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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD
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		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
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		CITY:			CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA
		STATE:			A0
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 6-K

                       REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          Press Release July 25, 2006

                        Commission File Number: 1-8795


                      CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
            ------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         2500, 855 - 2ND STREET S.W., CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA T2P 4J8
         -------------------------------------------------------------
                   (Address of principal executive offices)


         Indicate  by check mark  whether  the  registrant  files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                    Form 20-F  [_]             Form 40-F [X]

         Indicate by check mark if the  registrant is submitting  the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). ____

         Note:  Regulation  S-T Rule  101(b)(1) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted  solely to provide an attached  annual report
to security holders.

         Indicate by check mark if the  registrant is submitting  the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

         Note:  Regulation  S-T Rule  101(b)(7) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if  submitted to furnish a report or other  document  that
the registrant  foreign  private issuer must furnish and make public under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or
legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the
home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long
as the report or other document is not a press release,  is not required to be
and has not been distributed to the  registrant's  security  holders,  and, if
discussing  a  material  event,  has  already  been the  subject of a Form 6-K
submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

         Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  by  furnishing  the
information  contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
                         Yes [_]             No  [X]

         If "Yes" is marked,  indicate  below the file number  assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-______

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EXHIBIT NUMBER             DESCRIPTION
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     99.1                  Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces Second
                           Quarter  2006 Update on the Progress of the Horizon
                           Oil Sands Project

                           Press Release dated July 25, 2006



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                                   SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                        CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
                                        (Registrant)


Date:  July 26, 2006                    By:  /s/ B. E. McGrath
                                             ----------------------------
                                             B. E. McGrath
                                             Corporate Secretary

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1
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[GRAPHIC AND PHOTOGRAPHS OMITTED]                     [LOGO - CANADIAN NATURAL]

                                                            PRESS RELEASE
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                 CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED ANNOUNCES
                 SECOND QUARTER 2006 UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF
                         THE HORIZON OIL SANDS PROJECT
           CALGARY, ALBERTA - JULY 25, 2006 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Canadian Natural Resources Limited ("Canadian  Natural") is pleased to provide
its  regular  quarterly  update on the  Horizon  Oil Sands  Project  ("Horizon
Project").

"Our emphasis on front end engineering  coupled with a well defined  execution
strategy  continues to deliver,  allowing our project team the  capability  to
execute in a resource constrained  environment," commented Real Doucet, Senior
Vice-President,   Oil  Sands.   "The  Horizon  Project  achieved   significant
construction  milestones  during the second quarter of 2006,  while  achieving
excellent safety performance.  Our emphasis on front end planning continues to
be  beneficial,  giving our  project  team the  ability  to  quickly  adapt to
changing  market  conditions.  For example,  during the quarter we altered our
strategy  for the Tar River  Diversion  and Raw Water  Pond  construction.  By
advancing the purchase of our own mine  equipment,  we will complete this work
ourselves  at  substantial  cost  savings to third party  alternatives.  These
altered  strategies have avoided  millions of dollars in additional  costs for
the project."

Our labour  strategy,  predicated on a Managed Open Site, has accessed a broad
workforce including on site labour affiliations such as Alberta's  traditional
Building   Trade  Unions,   the  Christian   Labour   Association  of  Canada,
Non-unionized   contractors,   Overburden   Operating   Engineers,   and   the
Communications,  Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. The fly-in / fly-out
program  combined  with  our  world-class  camp  facilities,  is  successfully
attracting new workers to the oil sands.  In June we commenced  weekly flights
to cities in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Quebec in order to access skilled
Canadian  workers  from other  regions of Canada.  This  dynamic and  flexible
contracting  approach coupled with a higher degree of off-site  modularization
than has previously been achieved by oil sands  developers,  has resulted in a
change to our  expected  labour  curves as  non-critical  path  contracts  are
managed for cost.  As such,  in early July we had in excess of 2,500  workers,
supervisors and employees on site and we now expect that this number will ramp
to between 5,000 and 6,000 in mid-2007.

Additionally,  while it is still early in the  project,  we have found to date
that the efficiency of our workers and  contractors  has been,  generally,  as
good as or better  than  expected.  Some of this is due to  favorable  weather
conditions  as well as  contractors  generating  more  efficient  construction
methods under their  lump-sum bids and the  completion of more modular work in
the Edmonton region.

During the  second  quarter of 2006,  we  awarded a further  C$400  million of
contracts,  including  several  that  were  previously  deferred  in  order to
optimize  pricing.  As such,  with C$4.4  billion in awarded  contracts  and a
budgeted C$900 million for our internal  costs,  we already have a high degree
of cost certainty on C$5.3 billion of Phase 1 construction costs. Additionally
all major plants have been passed  through  hazard/operability  review without
requiring  major scope change,  providing even greater cost certainty on these
items. Of the remaining  elements,  we have received initial indications on an
additional  C$400 million in contract work currently in the tender process and
have a good sense of these costs, leaving about C$400 million of cost exposure
on several hundred smaller contracts to be let.

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HORIZON PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                MARCH 31, 2006      JUNE 30, 2006         SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     ACTUAL        ACTUAL       PLAN              PLAN
                                                                     ------        ------       ----              ----
<S>                                                                  <C>           <C>          <C>               <C>
Phase 1 - Work progress (cumulative)                                   26%           36%        31%                44%
Phase 1 - Construction capital spending* (cumulative)                  27%           37%        39%                49%
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* RELATES TO OVERALL PHASE 1 PROJECT CAPITAL OF $6.8 BILLION
</TABLE>

ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2006

DETAILED ENGINEERING
- --------------------
o    Completed in excess of 80% overall detailed  engineering model reviews in
     all areas.
o    Majority of 90% model reviews completed, with detailed engineering on the
     critical path Coker/DRU plant completed two months ahead of schedule.

PROCUREMENT
- -----------
o    Awarded in excess of C$400  million of contracts  and purchase  orders in
     the quarter bringing awards-to-date to over C$4.4 billion, with a further
     C$400 million in various stages of the tender process.
o    Awarded contract for the purchase of 23 Mining Trucks.
o    Awarded key  construction  contracts in Extraction,  Froth  Treatment and
     Tank Farms.
o    Advanced mine  equipment  purchase  (C$24  million) by one year to ensure
     delivery in late 2006 to accommodate  self performed Tar River  Diversion
     and Raw Water Pond construction.

MODULARIZATION
- --------------
o    To date, in excess of 330 oversized loads, or 20% of Phase 1 totals, have
     been transported to site.
o    Shifted  module  assembly  work between  contractors  in order to improve
     efficiency and maintain schedule.

CONSTRUCTION
- ------------
o    Achieved a Safety  Milestone  of 5 million Loss Time  Accident  free site
     hours - safety performance remains ahead of benchmarked targets.
o    Ore Preparation  Plant site turned over by Mining to Bitumen  Production,
     two months ahead of base plan.
o    Set 140 piperack modules for total progress of 31% complete.
o    Mine Overburden  Administration  and Maintenance  Facility were completed
     and occupied.
o    Commissioned  the new 40 m(3) hydraulic  shovel in the quarter.  To date,
     17.0 million bank cubic meters  (approximately  24% of total requirement)
     of  overburden  has been removed  compared to a plan of 16.0 million bank
     cubic meters.
o    Substantially completed site preparation and underground facilities.
o    Camp 2 turned over to operator and ready for  occupancy,  one month ahead
     of schedule.

MILESTONES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2006

o    Overall detailed engineering to surpass 90% complete.
o    Mining shovels to be ordered.
o    Commence Tar River Diversion and Raw Water Pond construction project.

A picture  gallery  providing  visual  updates  on  construction  progress  is
available on the Company's website
(http://www.cnrl.com/horizon/about_horizon/photo_gallery.html).

The  Company's  results  for the second  quarter of 2006 will be  released  on
August  2,  2006.  A  conference  call  will be held on that day at 9:00  a.m.
Mountain Daylight Time, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

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.


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain  statements  in this  document  or  documents  incorporated  herein by
reference  for  Canadian  Natural   Resources   Limited  (the  "Company")  may
constitute  "forward-looking  statements"  within  the  meaning  of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements  can  generally be identified as such because of the context of the
statements  including  words  such as  "believes",  "anticipates",  "expects",
"plans",  "estimates",  or  words of a  similar  nature.  The  forward-looking
statements  are based on  current  expectations  and are  subject to known and
unknown  risks,  uncertainties  and other  factors  that may cause the  actual
results,  performance or achievements of the Company,  or industry results, to
be materially  different from any future results,  performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include,
among others: general economic and business conditions which will, among other
things, impact demand for and market prices of the Company's products; foreign
currency exchange rates;  economic  conditions in the countries and regions in
which the Company conducts business; political uncertainty,  including actions
of or against  terrorists  or  insurgent  groups or other  conflict  including
conflict  between  states;  industry  capacity;  ability  of  the  Company  to
implement  its  business  strategy,   including  exploration  and  development
activities;  impact of  competition;  the  availability  and cost of  seismic,
drilling and other  equipment;  ability of the Company to complete its capital
programs;  ability  of the  Company  to  transport  its  products  to  market;
potential   delays  or  changes  in  plans  with  respect  to  exploration  or
development  projects or capital  expenditures;  the ability of the Company to
attract the necessary labour required to build its projects; operating hazards
and other difficulties inherent in the exploration for and production and sale
of crude oil and natural gas;  availability and cost of financing;  success of
exploration and development activities;  timing and success of integrating the
business and operations of acquired companies;  production levels; uncertainty
of  reserve  estimates;   actions  by  governmental  authorities;   government
regulations  and the  expenditures  required to comply  with them  (especially
safety and environmental laws and regulations);  asset retirement obligations;
and other circumstances affecting revenues and expenses. The impact of any one
factor on a  particular  forward-looking  statement is not  determinable  with
certainty  as such factors are  interdependent,  and the  Company's  course of
action  would  depend  upon  its  assessment  of the  future  considering  all
information then available. Statements relating to "reserves" are deemed to be
forward-looking  statements  as they involve the implied  assessment  based on
certain  estimates  and  assumptions  that  the  reserves   described  can  be
profitably  produced in the future.  Readers are cautioned  that the foregoing
list of important  factors is not  exhaustive.  Although the Company  believes
that  the  expectations   conveyed  by  the  forward-looking   statements  are
reasonable   based  on   information   available   to  it  on  the  date  such
forward-looking  statements were made, no assurances can be given as to future
results, levels of activity and achievements.  All subsequent  forward-looking
statements,  whether  written or oral,  attributable to the Company or persons
acting on its  behalf  are  expressly  qualified  in their  entirety  by these
cautionary  statements.  Except as  required by law,  the  Company  assumes no
obligation to update  forward-looking  statements should  circumstances or the
Company's estimates or opinions change.

For further information, please contact:

                      CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
                          2500, 855 - 2nd Street S.W.
                               Calgary, Alberta
                                    T2P 4J8

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TELEPHONE:   (403) 514-7777              ALLAN P. MARKIN                       DOUGLAS A. PROLL
                                                Chairman            Chief Financial Officer and
FACSIMILE:   (403) 517-7370                                      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                     Investor Relations
Toronto Stock Exchange                     President and
New York Stock Exchange          Chief Operating Officer
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