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                                                          EXHIBIT 10(b)

                       FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                 ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
             KEY EMPLOYEE CHANGE OF CONTROL CONTRACT

     THIS AMENDMENT, dated as of July 11, 2000 ("Amendment"), by
and between Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Anadarko"), and _________________ (the
"Executive"), amends the Key Employee Change of Control Contract
by and between Anadarko and the Executive, dated as of the
___________ day of _______, 199__, (the "Contract").  Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Contract.

1.   As permitted by Section 12 of the Contract and effective as
     of July 11, 2000, the following shall be added to Section 6(I) of
     the Contract:

"The foregoing notwithstanding and any other provisions of this
Agreement notwithstanding, no amount shall be paid to Executive
pursuant to Item F above due to the fact that Executive has
received incident to its termination, any and all amounts payable
and owing to him if he was a participant under the Company's
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.

2.   As permitted by Section 12 of the Contract and effective as
of July 11, 2000, the Contract is hereby amended to add the
following new Section 13, to read in its entirety as follows:

     13.  UPR Transaction not a Change of Control.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, for purposes of this Agreement or any rights relating
thereto, a "Change of Control" shall not include any votes,
transactions, acquisitions of stock ownership, changes in board
composition, or other actions, transactions or consequences of
any nature whatsoever, whether viewed in isolation or in the
aggregate, occurring in connection with or resulting from the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger
among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Dakota Merger Corp., and
Union Pacific Resources Group Inc., dated as of April 2, 2000 (as
it may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and any
related documents.

2.   As amended hereby, the Contract is specifically ratified and
reaffirmed.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be executed this 11th day of July, 2000.

                              ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

                              By:____________________________________
                                   Charles G. Manley
                                   Sr. Vice President, Administration

EXECUTIVE

_______________________________________
                       FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                 ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
             KEY EMPLOYEE CHANGE OF CONTROL CONTRACT

     THIS AMENDMENT, dated as of July 11, 2000 ("Amendment"), by
and between Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Anadarko"), and _________________ (the
"Executive"), amends the Key Employee Change of Control Contract
by and between Anadarko and the Executive, dated as of the
___________ day of _______, 199__, (the "Contract").  Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Contract.

1.   As permitted by Section 12 of the Contract and effective as
of July 11, 2000, Section 6(i)F shall be deleted from the
Contract.

2.   As permitted by Section 12 of the Contract and effective as
of July 11, 2000, the Contract is hereby amended to add the
following new Section 13, to read in its entirety as follows:

     13.  UPR Transaction not a Change of Control.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, for purposes of this Agreement or any rights relating
thereto, a "Change of Control" shall not include any votes,
transactions, acquisitions of stock ownership, changes in board
composition, or other actions, transactions or consequences of
any nature whatsoever, whether viewed in isolation or in the
aggregate, occurring in connection with or resulting from the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger
among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Dakota Merger Corp., and
Union Pacific Resources Group Inc., dated as of April 2, 2000 (as
it may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and any
related documents.

2.   As amended hereby, the Contract is specifically ratified and
reaffirmed.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be executed this 11th day of July, 2000.

                              ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

                              By:____________________________________
                                   Charles G. Manley
                                   Sr. Vice President, Administration

EXECUTIVE

_______________________________________The following form of Restricted Stock Agreement was entered into with executive
officers as follows:

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         Individual             Number of Shares           Vesting Date
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         <S>                        <C>                    <C>
         Clayton F. Moran           50,000                 September 25, 2001

         Edwin B. Read              125,000                September 28, 2001

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                            VDC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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                       FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
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                            Date of Grant:   , 2000
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         THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (this  "Agreement") made by and between
VDC  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (hereinafter  called  the
"Company"), and            (hereinafter called the "Employee") is made as of the
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above date under the VDC  Communications,  Inc.  1998 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as
amended from time to time, (the "Plan").

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board") has taken action effective      pursuant to which action
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the Employee became  eligible to receive a Restricted  Stock Award in accordance
with the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         NOW, THEREFORE,  the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, and
in consideration of the covenants set forth herein, hereby agree as follows:

         1.       The Board hereby  grants  to  the  Employee a Restricted Stock
Award for        shares of Company  common  stock,  par value  $.0001  per share
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(the  "Shares"),  in  accordance  with the Plan and  subject  to the  terms  and
conditions set forth herein.

         2.       The  Company shall deliver to Employee a copy of a certificate
for the Shares registered in the name of Employee.

         3.       The Shares  may  not  be  sold,  assigned, pledged, exchanged,
hypothecated  or otherwise  transferred,  encumbered  or disposed of,  except as
described in the Plan, to the extent then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions
(as  hereinafter  defined),  and in  the  event  of  termination  of  Employee's
employment  with the Company or employing  Subsidiary  (as defined in the Plan):
(i)  for  Cause  (as  defined  in the  Plan)  or  (ii)  due  to  the  Employee's
resignation,  the Employee shall, for no  consideration,  forfeit to the Company
all Shares to the extent then  subject to the  Forfeiture  Restrictions  and the
Company shall  immediately be authorized to surrender the Shares to the Company'

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transfer  agent for  cancellation.  The  prohibition  against  transfer  and the
obligation to forfeit and surrender  Shares to the Company upon  termination  of
employment are herein referred to as "Forfeiture  Restrictions."  The Forfeiture
Restrictions  shall be binding upon and  enforceable  against any  transferee of
Shares.

         4.       The Forfeiture Restrictions  shall  lapse  as  to  the  Shares
provided that Employee has been  continuously  employed by the Company or one of
its  Subsidiaries  (as  defined  in the  Plan)  from the date of this  Agreement
through            .
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         5.       In no case will this Agreement result in Employee being vested
in (or becoming eligible to become vested in) more than a total of       Shares.
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         6.       At  such  time as any  Shares  vest under this Agreement,  the
Company  shall issue the  certificate  referenced  in  paragraph 1 above (or any
certificate issued in its place) to the Employee (reduced by any Shares withheld
for taxes pursuant to the Plan, if so permitted by the Plan Administrator).  The
Company shall not be obligated to issue or deliver any Shares if the issuance or
delivery  thereof shall constitute a violation of any provision of any law or of
any regulation of any government authority or national securities exchange.

         7.       The  original  of any  certificate  for unvested Shares issued
pursuant to this Agreement shall, until any of such Shares become vested, remain
in the custody of the Company.

         8.       Employee agrees that the Shares will not be sold or  otherwise
disposed of in any manner which would  constitute a violation of any  applicable
federal  or  state  securities  laws.   Employee  also  agrees:   (i)  that  the
certificates  representing  the  Shares  may bear such  legend or legends as the
Company  deems  appropriate  in  order  to  assure  compliance  with  applicable
securities laws or this Agreement;  (ii) that the Company may refuse to register
the transfer of the Shares on the stock  transfer  records of the Company  which
constitute a violation of any applicable  securities law or this Agreement;  and
(iii) that the Company may give related  instructions  to its transfer agent, if
any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares.

         9.       In  the  event  that  any  withholding  for  tax  purposes  is
required or elected upon vesting of any Shares  pursuant to this  Agreement  and
the applicable section of the Plan, and provided further that the withholding of
Shares has been approved by the Plan Adminstrator,  the Company will withhold in
Shares that number of whole shares with a Fair Market Value (as determined under
the Plan) which is as nearly  equal to but less than the amount of tax  required
to be  withheld,  and will remit in cash the Fair  Market  Value (as  determined
under the Plan) of Shares so withheld to satisfy such  withholding  requirements
(along with any cash required of Employee pursuant to the applicable  section of
the Plan).

         10.      All  Shares subject to this Agreement shall have become vested
if at all, on or before         , on which date this Agreement  shall  terminate
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and any Shares subject to this Agreement and unvested at the date shall, without
any action on the part of Employee,  be  transferred  to the Company for its use
and ownership.

         11.      In  addition  to  the   vesting  provisions   stated  in  this
Agreement,  the Shares subject to this  Agreement  shall  immediately  vest upon
termination of Employee  without Cause (as defined in the Plan) or upon a Change
in Control Event (as defined in the Plan).

         12.      For purposes  of this Agreement,  Employee shall be considered
to be in the  employment of the Company as long as Employee  remains an employee
of either the Company or any successor corporation or a parent or Subsidiary (as
defined in the Plan) of the Company or any successor  corporation.  Any question
as to whether and when there has been a termination of such employment,  and the
cause of such termination, shall be determined by the Board, or its delegate, as
appropriate, and its determination shall be final.

         13.      This   Agreement  shall  be   governed  by  and  construed  in
accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut.

         14.      All  controversies  or claims  arising  out of or  relating to
this Agreement shall be determined by binding  arbitration  applying the laws of
the State of Connecticut and the rules of the American  Arbitration  Association
applicable  to the  Commercial  Panel,  except  that there shall only be one (1)
arbitrator.  Any such arbitration shall be conducted at the Company's offices in
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  or at such other  location  designated by the Company,
before the  American  Arbitration  Association  (the  "AAA").  Each party to the
arbitration  shall bear the cost of preparing and  presenting  its own case. The
cost of the arbitration,  including the fees and expenses of the  arbitrator(s),
shall be shared  equally  by the  parties  thereto  unless  the award  otherwise
provides.

         15.      The Company does not make  any representations  or  warranties
regarding the current or future value of the Shares.

         16.      Capitalized  terms  not  defined  in  this  Agreement have the
meaning assigned to them in the Plan.

         Witness the  signatures of the parties  effective the day first written
above.

ATTEST:                                     VDC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                            By
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                                                   Frederick A. Moran
                                                   Chief Executive Officer
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WITNESS:

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