UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

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

                         For the month of November 2002

                         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). [_]

         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-______





         This Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form-9 (File No. 333-13666). The
following documents are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibits to the
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form F-9 (File No. 333-13666):


EXHIBIT NUMBER         DESCRIPTION
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99.1                   Interim Report sent to shareholders for the nine months
                       ended September 30, 2002.





                                    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 15, 2002            By: /s/ B. E. McGrath
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                                        B. E. McGRATH
                                        Corporate Secretary