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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0146568</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1201 Lake Robbins Drive<BR>
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan<BR>
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Robert K. Reeves<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,<BR>
Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation<BR>
1201 Lake Robbins Drive<BR>
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046<BR>
(832)&nbsp;636-1000</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael E. Dillard, P.C.<BR>
John Goodgame<BR>
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &#038; Feld LLP<BR>
1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;220-5800</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.10 per
share, and Rights attached thereto:</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Carried Forward Shares (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,065,335</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">n/a</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">n/a</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">n/a</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Shares not previously registered</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30,434,665</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$73.26</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,229,643,558</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$87,625</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">34,500,000 (2)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$73.26</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,229,643,558</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Interpretation No.&nbsp;89 under Section&nbsp;G of the Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (July&nbsp;1997) and Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8, the
34,500,000 shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation&#146;s (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) common stock, par
value $0.10 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) being registered under this Registration Statement
includes 4,065,335 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock (the &#147;Carried Forward Shares&#148;) that
were previously available for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#147;1999 Plan&#148;), but which have been carried forward to and included in the
shares available for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
(the &#147;2008 Omnibus Plan&#148;). The Registrant previously registered the Carried Forward Shares
under its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-126520), which was
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;11, 2005, and the
Registrant paid the required registration fee. The Registrant has concurrently filed a
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July&nbsp;11, 2005
(File No.&nbsp;333-126520) deregistering the Carried Forward Shares under the 1999 Plan. The
Registrant is also registering under this Registration Statement 1,500,000 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock under its 2008 Director Compensation Plan (the &#147;2008 Director Plan&#148;
and collectively with the 2008 Omnibus Plan, the &#147;Plans&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also
cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under such Plans by reason
of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and computed pursuant to
Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;26, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; into
this Registration Statement the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring you to those documents. Information filed with the SEC
after the date of this Registration Statement will update and supersede this information. We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and future filings made with the SEC under
Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any information
furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 on any current report on Form 8-K) until all of the
Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement is issued or a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement is filed that deregisters all Common Stock then remaining unsold.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;5, 2008, March&nbsp;4, 2008, March
5, 2008, May&nbsp;6, 2008, and May&nbsp;27, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;4, 1986, and the Form 8-A12B filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;30,
1998 as amended by the Form 8-A12B/A filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;27, 2000.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at our
principal executive offices as follows:
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CORPORATE SECRETARY<BR>
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION<BR>
1201 LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE<BR>
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 77380-1046<BR>
(832)&nbsp;636-1000
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our bylaws provide that we must indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
any person made, or threatened to be made, a party in any action, suit or proceeding (whether
civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative), by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was one of our directors or officers or by reason of the fact that such director or
officer, at our request, is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including
service to employee benefit plans. However, under our bylaws, except for proceedings to enforce the
right to indemnification, we are not required to indemnify anyone in connection with any proceeding
initiated by such person unless it was authorized by our board of directors. We may, in our
discretion, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of us, or is or was
serving or has agreed to serve at our request as an employee or agent of another corporation, or of
a partnership,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) reasonably incurred by such employee or agent.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we generally have the power
to indemnify our current and former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses and
liabilities that they incur in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be
made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and
in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and with
respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
The statute expressly provides that the power to indemnify or advance expenses authorized thereby
is not exclusive of any rights granted under any charter provision, bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to actions in such person&#146;s official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. We also have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance for such directors and officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have also entered into individual indemnification agreements with each of our directors and
certain executive officers. These agreements indemnify such directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of
their service to and activities on behalf of the Company.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a)
to Form&nbsp;S-3 filed on May&nbsp;9, 2001, File No.&nbsp;333-60496).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July&nbsp;14,
2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;28, 2000, File No.
1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May&nbsp;11,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(d) to Form&nbsp;10-Q for quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006,
File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Company, amended and restated as of May&nbsp;20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;27, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;29, 1998 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-A, dated October&nbsp;30, 1998, File No.
1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;2, 2000 between Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and the Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2.4 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated
April&nbsp;2, 2000, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;B (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated May&nbsp;6, 1998, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 to
Form&nbsp;8-K, dated July&nbsp;11, 2005, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Underwriting Agreement, dated September&nbsp;14, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and the
Underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated September&nbsp;19, 2006,
File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Trustee Indenture dated as of September&nbsp;19, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated
September&nbsp;19, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Supplemental Indenture dated October&nbsp;4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form
8-K, dated October&nbsp;5, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated October&nbsp;4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Form
8-K, dated October&nbsp;5, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.13
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Form
8-K, dated May&nbsp;27, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2008 Director Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated
May&nbsp;27, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &#038; Feld LLP regarding legality of securities being registered.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &#038; Feld LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in value of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities
Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of The Woodlands, State of Texas, on this
30th day of June, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ R.A. Walker
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">R.A. Walker&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below and on the
next page constitutes and appoints R.A. Walker and James T. Hackett, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8, and to file the
same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James T. Hackett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James T. Hackett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R.A. Walker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">R.A. Walker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bruce W. Busmire
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bruce W. Busmire
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert J. Allison, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. Allison, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry Barcus
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry Barcus</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James L. Bryan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James L. Bryan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John R. Butler, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John R. Butler, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Luke R. Corbett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Luke R. Corbett</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H. Paulett Eberhart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">H. Paulett Eberhart</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter J. Fluor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Peter J. Fluor</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John R. Gordon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John R. Gordon</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John W. Poduska, Sr., Ph.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John W. Poduska, Sr., Ph.D.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paula Rosput Reynolds
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;30, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paula Rosput Reynolds</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a)
to Form&nbsp;S-3 filed on May&nbsp;9, 2001, File No.&nbsp;333-60496).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July&nbsp;14,
2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;28, 2000, File No.
1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May&nbsp;11,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(d) to Form&nbsp;10-Q for quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006,
File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Company, amended and restated as of May&nbsp;20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;27, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;29, 1998 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-A, dated October&nbsp;30, 1998, File No.
1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;2, 2000 between Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and the Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2.4 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated
April&nbsp;2, 2000, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;B (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated May&nbsp;6, 1998, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 to
Form&nbsp;8-K, dated July&nbsp;11, 2005, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Underwriting Agreement, dated September&nbsp;14, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and the
Underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated September&nbsp;19, 2006,
File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Trustee Indenture dated as of September&nbsp;19, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated
September&nbsp;19, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Supplemental Indenture dated October&nbsp;4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form
8-K, dated October&nbsp;5, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated October&nbsp;4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Form
8-K, dated October&nbsp;5, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.13
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Form
8-K, dated May&nbsp;27, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2008 Director Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to Form&nbsp;8-K, dated
May&nbsp;27, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-8968).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &#038; Feld LLP regarding legality of securities being registered.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &#038; Feld LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2 *
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2008
Registration No. 333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
76-0146568
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1201 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Robert K. Reeves
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
1201 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046
(832) 636-1000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Michael E. Dillard, P.C.
John Goodgame
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 220-5800
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Per Share (3)
Offering Price (3)
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.10 per
share, and Rights attached thereto:
Carried Forward Shares (1)
4,065,335
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shares not previously registered
30,434,665
$73.26
$2,229,643,558
$87,625
Total
34,500,000 (2)
$73.26
$2,229,643,558
$87,625
(1)
Pursuant to Interpretation No. 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (July 1997) and Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8, the
34,500,000 shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's (the "Registrant") common stock, par
value $0.10 per share (the "Common Stock") being registered under this Registration Statement
includes 4,065,335 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock (the "Carried Forward Shares") that
were previously available for issuance under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "1999 Plan"), but which have been carried forward to and included in the
shares available for issuance under the Registrant's 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
(the "2008 Omnibus Plan"). The Registrant previously registered the Carried Forward Shares
under its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-126520), which was
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2005, and the
Registrant paid the required registration fee. The Registrant has concurrently filed a
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 11, 2005
(File No. 333-126520) deregistering the Carried Forward Shares under the 1999 Plan. The
Registrant is also registering under this Registration Statement 1,500,000 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock under its 2008 Director Compensation Plan (the "2008 Director Plan"
and collectively with the 2008 Omnibus Plan, the "Plans").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also
cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under such Plans by reason
of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and computed pursuant to
Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 26, 2008.
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PART I
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") allows us to "incorporate by reference" into
this Registration Statement the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring you to those documents. Information filed with the SEC
after the date of this Registration Statement will update and supersede this information. We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and future filings made with the SEC under
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any information
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any current report on Form 8-K) until all of the
Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement is issued or a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement is filed that deregisters all Common Stock then remaining unsold.
The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007;
(b)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008;
(c)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 5, 2008, March 4, 2008, March
5, 2008, May 6, 2008, and May 27, 2008; and
(d)
The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC on September 4, 1986, and the Form 8-A12B filed with the SEC on October 30,
1998 as amended by the Form 8-A12B/A filed with the SEC on April 27, 2000.
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at our
principal executive offices as follows:
CORPORATE SECRETARY
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
1201 LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 77380-1046
(832) 636-1000
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Our bylaws provide that we must indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
any person made, or threatened to be made, a party in any action, suit or proceeding (whether
civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative), by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was one of our directors or officers or by reason of the fact that such director or
officer, at our request, is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including
service to employee benefit plans. However, under our bylaws, except for proceedings to enforce the
right to indemnification, we are not required to indemnify anyone in connection with any proceeding
initiated by such person unless it was authorized by our board of directors. We may, in our
discretion, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of us, or is or was
serving or has agreed to serve at our request as an employee or agent of another corporation, or of
a partnership,
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joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys'
fees) reasonably incurred by such employee or agent.
Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we generally have the power
to indemnify our current and former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses and
liabilities that they incur in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be
made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and
in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and with
respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
The statute expressly provides that the power to indemnify or advance expenses authorized thereby
is not exclusive of any rights granted under any charter provision, bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to actions in such person's official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. We also have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance for such directors and officers.
We have also entered into individual indemnification agreements with each of our directors and
certain executive officers. These agreements indemnify such directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of
their service to and activities on behalf of the Company.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)
to Form S-3 filed on May 9, 2001, File No. 333-60496).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 14,
2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K dated July 28, 2000, File No.
1-8968).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 11,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2006,
File No. 1-8968).
4.4
By-Laws of the Company, amended and restated as of May 20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated May 27, 2008, File No. 1-8968).
4.5
Rights Agreement dated as of October 29, 1998 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-A, dated October 30, 1998, File No.
1-8968).
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2000 between Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and the Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to Form 8-K, dated
April 2, 2000, File No. 1-8968).
4.7
Certificate of Designation of 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Form 8-K, dated May 6, 1998, File No. 1-8968).
4.8
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to
Form 8-K, dated July 11, 2005, File No. 1-8968).
4.9
Underwriting Agreement, dated September 14, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and the
Underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Form 8-K, dated September 19, 2006,
File No. 1-8968).
4.10
Trustee Indenture dated as of September 19, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K, dated
September 19, 2006, File No. 1-8968).
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Exhibit
Number
4.11
Second Supplemental Indenture dated October 4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form
8-K, dated October 5, 2006, File No. 1-8968).
4.12
Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated October 4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form
8-K, dated October 5, 2006, File No. 1-8968).
4.13
2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form
8-K, dated May 27, 2008, File No. 1-8968).
4.14
2008 Director Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K, dated
May 27, 2008, File No. 1-8968).
5.1 *
Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP regarding legality of securities being registered.
23.1 *
Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 *
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3 *
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
24.1 *
Power of Attorney (see signature page).
*
Filed herewith.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in value of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
Provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities
Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of The Woodlands, State of Texas, on this
30th day of June, 2008.
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By:
/s/ R.A. Walker
R.A. Walker
Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below and on the
next page constitutes and appoints R.A. Walker and James T. Hackett, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8, and to file the
same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ James T. Hackett
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
June 30, 2008
James T. Hackett
/s/ R.A. Walker
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 30, 2008
R.A. Walker
/s/ Bruce W. Busmire
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 30, 2008
Bruce W. Busmire
/s/ Robert J. Allison, Jr.
Director
June 30, 2008
Robert J. Allison, Jr.
/s/ Larry Barcus
Director
June 30, 2008
Larry Barcus
/s/ James L. Bryan
Director
June 30, 2008
James L. Bryan
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John R. Butler, Jr.
Director
June 30, 2008
John R. Butler, Jr.
/s/ Luke R. Corbett
Director
June 30, 2008
Luke R. Corbett
/s/ H. Paulett Eberhart
Director
June 30, 2008
H. Paulett Eberhart
/s/ Peter J. Fluor
Director
June 30, 2008
Peter J. Fluor
/s/ John R. Gordon
Director
June 30, 2008
John R. Gordon
/s/ John W. Poduska, Sr., Ph.D.
Director
June 30, 2008
John W. Poduska, Sr., Ph.D.
/s/ Paula Rosput Reynolds
Director
June 30, 2008
Paula Rosput Reynolds
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)
to Form S-3 filed on May 9, 2001, File No. 333-60496).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 14,
2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K dated July 28, 2000, File No.
1-8968).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 11,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2006,
File No. 1-8968).
4.4
By-Laws of the Company, amended and restated as of May 20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated May 27, 2008, File No. 1-8968).
4.5
Rights Agreement dated as of October 29, 1998 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-A, dated October 30, 1998, File No.
1-8968).
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2000 between Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation and the Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to Form 8-K, dated
April 2, 2000, File No. 1-8968).
4.7
Certificate of Designation of 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Form 8-K, dated May 6, 1998, File No. 1-8968).
4.8
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to
Form 8-K, dated July 11, 2005, File No. 1-8968).
4.9
Underwriting Agreement, dated September 14, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and the
Underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Form 8-K, dated September 19, 2006,
File No. 1-8968).
4.10
Trustee Indenture dated as of September 19, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K, dated
September 19, 2006, File No. 1-8968).
4.11
Second Supplemental Indenture dated October 4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form
8-K, dated October 5, 2006, File No. 1-8968).
4.12
Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated October 4, 2006, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,
Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Citibank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form
8-K, dated October 5, 2006, File No. 1-8968).
4.13
2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form
8-K, dated May 27, 2008, File No. 1-8968).
4.14
2008 Director Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K, dated
May 27, 2008, File No. 1-8968).
5.1 *
Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP regarding legality of securities being registered.
23.1 *
Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 *
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3 *
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
24.1 *
Power of Attorney (see signature page).
*
Filed herewith.