Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers synthetic crude oil (SCO), light and medium crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), primary heavy crude oil, and Pelican Lake heavy crude oil. Its midstream and refining assets include two crude oil pipeline systems; and a 50% working interest in an 84-megawatt cogeneration plant at Primrose. As of December 31, 2020, the company had total proved crude oil, bitumen, and NGLs reserves were 10,528 million barrels (MMbbl); total proved plus probable crude oil, bitumen, and NGLs reserves were 13,271 MMbbl; proved SCO reserves were 6,998 MMbbl; total proved plus probable SCO reserves were 7,535 MMbbl; proved natural gas reserves were 12,168 billion cubic feet (Bcf); and total proved plus probable natural gas reserves were 20,249 Bcf. It operates primarily in Western Canada; the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea; and Offshore Africa. The company was formerly known as AEX Minerals Corporation and changed its name to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in December 1975. Canadian Natural Resources Limited was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited trades as CNQ on NYSE. The company is classified in Energy / Oil & Gas Exploration & Production and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $44.17B of revenue and $10.82B of net income.

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Canadian Natural Resources Limited can be compared against peers such as EOG Resources, Inc., Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Equinor ASA, Energy Transfer LP, Diamondback Energy, Inc., Kinder Morgan, Inc..

A complete thesis should compare growth, margins, balance-sheet risk, valuation multiples, and market position against direct competitors.

Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $95.33B, beta of 0.91, and return on equity of +24.4%.

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CNQ currently shows total debt of $19.71B and beta of 0.91. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: 6-K (2026-05-12 00:00:00), 6-K (2026-05-11 00:00:00), 6-K (2026-05-07 00:00:00), 6-K (2026-05-07 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.cnrl.com

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