Anadarko, the county seat of Caddo County, lies along the south bank of the Washita River in the south-central portion of the county. It is situated eighteen miles west of Chickasha at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62/State Highway 9 and U.S. Highway 281/State Highway 8.
Anadarko, city, seat (1907) of Caddo county, southwest-central Oklahoma, U.S. It lies along the Washita River. Founded in 1901 when the site was opened to white settlement, the city was named for the Nadako Indians, a Caddo subgroup.
ANADARKO. The Anadarko (Nadaco) were an American Indian tribe indigenous to Texas and whose descendants are now members of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. Recognized as Kadohadacho or "the Caddo Proper" since the nineteenth century, an estimated 449 Anadarkos resided in Oklahoma, mostly in Caddo County, circa 1950.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It was organized in Delaware and headquartered in two skyscrapers in The Woodlands, Texas: the Allison Tower and the Hackett Tower, both named after former CEOs of the company.
Since 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has been delivering industry-leading value in oil and gas exploration, production and saltwater disposal across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico—some of the most prolific energy basins in the U.S.
"The Anadarko sale completes the transformation of our portfolio and our balance sheet," said Ovintiv President and CEO, Brendan McCracken. "Proceeds from the sale will go to debt reduction ...
The Anadarko Basin, extending more than 50,000 square miles across west-central Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, includes some of the most prolific U.S. natural gas reserves — and a 1974 drilling record.
Ovintiv has closed the $3 billion sale of its Anadarko basin assets in Oklahoma, with proceeds expected to reach $2.85 billion and support debt reduction and portfolio optimization.