Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Natural Resources produced 404.3 MMbbl of oil and 1.13 Tcf of natural gas in 2025. 52,105 operated producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
- Largest operator by operated oil in Alberta, 2025.
- Operated 25.0% of the oil produced in Alberta, 2025.
- Oil production rose 5% in 2025 from 2024.
Canadian Natural Resources's figures include production filed by its subsidiaries under their own names.
Canadian Natural Resources's figures include production filed by its subsidiaries under their own names. Under Current operator an old month can show a later company.
Production
Still arriving: Oct 2026 <1% filed.
All from what the source published. 62.1% held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 62.1% Reported by the official source by well
- 37.9% Reported by the official source as a lease, facility, field or state total. Published without per-well detail.
Every barrel here starts from what the official source published for the months measured. Measured over January 1958 to July 2026.
The gray “without per-well detail” band is volume the source reports above the well: fields, facilities, or leases the source publishes as one total. It is included so the stack still sums to the whole entity.
Still arriving: Oct 2026 <1% filed.
The gray “without per-well detail” band is volume the source reports above the well: fields, facilities, or leases the source publishes as one total. It is included so the stack still sums to the whole entity.
Still arriving: Oct 2026 <1% filed.
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 100% Reported by the official source by well
Every cubic foot here starts from what the official source published for the months measured. Measured over January 1958 to July 2026.
Still arriving: Oct 2026 <1% filed.
The bands group wells by when they first produced.
About this chart
The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. The bands draw the filings already in.
These volumes are the production from the wells and facilities this company operates. Ownership works differently: other parties hold interests in these wells, and this company holds interests in wells that other companies operate. How we attribute production to a company
Annual table (full history)
best estimate incl. unsplit totals
| Year | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 404.3 | 1,132 |
| 2024 | 385.7 | 940 |
| 2023 | 374.4 | 937 |
| 2022 | 359.1 | 909 |
| 2021 | 364.5 | 779 |
| 2020 | 346.7 | 779 |
| 2019 | 321.2 | 784 |
| 2018 | 319.8 | 831 |
| 2017 | 293.0 | 861 |
| 2016 | 268.4 | 866 |
| 2015 | 279.8 | 927 |
| 2014 | 275.4 | 923 |
| 2013 | 255.8 | 872 |
| 2012 | 240.4 | 949 |
| 2011 | 203.2 | 1,031 |
| 2010 | 189.9 | 1,047 |
| 2009 | 162.9 | 1,113 |
| 2008 | 140.4 | 1,234 |
| 2007 | 142.3 | 1,312 |
| 2006 | 82.3 | 1,320 |
| 2005 | 78.2 | 1,329 |
| 2004 | 74.8 | 1,339 |
| 2003 | 74.4 | 1,367 |
| 2002 | 77.7 | 1,486 |
| 2001 | 85.5 | 1,442 |
| 2000 | 84.8 | 1,344 |
| 1999 | 75.7 | 1,328 |
| 1998 | 87.7 | 1,380 |
| 1997 | 87.4 | 1,376 |
| 1996 | 73.0 | 1,356 |
| 1995 | 64.7 | 1,264 |
| 1994 | 58.7 | 1,136 |
| 1993 | 57.7 | 1,064 |
| 1992 | 56.7 | 947 |
| 1991 | 56.1 | 826 |
| 1990 | 57.7 | 770 |
| 1989 | 57.4 | 757 |
| 1988 | 58.3 | 703 |
| 1987 | 57.6 | 627 |
| 1986 | 55.7 | 565 |
| 1985 | 55.3 | 554 |
| 1984 | 54.6 | 503 |
| 1983 | 48.1 | 472 |
| 1982 | 45.5 | 496 |
| 1981 | 45.2 | 480 |
| 1980 | 44.6 | 480 |
| 1979 | 48.1 | 511 |
| 1978 | 45.9 | 468 |
| 1977 | 47.7 | 444 |
| 1976 | 46.2 | 397 |
| 1975 | 51.2 | 341 |
| 1974 | 57.8 | 309 |
| 1973 | 59.8 | 313 |
| 1972 | 49.9 | 264 |
| 1971 | 42.3 | 251 |
| 1970 | 39.9 | 218 |
| 1969 | 35.3 | 156 |
| 1968 | 30.7 | 145 |
| 1967 | 28.5 | 136 |
| 1966 | 23.7 | 128 |
| 1965 | 18.7 | 132 |
| 1964 | 15.0 | 120 |
| 1963 | 13.3 | 117 |
| 1962 | 12.0 | 103 |
| 1961 | 0.3 | 12 |
| 1960 | <0.1 | 6 |
| 1959 | <0.1 | 5 |
| 1958 | <0.1 | 1 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Monthly table (last 24 months)
| Month | Oil (Mbbl) | Gas produced (MMcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 16,176.5 | 94,491 |
| 2026-08 | 16,376.2 | 101,496 |
| 2026-07 | 38,278.1 | 101,282 |
| 2026-06 | 34,772.5 | 93,929 |
| 2026-05 | 36,753.0 | 96,481 |
| 2026-04 | 34,899.5 | 95,869 |
| 2026-03 | 34,530.8 | 101,042 |
| 2026-02 | 32,205.2 | 92,664 |
| 2026-01 | 34,294.7 | 100,249 |
| 2025-12 | 35,477.3 | 99,460 |
| 2025-11 | 35,260.4 | 98,217 |
| 2025-10 | 35,126.8 | 102,241 |
| 2025-09 | 35,094.1 | 94,352 |
| 2025-08 | 34,633.6 | 102,251 |
| 2025-07 | 36,000.7 | 102,340 |
| 2025-06 | 32,558.4 | 87,235 |
| 2025-05 | 27,369.8 | 89,362 |
| 2025-04 | 30,839.4 | 87,867 |
| 2025-03 | 35,290.1 | 92,757 |
| 2025-02 | 31,498.3 | 81,484 |
| 2025-01 | 35,144.6 | 94,677 |
| 2024-12 | 35,403.3 | 93,983 |
| 2024-11 | 33,630.6 | 79,991 |
| 2024-10 | 33,543.4 | 78,487 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Canadian Natural Resources, data through July 2026.
Well map
- Oil 47,602
- Natural gas 87,700
- Undetermined 11,324
About this map
Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the trailing 12 months per region.
Type curves
Horizontal wells only. Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.
How these curves are built
Horizontal wells only: 7,717 of the 14,675 wells in these cohorts. Average daily production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the full cohort, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production, the rate on a log scale. The view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well, on the same log rate scale, or to cumulative production per well against months on production, on a linear scale. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort is solid through the last month all the wells in its curve sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well in the curve. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks the size of each cohort. 594 wells are counted here but not shown on the age axis: they started producing in 2021 or earlier, too close to the start of our records for their region to verify their true age.
Cohort summary table
| First produced | Wells in curve | Peak oil (bbl/d per well) | Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) | Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) | Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) | Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) | Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) | Months in series | Wells old enough at last month in series | Forecast months drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 410 | 125 | — | 3.8 | 666 | — | 0.0 | 1 | 100% | 60 |
| 2025 | 553 | 254 | — | 65.1 | 1,409 | — | 0.3 | 10 | 100% | 60 |
| 2024 | 498 | 200 | 138 | 91.5 | 2,080 | 1,274 | 0.9 | 22 | 100% | 60 |
| 2023 | 486 | 273 | 214 | 185 | 1,629 | 941 | 0.8 | 34 | 100% | 60 |
| 2022 | 423 | 180 | 102 | 106 | 1,723 | 1,111 | 1.1 | 46 | 100% | 60 |
| 2021 | 353 | 176 | 106 | 142 | 2,038 | 1,474 | 1.8 | 58 | 100% | 60 |
| 2020 | 185 | 121 | 66.8 | 131 | 1,774 | 1,309 | 1.6 | 70 | 100% | 60 |
| 2019 | 511 | 218 | 218 | 291 | 732 | 579 | 0.8 | 82 | 100% | 60 |
| 2018 | 460 | 122 | 85.5 | 163 | 1,021 | 882 | 1.3 | 94 | 100% | 60 |
| 2017 | 333 | 108 | 61.6 | 120 | 1,525 | 985 | 1.6 | 106 | 100% | 60 |
| 2016 | 171 | 71.8 | 66.5 | 164 | 2,257 | 1,591 | 2.5 | 118 | 100% | 60 |
| 2015 | 328 | 196 | 164 | 436 | 957 | 598 | 1.2 | 130 | 100% | 60 |
| 2010-2014 | 3,006 | 164 | 110 | 234 | 538 | 363 | 0.7 | 142 | 100% | 60 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Canadian Natural Resources type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.
Recent permitting
About this chart
Approvals of every permit type per month, the 24 months to Nov 2026. The last bar is Nov 2026 through November 12, 2026 (7 so far), drawn hatched. All 964 approved in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 964 in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 and 252 in the last 90 days of that window. How permits are counted.
- Canadian Natural Resources was granted 964 well permits in the 365 days to November 12, 2026. Of those, 252 came in the last 90 days of that window. The latest approval on record is dated November 12, 2026.
- All 964 approved in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 964 in the 365 days to November 12, 2026 and 252 in the last 90 days of that window.
- Permits counted here come from Alberta and British Columbia.
- Manitoba and Saskatchewan reach this page through production data alone.
Well permits approved per month: full table
| Month | Permits approved |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 (through November 12, 2026) | 7 |
| Oct 2026 | 154 |
| Sep 2026 | 46 |
| Aug 2026 | 74 |
| Jul 2026 | 104 |
| Jun 2026 | 41 |
| May 2026 | 64 |
| Apr 2026 | 78 |
| Mar 2026 | 92 |
| Feb 2026 | 85 |
| Jan 2026 | 24 |
| Dec 2025 | 162 |
| Nov 2025 | 46 |
| Oct 2025 | 77 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 |
| Aug 2025 | 50 |
| Jul 2025 | 86 |
| Jun 2025 | 33 |
| May 2025 | 61 |
| Apr 2025 | 33 |
| Mar 2025 | 57 |
| Feb 2025 | 75 |
| Jan 2025 | 125 |
| Dec 2024 | 100 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
What we cover here
Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.
| Data | Grain | Since | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta production | project + well | 1962-01 | ~100% of StatCan (oil) |
| British Columbia production | well | 1954-06 | — |
| Manitoba production | well | 1951-02 | ~100% of StatCan (oil) |
| Saskatchewan production | well | 2022-01 | ~100% of StatCan (oil) |
Benchmark cells compare our series with Statistics Canada’s published estimates.
About the StatCan comparison
Statistics Canada is Canada’s national statistical agency and publishes its own figures for the provinces’ production. The two series are produced differently, so recent months can differ in either direction.
Coverage rows for Canadian Natural Resources are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.
Top regions by 2025 operated production best estimate incl. unsplit totals
| Region | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) | Share of 2025 output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 396.2 | 711.5 | 92.5% |
| British Columbia | 1.8 | 401.3 | 5.9% |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 19.3 | 1.5% |
| Manitoba | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1% |
Share of output counts oil and gas together, gas at its market-value weight.
What the data shows
- Canadian Natural Resources produced 404.3 MMbbl of oil and 1.13 Tcf of natural gas in 2025.
- Canadian Natural Resources oil production reached its highest level on record in 2025 at 404.3 MMbbl.
- Canadian Natural Resources operated production across 4 reporting regions in 1 country (Canada) in our coverage.
- 52,105 operated producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
Corporate history
- June 2026 Assets moved from Tamarack Valley Energy to Canadian Natural Resources.
- February 2026 Assets moved from Tourmaline Oil Corp to Canadian Natural Resources.
- July 2025 Assets moved from Strathcona Resources to Canadian Natural Resources.
- December 2024 Assets moved from Chevron to Canadian Natural Resources.
- July 2013 Canadian Natural Resources acquired Barrick Energy Inc..
- 2006 Canadian Natural Resources acquired Anadarko Canada Corporation.
- July 2002 Canadian Natural Resources acquired Rio Alto Exploration Ltd..
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