POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, Mark G. Papa,
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Patricia L. Edwards, Michele L.
Hatz, Hollie M. Downs, Teresa Kaplan and Vicky Strom, signing and/or
acting singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or a director of EOG Resources, Inc. (the
"Company"),Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the "Exchange Act")
and the rules and regulations thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or other
authority as may be required under applicable law; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever and execute any other
document of any type whatsoever, in each case in connection with the
foregoing and which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in,
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing.  This Power of Attorney shall be
deemed to supersede and replace in its entirety, and to revoke all
authority granted by, any power of attorney granted by the undersigned
prior to the date hereof with respect to the subject matter hereof,
effective as of the date hereof.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of December, 2012.


Signature: /s/ Mark G. Papa

Print Name: Mark G. Papa