Anadarko Petroleum Company

Environmental Partnership Examples

Conservation and Wildlife Habitat (Biodiversity) Protection

Protecting Rare Coral Reefs
About 100 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Anadarko is continuously collaborating with industry, federal and state government agencies and researchers to protect the northernmost coral reefs on North America's continental shelf.
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Studying Oyster Reefs in Inland Waters
Anadarko is working closely with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on an extensive survey of oyster reefs in the inland waters of West Black Bay. The study is mapping the location of oyster reefs and assessing the quality of their sensitive habitat.
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Safeguarding Wildlife Habitats
Pine forests, wetlands, abundant wildlife and the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker are all part of the ecosystem at Anadarko's Vernon field in north central Louisiana. While operating approximately 50 natural gas wells and several drilling rigs in the field, Anadarko's careful practices minimize the impact and help protect wildlife habitats in this 90-square-mile area.
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Air Quality Improvement and Climate Change Partnerships

Sequestering Carbon Dioxide
Anadarko's enhanced oil recovery efforts in Wyoming are breathing new life into aging oil fields by injecting into the reservoir CO2 that otherwise would have been vented into the atmosphere.
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Responding to Global Climate Change
Anadarko is a partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of API’s Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.
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Educational Partnership Examples

Local Community and Career Development Programs

Answering a Call for Role Models
Anadarko teamed with Junior Achievement, an organization that brings professionals to school classrooms to teach basic principles of business and free enterprise to youngsters. Attorneys, engineers, accountants, landmen and other professionals from Anadarko entered the classrooms of an at-risk primary school and middle school in Conroe Independent School District in Texas.
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Community Partnership Examples

Community Engagement and Health Programs

Partnering with Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality
In the state of Wyoming, industry, government, environmental groups, educators and landowners are working together to solve issues surrounding the state permitting process for water-discharge permits.
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Preserving Unique Cultures and Habitats in Canada
Appreciation of an area's culture and history are key factors in protecting habitat and other resources. Anadarko and other operators have participated in studies designed to minimize environmental impacts and disturbance to culturally and historically significant areas.
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Community Clean-up, Environmental Protection and Volunteer Programs

Volunteerism
While Anadarko employees work hard to find new energy around the world, they still find the personal energy to lend a helping hand. Every day, Anadarko employees are organizing projects to address a need they learned of in their community.
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Community Infrastructure, Development and Relief Assistance

Creating a Better Way for Communities to Prosper
At Anadarko Petroleum’s headquarters in Houston, we’re addressing the city’s most pressing social needs through our involvement with United Way of Texas Gulf Coast. Anadarko employees contribute generously, and the company matches employee donations dollar for dollar. In 2003, Anadarko gave $1.2 million to Houston United Way agencies. Similar efforts took place in Calgary, Rock Springs (Wyoming), Anchorage, and other communities throughout North America.
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Building a Home Together
When Anadarko made Montgomery County, Texas its permanent home in 2002, the company wanted to make a significant contribution to its new community. Partnering with Habitat for Humanity to provide one of its neighbors with another new home seemed like a perfect fit.
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