Exhibit 32.1
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KERR-McGEE CORPORATION
Kerr-McGee Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                      REGARDING PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


I, Luke R. Corbett,  the Chief Executive Officer of Kerr-McGee  Corporation (the
"Issuer"),  in compliance  with 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, hereby certify in connection with
the  Issuer's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the period that ended June 30,
2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report") that:

o    the Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

o    information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all  material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.


/s/ Luke R. Corbett
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Luke R. Corbett
Chief Executive Officer
August 6, 2004








                                                                    Exhibit 32.2
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KERR-McGEE CORPORATION
Kerr-McGee Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                      REGARDING PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


I, Robert M. Wohleber,  the Chief  Financial  Officer of Kerr-McGee  Corporation
(the "Issuer"),  in compliance with 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, hereby certify in connection
with the Issuer's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the period that ended June
30, 2004 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the "Report")
that:

o    the Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

o    information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all  material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.


/s/ Robert M. Wohleber
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Robert M. Wohleber
Chief Financial Officer
August 6, 2004