

                           BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY


Date:  March 7, 2005  By:  /s/ Kenneth A. Olson
                               Kenneth A. Olson
                               Corporate Secretary