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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 report dated January 30,
1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, which report
appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation. 
 
     (a) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum
         Corporation 1986 Stock Option Plan (No. 33-8496).
 
     (b) Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Employee
         Savings Plan (No. 33-8643).
 
     (c) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum
         Corporation 1987 Stock Option Plan (No. 33-22134).
 
     (d) Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1988 Stock Option
         Plan for Non-Employee Directors (No. 33-30384).
 
     (e) Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Shelf
         Registration Statement for $300 million of Equity or Debt Securities 
         (No. 33-50717).
 
     (f) Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (No.
         33-54485).
 
[KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP]
 
Houston, Texas
March 11, 1997