EXHIBIT 23.1

                         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 31,
2003, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, 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,
2002, which report appears in the December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 10-K
of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation:

(a)   Forms S-8 and S-3, Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (No. 33-8643).

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

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

(d)   Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (No.
      33-54485).

(e)   Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Dividend Reinvestment and
      Stock Purchase Plan (No. 333-65915, No. 333-88147 and No. 333-103102).

(f)   Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Incentive
      Plan (No. 333-78301).

(g)   Form S-8, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (No.
      333-78303).

(h)   Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Registration Statement for
      $650 million of Zero Yield Puttable Contingent Debt Securities (No.
      333-60496).

(i)   Form S-3, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Registration Statement for $1
      billion of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depository Shares, Common
      Stock, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Purchase Units (No. 333-86356).

Our report refers to changes in accounting for goodwill in 2002, derivative
instruments in 2001, and foreign crude oil inventories in 2000.



/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas
March 13, 2003