Exhibit 23




                    INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT





The Administrative Committee
Anadarko Employee Savings Plan:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (File No. 33-8643) on Form S-8 and S-3 of Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation of our report dated June 11, 1999,
relating to the statements of net assets available for
benefits (with fund information) including the related
supplemental schedules, of the Anadarko Employee Savings
Plan as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related
statement of changes in net assets available for benefits
(with fund information) for the year ended December 31,
1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1998 Annual
Report on Form 11-K of the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan.

[KPMG LLP]



Houston, Texas
June 21, 1999