Canadian
Natural
earned
C$427
million
(US$433
million),
up
from
the
C$46
million
generated
in
the
March
quarter
of
2011
but
down
from
the
C$832
million
earned
in
the
December
quarter,
Reuters
reported.
The
company's
adjusted
earnings,
excluding
onetime
items,
were
C$300
million
-
27
Canadian
cents
a
share
–
which
Thomson
Reuters
reported
was
behind
an
average
estimate
among
analysts
of
44
Canadian
cents
a
share.
Steve
Laut,
the
company's
president,
said
that
low
natural
gas
prices
were
one
of
the
factors
behind
the
wide
discrepancy
between
its
results
and
analysts'
expectations
for…
