FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[_] Check this box if no longer
subject to Section 16. Form 4
or Form 5 obligations may
continue. See Instruction 1(b).
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Sonatrach
10, rue du Sahara
16035 Algiers, Algeria
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation/APC
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
01/98
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
10/10/86
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
___ Director _X_ 10% Owner
___ Officer (give title below) ___ Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) Date Code (A) or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect
(Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial
Day/ Owned at (D) or Ownership
Year) End of Month Indirect (Instr. 4)
(A) (Instr. 3 (I)
or and 4) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (D) Price
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Common Stock,
$0.10 Par Value 1/26/98 P 60,000 A $54 3/4 6,060,000 I By Sonatrach
common shares (excluding Petroleum
brokerage Investment
commissions) Corporation
(Ireland)
Limited and by
Sonatrach
Petroleum
Corporation
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount 8. Price of
Derivative Security sion or action action Derivative and Expiration of Underlying Deriva-
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Date (Month/ Securities tive
Price of (Month/ (Instr.8) Acquired (A) Day/Year) (Instr. 3 and 4) Security
Derivative Day/ or Disposed (Instr.5)
Security Year) of (D)
(Instr. 3,
4 and 5) Date Expir- Amount or
Exer- ration Number of
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
(Continued)
9. Number of Derivative 10. Ownership Form of Derivative 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
Securities Beneficially Security: Direct (D) or Ownership (Instr. 4)
Owned at End of Month Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
Sonatrach is the beneficial owner of 6,060,000 common shares, allocated as
follows: 6,000,000 common shares through its direct 99.9% interest in the
capital stock of Sonatrach Petroleum Investment Corporation (Ireland) Limited,
and 60,000 common shares through its indirect 99.9% interest in the capital
stock of Sonatrach Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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SONATRACH
/s/ Messaoud M. Sefriou February 5, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
by: Messaoud M. Sefriou
Managing Director
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