Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) doesn’t make flashy headlines when it comes to Montney development — but that’s exactly why its strategy is powerful. The company is quietly building one of the most efficient, liquids-rich natural gas portfolios in Canada. With LNG export capacity increasing over the next decade, CNRL is positioning itself to win the long game.

CNRL’s “drill-to-fill” strategy refers to its approach of drilling new wells primarily to maintain or maximize facility and infrastructure utilization, rather than for aggressive production growth. This strategy is designed to optimize existing assets such as pipelines, processing plants, and upgrader capacity.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) posted strong drilling activity in Q1 2025, continuing a positive trajectory from the prior year. A review of operational data reveals several notable trends across rig deployment, field concentration, and drilling methodologies—showing both consistency and strategic shifts in resource development.

As part of its second-quarter earnings report last week, Canadian Natural Resources (CNRL) updated investors on its plans for organic production growth out of its oil sands assets.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says it expects to spend $5.2 billion on its capital budget next year as it looks to grow production in 2023

Canadian Natural Resources Limited presented a donation to Bert Ambrose Elementary on Monday for their meal program.

The Company drilled a total of 295 net crude oil and natural gas wells in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 168 in the comparable period in 2021, an increase of 127 net wells over this time period.

CNRL updated 2022 base and strategic growth capital program is now targeted to be approximately $4.9 billion and corporate production guidance range is increasing to 1,295 MBOE/d to 1,335 MBOE/d.

Canadian Natural Resources Q1 2022 results. Download CNLR drilling and facility reports.