Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has elected Mark C. McKinley to serve as an independent director of the company, effective Feb. 11, 2015. McKinley also was appointed a member of the Board's Audit Committee.

"Mark's entrepreneurial, operational and business achievements during his long history in domestic and international oil and natural gas development bring valuable perspective to the Anadarko Board of Directors," said Anadarko Chairman, President and CEO Al Walker. "We are fortunate to have Mark join our Board."

Mark McKinley

McKinley, 58, has served as Managing Partner of MK Resources LLC, a private oil and gas development company specializing in the recovery and production of crude oil and the development of unconventional resource projects, for more than ten years. Since October 2007 he has served as a director of Buckeye GP, LLC, the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P., a publicly traded midstream master limited partnership. He also is the founder and President of Labrador Oil Company, a private oil and natural gas exploration and development firm. Mr. McKinley currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Merrymac McKinley Foundation and the Tip of the Spear Foundation.

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