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          CANADIAN
C N R     NATURAL
          RESOURCES
          LIMITED

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              CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND
          CALGARY, ALBERTA - FEBRUARY 26, 2003 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Canadian Natural Resources Limited announces its Board of Directors has declared
a quarterly cash dividend on its common shares of Cdn $0.15 (fifteen cents) per
share. The dividend will be payable April 1, 2003, to shareholders of record at
the close of business on March 14, 2003.





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
         FACSIMILE:        (403) 517-7370                               Chairman
         EMAIL:            investor.relations@cnrl.com
         WEBSITE:          www.cnrl.com                         JOHN G. LANGILLE
                                                                       President

         TRADING SYMBOLS - CNQ                                     STEVE W. LAUT
         Toronto Stock Exchange                         Executive Vice-President
         New York Stock Exchange                                      Operations

                                                                 COREY B. BIEBER
                                                                        Director
                                                              Investor Relations


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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.
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