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Anadarko Expands Board of Directors

		ANADARKO LOGO Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Logo. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] HOUSTON, TX USA

    HOUSTON, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced the election of five new
Board members as a result of its recent merger with Union Pacific Resources
Group Inc. (UPR).
    The Anadarko board now consists of the following individuals:

     Robert J. Allison, Jr.
       Chairman of the Board of Directors and
       Chief Executive Officer
       Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
       Houston, Texas

     Conrad P. Albert
       Private Investor
       Bedford, New York

     Larry G. Barcus
       Chairman
       L. G. Barcus and Sons, Inc.
       A general contractor with nationwide operations
       Kansas City, Kansas

     Ronald Brown
       Retired Bank Executive
       Rancho Santa Fe, California

     James L. Bryan
       Executive Vice President
       Newpark Drilling Fluids
       An oilfield services firm
       Houston, Texas

     John R. Butler, Jr.
       Chairman
       J. R. Butler and Company
       A reservoir engineering company
       Houston, Texas

     Preston M. Geren III*
       Attorney-at-law
       Former Texas Congressman
       Fort Worth, Texas

     John R. Gordon
       President
       Deltec Asset Management Corporation
       An investment company
       New York, New York

     Lawrence M. Jones*
       Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
       The Coleman Company, Inc.
       Manufacturer of home and recreational products
       Wichita, Kansas

     George Lindahl III*
       Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
       (Former Chairman, President and CEO - Union Pacific Resources Group
       Inc.)
       Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
       Houston, Texas

     John W. Poduska, Sr., Ph.D.*
       Chairman,
       Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
       Provider of visualization software
       Boston, Massachusetts

     Jeff Davis Sandefer*
       President
       Sandefer Capital Partners, L.P.
       An oil and gas investment firm
       Austin, Texas

     John N. Seitz
       President and
       Chief Operating Officer
       Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
       Houston, Texas


     * New Anadarko board member; formerly a member of the UPR board

SOURCE Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

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