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

                Third Quarter 2004 Interim Report to Shareholders

                         Commission File Number: 1-8795


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


          2500, 855 - 2ND STREET S.W., CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA T2P 4J8
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                    (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). ____

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security holders.

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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]

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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-______




         The Interim Report attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, limited to those
portions beginning with the heading "Special Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements" on page 11 and including "Financial Statements" through to page 52
inclusive, is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form
F-9 (File No. 333-104919) as an exhibit thereto:


EXHIBIT NUMBER                DESCRIPTION
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99.1                          Third Quarter Interim Report issued by Canadian
                              Natural Resources Limited to its shareholders
                              referenced as "Third Quarter, Nine Months Ended
                              September 30, 2004"






                                    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:   November 12, 2004                 By: /s/ Bruce E. McGrath
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                                               Bruce E. McGrath
                                               Corporate Secretary