EXHIBIT 23(b)


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation of our report dated February 1,
2001, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, comprehensive income
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 2000, which report is included in the December 31, 2000 Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and to the reference to our firm
under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement incorporated herein
by reference.

Our report refers to a change in method of accounting for foreign crude oil
inventories, effective January 1, 2000.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
March 5, 2002