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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23





                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT




The Board of Directors
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration
statements of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation of our reports dated January 27,
1994, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows and
related schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1993, which reports appear or are incorporated by reference in the December
31, 1993 annual report on Form 10-K of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

(a)    Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum
       Corporation Substitute Stock Option Plan (No. 33-8434).

(b)    Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 of Form S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum
       Corporation 1986 Stock Option Plan (No. 33-8496).

(c)    Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Employee
       Savings Plan (No. 33-8643).

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

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

(f)    Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Shelf Registration Statement
       for $300 Million of Equity Securities (No. 33-50717).



{KPMG Peat Marwick}


Houston, Texas
March 17, 1994