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                       CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
                               ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND
          CALGARY, ALBERTA - NOVEMBER 1, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Canadian  Natural  Resources  Limited  announces  its  Board of  Directors  has
declared a quarterly  cash dividend on its common shares of C$0.085  (eight and
one half cents) per common share.  The dividend will be payable January 1, 2008
to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 14, 2007.

Canadian  Natural is a senior oil and  natural  gas  production  company,  with
continuing  operations  in its core areas located in Western  Canada,  the U.K.
portion of the North Sea and Offshore West Africa.




For further information, please contact:

                          CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
                             2500, 855 - 2nd Street S.W.
                                   Calgary, Alberta
                                       T2P 4J8
                                                    
TELEPHONE: (403) 514-7777            ALLAN P. MARKIN                    DOUGLAS A. PROLL
                                            Chairman         Chief Financial Officer and
FACSIMILE: (403) 514-7888                                 Senior Vice-President, Finance
EMAIL:     ir@cnrl.com              JOHN G. LANGILLE
WEBSITE:   www.cnrl.com                Vice-Chairman                     COREY B. BIEBER
                                                                         Vice-President,
TRADING SYMBOL - CNQ                   STEVE W. LAUT        Finance & Investor Relations
Toronto Stock Exchange                 President and
New York Stock Exchange      Chief Operating Officer




Certain  information  regarding  the Company  contained  herein may  constitute
forward-looking  statements under  applicable  securities laws. Such statements
are subject to known or unknown risks and  uncertainties  that may cause actual
results  to  differ  materially  from  those  anticipated  or  implied  in  the
forward-looking statements.