UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Date of earliest event reported
                               September 28, 2006

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                         ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                       1-8968                  76-0146568
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(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


                             1201 Lake Robbins Drive
                         The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046
           (Address of principal executive offices including Zip Code)


                                 (832) 636-1000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                      N.A.
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On September  28, 2006,  Anadarko  Petroleum  Corporation  (the  "Company")
confirmed that the deadline to consummate the previously  announced sale of Bear
Head LNG  Corporation,  a wholly owned subsidiary that is developing a liquefied
natural gas (LNG)  receiving  terminal at Point  Tupper,  Nova Scotia (the "Bear
Head LNG  Facility"),  has expired.  The Company is  considering  its  strategic
options  with  respect  to the  Bear  Head LNG  Facility  and  will  convey  any
information related to such facility at the appropriate time.

     The  information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed  "filed" for  purposes of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934, as amended,  or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.  The
information in this Current Report shall not be  incorporated  by reference into
any registration  statement or other document  pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, except as otherwise stated in such filing.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
                                           (Registrant)

Dated: September 28, 2006
                                           By: /s/ Bruce W. Busmire
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                                               Bruce W. Busmire, Vice President,
                                               Chief Accounting Officer