Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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: October 9, 2017

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-8968

76-0146568

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1201 Lake Robbins Drive

The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046

(Address of principal executive offices)

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On October 9, 2017, a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) signed three exploration license agreements (the “Agreements”) with the Government of Peru to explore 4.7 million acres located on three deepwater blocks in the Trujillo Basin offshore Peru.

The exploration phase of the Agreements is for seven years, divided into three periods, with agreed minimum work programs for each period, as is typical for exploration agreements of this type. During the first period, which will last for 2 years, the Company expects to invest approximately $5 million to conduct activities primarily consisting of reprocessing existing seismic data and collecting piston cores from the sea floor to evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of the blocks. The Agreements also establish multiple decision points at which the Company may elect whether to continue into additional exploration phases beyond the initial period.

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.

Dated: October 10, 2017


ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Registrant)

By:		/s/ Amanda M. McMillian
		Amanda M. McMillian
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer