POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, Gary L. Thomas, 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 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/ Gary L. Thomas

Print Name: Gary L. Thomas