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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
28th day of January, 1999.



/s/ ROBERT J. ALLISON, JR.                        /s/ JAMES L. BRYAN
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Robert J. Allison, Jr.                            James L. Bryan


/s/ CONRAD P. ALBERT                              /s/ JOHN R. BUTLER, JR
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Conrad P. Albert                                  John R. Butler, Jr.


/s/ LARRY BARCUS                                  /s/ JOHN R.GORDON
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Larry Barcus                                      John R. Gordon


/s/ RONALD BROWN                                  /s/ JOHN N. SEITZ
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Ronald Brown                                      John N. Seitz


/s/ MICHAEL E. ROSE                               /s/ J. R. LARSON
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Michael E. Rose                                   J. R. Larson

/s/ SUZANNE SUTER
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Suzanne Suter