EXHIBIT 24

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Director of ANADARKO
PETROLEUM CORPORATION (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, does hereby
constitute and appoint MICHAEL E. ROSE, DIANE L. DICKEY, and SUZANNE SUTER, 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 a 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 13th day of March, 2003.



     [ROBERT J. ALLISON, JR.]                        [CONRAD P. ALBERT]
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      Robert J. Allison, Jr.                          Conrad P. Albert


          [LARRY BARCUS]                               [RONALD BROWN]
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           Larry Barcus                                 Ronald Brown


         [JAMES L. BRYAN]                          [JOHN R. BUTLER, JR.]
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          James L. Bryan                            John R. Butler, Jr.


      [PRESTON M. GEREN III]                          [JOHN R. GORDON]
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       Preston M. Geren III                            John R. Gordon


      [JOHN W. PODUSKA, SR.]                          [JOHN N. SEITZ]
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       John W. Poduska, Sr.                            John N. Seitz