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- **Record Production Growth**: Q3 2025 corporate production up 19% to 1.62 million BOEs/day, driven by oil sands and thermal in situ efficiency.
- **Strategic Asset Swap**: CAD 300 million+ annual savings expected from AOSP equipment sharing and operational streamlining.
- **Financial Resilience**: CAD 3.9 billion funds flow and 25-year dividend growth streak with 21% CAGR.
- **Egress Expansion Focus**: Exploring pipeline investments to reduce Canadian crude differentials and boost margins.
- **Stable Market Outlook**: Light-heavy differential expected to remain at $10-$13/bbl, supported by Asian demand and TMX capacity.

**【Management Opening Remarks】**
- Lance Casson welcomed participants and highlighted the strong operational and financial performance for the quarter. Scott Stauth and Victor Durell were introduced to discuss the company’s achievements and future plans.

**【CEO Commentary】**
- **Record Production**: Achieved a corporate production record of 1.62 million BOEs per day, with liquids and natural gas production up 19% year-over-year. Oil sands production averaged 581,000 barrels per day with 104% utilization and industry-leading costs of CAD 21.29 per barrel.
- **AOSP Swap Benefits**: Closed the AOSP swap with Shell, adding 31,000 barrels per day of bitumen production and enhancing operational efficiency through equipment sharing and cost synergies.
- **Operational Excellence**: Thermal in situ operating costs decreased by 2%, and multilateral wells in the conventional business drove a 14% increase in production.

**【CFO Commentary】**
- **Financial Strength**: Adjusted funds flow of CAD 3.9 billion and adjusted net earnings of CAD 1.8 billion. Shareholder returns of CAD 1.5 billion in Q3, including CAD 1.2 billion in dividends and CAD 300 million in share repurchases.
- **Balance Sheet**: Debt to EBITDA of 0.9x and liquidity of CAD 4.3 billion. Received a BBB+ credit rating from Fitch.

**【Q&A Highlights】**
- **Asset Swap Synergies**: Scott Stauth emphasized future cost savings from shared equipment and optimized operations post-AOSP swap.
- **Egress Expansion**: Interest in new pipelines like the South Illinois Connector to improve Canadian crude differentials.
- **Government Engagement**: Positive dialogue with the federal government on carbon competitiveness and pathways for oil sands growth.
- **Market Outlook**: Expecting light-heavy differentials to remain stable at $10-$13/bbl due to strong TMX demand and Asian exports.


Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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