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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Officer and/or Director
of ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, does
hereby constitute and appoint SUZANNE SUTER and MICHAEL E. ROSE, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things
and execute any and all instruments which, with the advice of Counsel, said
attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to
comply with the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations
and requirements of the Securities and Exchange commission in connection with
the filing under said Act of the Form 10-K Annual Report, including
specifically, but without limitation thereof, to sign his name as an Officer
and/or Director of the Company to the Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and to any instrument or document filed as a
part of, or in connection with, said Form 10-K Annual Report or amendment
thereto; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents this
26th day of January, 2000.


[ROBERT J. ALLISON, JR.]               [JAMES L. BRYAN]
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Robert J. Allison, Jr.                 James L. Bryan

[CONRAD P. ALBERT]                     [JOHN R. BUTLER, JR]
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Conrad P. Albert                       John R. Butler, Jr.

[LARRY BARCUS]                         [JOHN R.GORDON]
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Larry Barcus                           John R. Gordon

[RONALD BROWN]                         [JOHN N. SEITZ]
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Ronald Brown                           John N. Seitz

[MICHAEL E. ROSE]                      [J. R. LARSON]
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Michael E. Rose                        J. R. Larson

[SUZANNE SUTER]
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Suzanne Suter