EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director of
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, does
hereby constitute and appoint JAMES R. LARSON, DIANE L. DICKEY, and SUZANNE
SUTER, 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 for the
Year Ended December 31, 2003, including specifically, but without limitation
thereof, to sign his name as a Director of the Company to the Form 10-K Annual
Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2003 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 for the Year Ended December 31,
2003 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
3rd day of March, 2004.



/s/ ROBERT J. ALLISON, JR.                 /s/ JAMES T. HACKETT
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     Robert J. Allison, Jr.                             James T. Hackett


/s/ CONRAD P. ALBERT                       /s/ LARRY BARCUS
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     Conrad P. Albert                                   Larry Barcus


/s/ JAMES L. BRYAN                         /s/ JOHN R. BUTLER, JR.
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     James L. Bryan                                     John R. Butler, Jr.


/s/ PRESTON M. GEREN III                   /s/ JOHN R. GORDON
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     Preston M. Geren III                               John R. Gordon


/s/ JOHN W. PODUSKA, SR.
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     John W. Poduska, Sr.