NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICATIONS NO. 1400981 & 1431069

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED

FORT KENT FIELD

Take notice that examiners appointed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1400981 and 1431069 at the Bonnyville Neighborhood Inn, 5011-66th Street, Bonnyville, Alberta, commencing on January 18, 2006, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited has submitted an application in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from Legal Subdivision (LSD) 2, Section 25, Township 61, Range 5, West of the 4^th Meridian to LSD 13-20-61-4 W4M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 2.86 kilometres (km) in length with a maximum outside diameter of 88.9 millimeters and would transport natural gas with a maximum H₂S concentration of 0.0 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be operated as a Level 1 pipeline.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited has submitted an application in accordance with Section 7.001 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations requesting approval to construct and operate a multi-well gas battery in LSD 2-25-61-5 W4M in the Fort Kent Field. The wellsite facility would consist of wet metering, a separator, and a tank. The purpose of the facility would be to separate and measure production from an existing gas well located at LSD 2-25-61-5 W4M.

The proposed pipeline and battery would be located approximately 10 km northeast of Bonnyville.

To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Suite 2500, 855 – 2^nd Street SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J8

Attention: Rick Palmer

Telephone: (403) 716-6327

Fax: (403) 517-7367

Email: rick.palmer@cnrl.com

A copy of the applications and related material is available for public viewing at the following locations:

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Information Services Main Floor,
640-5^th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190

 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Bonnyville Field Centre
PO Box 5169, Northlands Development Building
Bonnyville, Alberta T9N 2G4
Telephone: (780) 826-5352

For information about EUB procedures, contact:

Applications Branch, Facilities Applications
Attention: Eva Simpson
Telephone: (403) 297-5390
Fax: (403) 297-4117
Email: eva.simpson@gov.ab.ca

Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application

No. 1400981 or 1431069 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2006. Each submission must clearly state whether the submission relates to the pipeline application, the battery application, or both. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above, and ten copies to:

Eva Simpson, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 – 5^th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4

Any submission filed shall contain the following:

(a) a concise statement indicating

(i) the manner in which the intervener's rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,

(ii) the nature and scope of the intervener's intended participation,

(iii) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,

(iv) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,

(v) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and

(vi) the intervener's efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;

1. the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;

2. if the intervener is represented by a representative, the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the representative;

3. if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener's membership.

If you have an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to this application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Canadian Natural Resources Limited on this application.

If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the application without further notice or without a hearing.

In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the EUB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on December 8, 2005.