Delivering Value & Growth SNAPSHOT 2018 2019B Capital expenditures – net (C$ million) $4,731 $3,700 Annualized dividend (C$/share)* $1.34 $1.50 Production (annual average, before royalties) Crude Oil (Mbbl/d) 821 782 - 861 Natural…
TABLE OF CONTENTS • Corporate Strategy Page 1 • A World Class Company Built for All Cycles Page 2 • Delivering Real Value to Shareholders Page 6 • Value/Growth Opportunities Page 11 ? Montney Page 12 ? Heavy Crude Oil Page 13 ?…
Top tier free cash flow generation • CFPS, EPS, Production per share growth • Increasing ROCE, ROE, Dividend Yield • Increasing returns to shareholders through dividends and share purchases • Optionality to deliver significant…
Top tier free cash flow generation providing real returns to shareholders ?Dividend increases and share purchases • Strong Balance Sheet supports investment grade credit ratings • Flexible capital allocation to maximize value • Large,…
Balanced, diverse production mix • International exposure • Vast, balanced resource base to develop • Growing, sustainable adjusted funds flow • >50% light crude oil and SCO production BALANCED PRODUCT MIX PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY 2019…
Balanced Asset Model Robust Through All Cycles Time • Ability to ramp up production faster with improving prices • Stronger Balance Sheet • Long life low decline assets provide sustainable production and free cash flow •…
ong Life Low Decline Production ~57% Low Capital Exposure Production ~43% Maintenance Capital of ~$3.1 billion required in 2019 ~10% Corporate Decline Rate 8 Canadian Natural’s Advantage Low Corporate Decline Rate
• Significantly lower maintenance capital requirements than a typical E&P ? Strategic advantage of a long life low decline asset base ? Production of over 1,000,000 BOE/d maintained with investment of ~US$6/BOE ? Peer average…
1P Reserves After Royalties – 2018 MMBOE
Long-Term Ratings Outlook Short-Term Ratings DBRS BBB High Stable n/a Standard & Poor’s BBB+ Stable A-2 Moody’s Baa2 Stable P-2 • Moody’s upgraded long-term debt rating to Baa2 September 13, 2018 • Strong financial position as of…
• Balanced portfolio of assets ? Diverse product inventory and time horizons ? Owned and controlled infrastructure ? Long Life Low Decline assets ? Low maintenance capital requirements ? Size drives economies of scale • Strategic ?…
Free Cash Flow Yield – 2019F
Delivering Safe, Effective & Efficient Operations Total recordable injury frequency (per 200,000 hours) Operating Costs ($/BOE) Safety is a Core Value 0.3 0.5 0.8 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Effective & Efficient
Balance & Optimize the Four Pillars of Capital Allocation • Balance Sheet Strength ? Balance Sheet strengthens through free cash flow allocation policy • Economic Resource Development ? Disciplined corporate capital allocation ?…
Canadian Natural 2019 Targeted Free Cash Flow ($ billion) Note: Free cash flow represents adjusted funds flow less capital. See Advisory for cautionary statements, definitions and pricing assumptions. Free Cash Flow ~$2.9B (before…
Balance & Optimize the Four Pillars of Capital Allocation • Balance Sheet Strength ? Balance Sheet strengthens through free cash flow allocation policy • Economic Resource Development ? Disciplined corporate capital allocation ?…
Free Cash Flow Allocation Policy 18 Targets = 1.5x Debt/EBITDA and $15.0 billion in Absolute Debt Note: Policy is effective November 1, 2018 and targeted to be in place until at least the Company’s Normal Course Issuer Bid renewal in…
5 Year Production per Share Growth (Production/Share) Capital ($ billion) Strip pricing $4.7 $3.7 $4.7 $4.7 $4.5 *Based upon 2018 actuals to midpoint for indicated year range. Note: See Advisory for pricing assumptions, cautionary…
• Disciplined allocation of capital delivers sustainable dividend policy ? 19 consecutive years of dividend increases ? 12% increase to current quarterly dividend per common share over 2018 levels ? $1.50 per common share annualized…
Canadian Natural Returns to Shareholders
Committed Management Peers include APC, APA, CVE, DVN, ECA, EOG, PXD and SU. Note: Based on share ownership data from March 2019 (excluding options). Outstanding shares as at Q1/19 for peers per Bloomberg. Source: SEDI and BD…
Potential Rate(1) (MMcf/d) Potential Rate(1) (bbl/d) Natural Gas & Light Crude Oil(2) 2,000 200,000 Heavy Crude Oil(2) - 250,000 Thermal in Situ Oil Sands - 120,000 Oil Sands Mining & Upgrading Near Term - 95,000 Long Term -…
Large inventory of defined development projects • Many large contiguous land holdings ? ~1.0 million net acres • Key liquids rich / light crude oil properties ? Greater Wembley Area ? Wembley, Albright, Knopcik, Gordondale ?…
Large, concentrated liquids rich Montney land base ? Facilitates efficient area program • Leveraging technology & area expertise to lower costs • ~155 net sections of land de-risked by proven production • Strategic owned…
Gas cycling/storage targets two objectives ? Increased liquids recovery ? Store produced gas during low price periods • 5 MMcf/d injection pilot targeted for Septimus late in Q2/19 • Opportunities throughout liquids rich land base…
Heavy Crude Oil Technological Advancement – Horizontal Multilateral Opportunities ~500 km AB SK CNQ Land Base CNQ Heavy Crude Oil Producing Properties Potential Multilateral Horizontal Opportunities Smith Golden Lake •…
~5.4 billion barrels OBIP* ? Primrose and Wolf Lake potential phased facilities expansions of ~80,000 bbl/d • ~17.5 billion barrels OBIP* ? Peace River currently producing • ~44.0 billion barrels OBIP* ? Significant future…
Joslyn Lease Plan Estimated cost savings of over $500 million ? Significant value realized from savings and efficiencies through optimizing the mine plan • Paraffinic Froth Treatment Expansion 40,000 - 50,000 bbl/d of diluted bitumen ?…
Oil Sands Mining & Upgrading Potential Long Term Opportunities • Horizon Phase 4 & 5 ? Increase capacity by ~260,000 bbl/d of SCO ? Executed in a step wise and disciplined manner ? Significant potential, contingent on market access…
• 5 structures identified with up to ~1.0 billion barrels OOIP per structure • 20% working interest ? Upfront cash consideration and financial carry ? Future bonus payments on commercial discovery ? In Q1/19 the operator made a…
Largest natural gas producer in Canada ? Q1/19 ~1,450 MMcf/d ? 9.6 Tcf 2P reserves* • Significant light crude oil and NGL production base ? Q1/19 ~95,600 bbl/d light oil & NGLs ? 665 million barrels 2P reserves* ? High quality…
Q1/19 light crude oil production ? ~47,900 bbl/d • 2P reserves ? 307 million barrels* • North Sea ? Low decline ? Low risk development opportunities • Côte d’Ivoire ? High return, low risk development opportunities ? Exploration…
Largest Primary heavy crude oil producer in Canada ? Q1/19 production of ~68,500 bbl/d • Industry leading polymer flood at Pelican Lake ? Q1/19 production of ~61,200 bbl/d • 2P reserves ? 697 million barrels* • Large inventory of…
• Industry leading Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology • Long Life Low Decline assets • Industry leading heavy crude oil recovery ? Polymer after primary 28% • Effective and efficient operations ? Q1/19 operating costs of…
• Long Life Low Decline assets • Facility capacity of ~220,000 bbl/d(1) ? Q1/19 production of ~94,100 bbl/d • 2P reserves ? 3.06 billion barrels(2) • Majority working interest and operatorship • Effective and efficient thermal…
Primrose & Wolf Lake Development Opportunities2018 pad add program drilled 63 wells ? Targeted first oil production in Q4/19, on budget and ahead of schedule ? Targeted first 12 month production of ~26,000 bbl/d • Significant…
Thermal In Situ Oil Sands Kirby SAGD Kirby South ? Q1/19 production of ~30,000 bbl/d and SOR of 3.1 ? Maximize value from consolidated land base • Kirby North ? Project on budget and ahead of schedule ? First steam May 1, 2019 ?…
Q1/19 production of ~416,200 bbl/d • 2P reserves ? 7.03 billion barrels(1) • Significant resource in place 50+ year life(2) • No decline, reservoir risk or reserve replacement cost • Significant economies of scale ? Operating…
Oil Sands Mining & Upgrading Operating Costs Note: Operating expenses reflect production downtime for turnarounds (unadjusted). Source: Company reports. (C$) Equivalent to ~$3.5 billion in additional margin in 2018 Bar Chart
Potential for cost savings of $2.00/bbl - $3.00/bbl for operating and sustaining costs • ~40% less GHG emissions during bitumen production • Eliminates tailings ponds • Overburden mining – shovel to conveyor – reducing haul truck…
Natural gas ? WCSB production constrained by takeaway capacity ? Production base shifting to liquids rich natural gas and associated gas from crude oil ? Increased natural gas export pipeline access in 2021 and LNG in 2025+ ?…
Canadian Natural Balanced Portfolio of Natural Gas Sales 2019B* Export MMcf/d Dawn/Ontario 160 Empress 190 Emerson (Minnesota) 100 California 15 Canadian Natural Consumption 37% Exports 31% AECO Sales International
Crude Oil Curtailments (US$/bbl) Note: Based on strip pricing as of April 23, 2019. Line 3 In-Service Keystone Outage AB Government Curtailment Announcement • Canadian Natural actively engaged with Government of Alberta to…
Demand / Pricing for low sulphur diesel likely to increase ? ~50% of BOE production is SCO and light crude oil ? Value of synthetic crude oil (“SCO”) likely to increase ? SCO has high distillate yield amenable to low sulphur diesel…
Strategy • Maximize top tier free cash flow generation and shareholder value • Align capital spend and production growth with takeaway capacity in short-term • Disciplined capital allocation ? 2019 base capital budget slightly above…
2018 Actual 2019 Base Budget 2019 Normalized Budget North America Natural Gas & NGLs $485 $365 $365 North America Crude Oil 1,180 775 1,055 International Crude Oil 489 460 460 Total Exploration & Production $2,154 $1,600 $1,880…
2019 Base Budget Production Targeted Production 2018 2019B % Change(1) Natural Gas (MMcf/d) 1,548 1,485 - 1,545 (2%) Crude Oil & NGLs (Mbbl/d) North America 243 221 - 241 (5%) North America – Thermal In Situ 108 104 - 124 6% North…
2019 Base Budget Capital Breakdown Maintenance Capital ($ million)(1) 2019B Exploration & Production(2)(3) $1,490 Thermal In Situ Oil Sands 375 Oil Sands Mining & Upgrading 950 Abandonment & Reclamation 265 Total Maintenance…
2019 Value Adding Options Growth Projects ($ million) Value Oil Sands Mining* $200 Horizon Stages 1B/2 Horizon Paraffinic Froth On-stream date not delayed one year Increase reliability and lowers operating costs Restart execution,…
Leading R&D investor ? ~$3.4 billion invested since 2009* • Benefits ? Unlocking reserves ? Becoming more effective and efficient ? Increasing production ? Reducing environmental footprint GHG emission reductions are a priority •…
Proactive environmentally responsible operations • Reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions intensity ? ~29% reduction since 2012 • Meet or exceed all regulatory requirements • Continuous improvement initiatives have reduced…
Continuous improvement initiatives have reduced environmental emissions • Heavy Oil Casing Gas vent reduction ? Solution Gas Conservation has reduced GHG emissions STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES 59 Heavy Crude Oil…
Top tier CO2 capturer and sequesterer in the world(1) • Reduced CO2 footprint • Reduced CO2 charges LEADING CANADA IN CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE 60 Tonnes per Year Horizon 0.4 million Quest(2) 1.1 million NWR(3) 1.2 million 2.7…
Oil Sands Well-to-Combustion Note: Total emissions intensity includes: production and upgrading, transportation, refining, transportation of refined product and combustion. CNQ Oil Sands includes: Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading and…
Current Technology Execution Future Technology Execution Future Techology Development Intensity after Mitigation Aspiration Net Zero PATHWAY TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS 63 Capturing Technological Improvements in Oil…
Canadian Natural A Unique E&P Company • Long Life Low Decline asset base • Low maintenance capital requirements • Effective and efficient operations • Flexible, disciplined free cash flow allocation • Strong Balance Sheet,…
Increasing Returns Unique, Balanced Asset Base Robust Throughout Cycles Proven Effective Strategy Optimal Cash Flow Allocation
Hedging Note: The Company’s outstanding commodity derivative financial instruments are expected to be settled monthly based on the applicable index pricing for the respective contract month. Sales Contracts Remaining term Volume…
Reserves Notes: (1) Company Gross reserves are working interest share before deduction of royalties and excluding any royalty interests. (2) Company Net reserves are working interest share after deduction of royalties and including any…
Key Historic Data Operational & Financial Information 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Daily production, before royalties Crude oil and NGLs (Mbbl/d) 478 531 564 524 685 821 Natural gas (MMcf/d) 1,158 1,555 1,726 1,691 1,662 1,548…
Drilling activity, net wells Crude oil 1,117 1,023 115 174 495 483 Natural gas 44 75 19 9 21 18 Dry 30 19 6 7 7 9 Strats and service 384 437 166 268 289 615 Realized product pricing, before hedging activities & after transportation…
Ratios Debt to adjusted funds flow, trailing 12 months 1.3x 1.4x 2.6x 3.5x 3.1x 2.3x Debt to book capitalization 27% 33% 38% 39% 41% 39% Return on common equity, trailing 12 months 9% 14% (2%) (1%) 8% 8% Daily production before…
Corporate Guidance Daily Production Volumes (before royalties) Natural gas (MMcf/d) 1,500 - 1,530 1,485 - 1,545 Crude oil and NGLs (Mbbl/d) North America – E&P 224 - 232 221 - 241 North America – Thermal In Situ 100 - 106 104 - 124…
Capital Expenditures (C$ million) North America natural gas and NGLs $ 365 North America crude oil 775 International crude oil 460 Total Exploration and Production 1,600 Total Thermal In Situ Oil Sands 545 Net acquisitions,…
North America Average Annual Cost Data and Other Information Royalty Rate Operating Cost Natural Gas - North America (Mcf)(1) 3.0 - 5.0% $1.20 - 1.30 Crude oil and NGLs (bbl) North America (Excluding Oil Sands Mining)(1) 14.0 - 16.0%…