EXHIBIT 23.2


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

The Board of Directors
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation:

We consent to the inclusion in the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation annual report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the incorporation by
reference in the following registration statements of Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation of our report dated January 21, 2004, relating to our review of the
procedures and methods used by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in preparing its
estimates of proved reserves and future revenue for certain oil and gas
properties, as of December 31, 2003.

(a)      Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (No. 33-8643).

(b)      Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1987 Stock Option
         Plan (No. 33-22134).

(c)      Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1988 Stock Option
         Plan for Non-Employee Directors (No. 33-30384).

(d)      Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (No.
         33-54485).

(e)      Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Dividend Reinvestment and
         Stock Purchase Plan (No. 333-65915, No. 333-88147 and No. 333-103102).

(f)      Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Incentive
         Plan (No. 333-78301).

(g)      Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (No.
         333-78303).

(h)      Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Registration Statement for
         $650 million of Zero Yield Puttable Contingent Debt Securities (No.
         333-60496).

(i)      Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Registration Statement for $1
         billion of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depository Shares, Common
         Stock, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Purchase Units (No. 333-86356).



                                        NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.


                                        By: /s/ J. CARTER HENSON, JR.
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                                               J. Carter Henson, Jr.
                                               Senior Vice President


Houston, Texas
February 12, 2004

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