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Exhibit 4.1

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

Officers’ Certificate

August 9, 2010

     Pursuant to the authority delegated to the undersigned by the Executive Committee of the Board
of Directors of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) by resolutions dated July 19, 2010
and August 9, 2010, the undersigned officers of the Company hereby adopt this Officers’ Certificate
for the purpose of establishing one series of Securities (the “Notes”) under the Indenture, dated
as of September 19, 2006, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
(formerly, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by that certain
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2006, and that certain Second Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2009 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”). This Officers’
Certificate is executed pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture. In addition to the terms
provided in the Indenture with respect to any series of Securities issued thereunder, the terms of
the Notes shall be as follows (capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein
having the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture):

     1. The title of the Notes shall be the “6.375% Senior Notes due 2017” of the Company.

     2. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered
under the Indenture is limited to $2,000,000,000 (plus such additional amounts of Notes as
may be authorized for issuance from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution and
set forth in an Officers’ Certificate prior to the issuance thereof) except for Notes
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or
1107 of the Indenture.

     3. The principal of the Notes shall be payable on September 15, 2017.

     4. The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 6.375% per annum, from August 12, 2010
or the most recent March 15 or September 15 to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for on the Notes. Each such March 15 or September 15, commencing March 15, 2011, shall be
an “Interest Payment Date” for the Notes. The March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding an Interest Payment Date shall be the
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. Interest
shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

     5. The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York;
provided, however, that (x) if the Notes are not Global Securities, (i) payment of interest
may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register and all other payments will be made by check against
surrender of the Notes; and (ii) notwithstanding the first proviso, if the Notes are in
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or on the related Regular Record Date of any payment of interest on any Interest
Payment Date delivers a written request to the Paying Agent to make such payment by wire
transfer, the Company may make such payments by wire transfer until new instructions are
given; and (y) if the Notes are Global Securities, payment will be made pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures of the relevant Depositary.

     6. The Notes shall be subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than
60 days’ notice, at any time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed, not
including any portion of these payments of interest accrued to the date on which the Notes
are to be redeemed, discounted from September 15, 2017 to the date on which the Notes are to
be redeemed on a semi-annual basis assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 0.50% plus accrued interest on the Notes to be
redeemed to the date on which the Notes are to be redeemed.

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of a
security whose price, expressed as a percentage of its principal amount, is equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price.

     “Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means a United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent which has a maturity comparable to the remaining maturity of the Series of
the Notes being redeemed that would be used in accordance with customary financial practice
to price new issues of corporate debt securities with a maturity comparable to the remaining
maturity of the Notes being redeemed.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means the result of the calculation of the Calculation
Agent of the average of the Reference Dealer Quotations of the Comparable Treasury Issue
provided by each Reference Dealer, after the Calculation Agent has eliminated the highest
and lowest Reference Dealer Quotations; provided, that, if the Calculation Agent obtains
fewer than three Reference Dealer Quotations, it will calculate the average of all of the
Reference Dealer Quotations and not eliminate any Reference Dealer Quotations.

     “Quotation Agent” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor.

     “Reference Dealers” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor and two or more
other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States appointed by the
Company as reference dealers. If J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor is no longer
a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another primary
U.S. Government securities dealer in its place as a Reference Dealer and as Quotation Agent.

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     “Reference Dealer Quotations” means each of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable
Treasury Issue as of 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day before the Redemption Date as
provided by the Reference Dealers to the Quotation Agent, Calculation Agent and Trustee.

     7. The Notes shall not be subject to redemption at the option of the Holders or to a
sinking fund requirement.

     8. The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, with a minimum denomination of $2,000.

     9. The provisions of Section 1302 and Section 1303 of the Indenture
with respect to defeasance of the Securities of a series and covenant defeasance of the
Securities of a series, respectively, shall be applicable to the Notes.

     10. The Notes shall be issued initially wholly in the form of Global Securities and The
Depository Trust Company shall be the initial Depositary with respect thereto.

     11. The price at which the Notes will be sold to the
underwriters named in the Terms Agreement dated August 9, 2010 between the Company and
the underwriters named therein shall be 98.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

     12. The form of the Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit 1 attached hereto pursuant to Article II of the Indenture.

[Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Officers’ Certificate on
the date first set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /s/ Bruce W. Busmire
 	 
	 	Bruce W. Busmire 	 
	 	Vice President, Finance and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                             /s/ Robert G. Gwin
 	 
	 	Robert G. Gwin 	 
	 	Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer 	 

[Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate Establishing the Notes]

 

 

EXHIBIT 1

Form of
6.375% Notes due 2017

[See Attached]exv4w2

Exhibit 4.2

[Form of Face of Note]

     [Insert if Global Security — THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER
THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE.]

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

6.375% Senior Notes due 2017

			
	 	 	 
	No.
	 	$                    
	CUSIP No. 032511BH9	 	 
	ISIN No. US032511BH96	 	 

     ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
                    , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
                    
Dollars on September 15, 2017, and to pay interest thereon from August 12, 2010 or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing March 15, 2011, and at the Maturity thereof, at
the rate of 6.375% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will,
as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest so payable, but not punctually
paid or duly provided for, will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
this Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal

 

 

tender for payment of public and private debts, against surrender of this Security in the case
of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof or any payment of interest becomes
payable on a day other than an Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if this Security is
not a Global Security, (i) payment of interest on an Interest Payment Date will be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register; and all other payments will be made by check against surrender of this Security; (ii) all
payments by check will be made in next-day funds (i.e., funds that become available on the day
after the check is cashed); and (iii) notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, with respect to
any payment of any amount due on this Security, if this Security is in a denomination of at least
$1,000,000 and the Holder hereof at the time of surrender hereof or, in the case of any payment of
interest on any Interest Payment Date, the Holder thereof on the related Regular Record Date
delivers a written request to the Paying Agent to make such payment by wire transfer at least five
Business Days before the date such payment becomes due, together with appropriate wire transfer
instructions specifying an account at a bank in New York, New York, the Company shall make such
payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account at such bank in New York
City, any such wire instructions, once properly given by a Holder as to this Security, remaining in
effect as to such Holder and this Security unless and until new instructions are given in the
manner described above; and provided further, that notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the
contrary, if this Security is a Global Security, payment shall be made pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.

	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL] 	ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Attest:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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[Form of Reverse of Note]

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated
as of September 19, 2006, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October
10, 2006, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2009 (herein collectively
called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument),
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly, The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,000,000,000 (plus such additional
amounts of Securities of this series as may be authorized for issuance from time to time in the
manner set forth in the Indenture).

     The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more
than 60 days’ notice, at any time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this
series to be redeemed or (2) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of
the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series to be
redeemed, not including any portion of these payments of interest accrued as of the date on which
the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, discounted from September 15, 2017 to the date on
which the Securities of this series are to be redeemed on a semi-annual basis assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 0.50%, plus accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of a security
whose price, expressed as a percentage of its principal amount, is equal to the Comparable Treasury
Price.

     “Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means a United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation
Agent which has a maturity comparable to the remaining maturity of the Securities of this series
being redeemed that would be used in accordance with customary financial practice to price new
issues of corporate debt securities with a maturity comparable to the remaining maturity of the
Securities of this series being redeemed.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means the result of the calculation of the Calculation Agent of
the average of the Reference Dealer Quotations of the Comparable Treasury Issue provided by each
Reference Dealer, after the Calculation Agent has eliminated the highest and lowest Reference
Dealer Quotations; provided, that, if the Calculation Agent obtains fewer than

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three Reference Dealer Quotations, it will calculate the average of all of the Reference
Dealer Quotations and not eliminate any Reference Dealer Quotations.

     “Quotation Agent” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor.

     “Reference Dealers” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor and two or more other
primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States appointed by the Company as
reference dealers. If J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its successor is no longer a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another primary U.S. Government
securities dealer in its place as a Reference Dealer and as Quotation Agent.

     “Reference Dealer Quotations” means each of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue as of 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day before the Redemption Date as provided by the
Reference Dealers to the Quotation Agent, Calculation Agent and Trustee.

     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security,
in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of all series to be affected (considered together as one class for this purpose).
The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected under the Indenture
(considered together as one class for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and (ii)
permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding
of any series to be affected under the Indenture (with each such series considered separately for
this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder

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shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the
Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, with a minimum denomination of $2,000.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of
this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and
of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

     This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law
of the State of New York.

     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

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