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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Segment Information | 10. Business Segment Information EOG's operations are all crude oil and natural gas exploration and production related. The Segment Reporting Topic of the ASC establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments in annual financial statements. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. EOG's chief operating decision making process is informal and involves the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and other key officers. This group routinely reviews and makes operating decisions related to significant issues associated with each of EOG's major producing areas in the United States, Canada, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, China and Argentina. For segment reporting purposes, the chief operating decision maker considers the major United States producing areas to be one operating segment. Financial information by reportable segment is presented below as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
|  | United |  |  |  |  |  | Other |  |
|  | States |  | Canada |  | Trinidad |  | International (1) |  | Total
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Crude Oil and Condensate | $ | 5,383,612 | $ | 221,556 | $ | 50,708 | $ | 3,561 | $ | 5,659,437
| Natural Gas Liquids |  | 713,497 |  | 13,680 |  | - |  | - |  | 727,177
| Natural Gas |  | 951,463 |  | 86,361 |  | 514,322 |  | 19,616 |  | 1,571,762
| Gains on Mark-to-Market Commodity Derivative Contracts |  | 393,744 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | 393,744
| Gathering, Processing and Marketing |  | 3,091,281 |  | - |  | 5,413 |  | - |  | 3,096,694
| Gains on Asset Dispositions, Net |  | 166,201 |  | 26,459 |  | - |  | - |  | 192,660
| Other, Net |  | 40,780 |  | 367 |  | 15 |  | - |  | 41,162
| Net Operating Revenues (2) |  | 10,740,578 |  | 348,423 |  | 570,458 |  | 23,177 |  | 11,682,636
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization |  | 2,780,563 |  | 223,689 |  | 147,062 |  | 18,389 |  | 3,169,703
| Operating Income (Loss) |  | 2,233,911 |  | (1,065,434) |  | 371,876 |  | (60,556) |  | 1,479,797
| Interest Income |  | 8,343 |  | 123 |  | 125 |  | 180 |  | 8,771
| Other Income (Expense) |  | (12,455) |  | (8,689) |  | 20,482 |  | 6,386 |  | 5,724
| Net Interest Expense |  | 242,138 |  | 6,589 |  | 238 |  | (35,413) |  | 213,552
| Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes |  | 1,987,661 |  | (1,080,589) |  | 392,245 |  | (18,577) |  | 1,280,740
| Income Tax Provision (Benefit) |  | 707,401 |  | (134,745) |  | 140,468 |  | (2,663) |  | 710,461
| Additions to Oil and Gas Properties, Excluding Dry Hole Costs |  | 6,198,267 |  | 302,851 |  | 49,376 |  | 169,852 |  | 6,720,346
| Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Net |  | 21,560,998 |  | 877,996 |  | 535,405 |  | 363,282 |  | 23,337,681
| Total Assets |  | 24,523,072 |  | 1,202,031 |  | 1,012,727 |  | 598,748 |  | 27,336,578
|  | United |  |  |  |  |  | Other |  |
|  | States |  | Canada |  | Trinidad |  | International (1) |  | Total
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Crude Oil and Condensate | $ | 3,458,248 | $ | 264,895 | $ | 112,554 | $ | 2,587 | $ | 3,838,284
| Natural Gas Liquids |  | 762,730 |  | 16,634 |  | - |  | - |  | 779,364
| Natural Gas |  | 1,593,964 |  | 178,324 |  | 442,589 |  | 25,663 |  | 2,240,540
| Gains on Mark-to-Market Commodity Derivative Contracts |  | 626,053 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | 626,053
| Gathering, Processing and Marketing |  | 2,115,768 |  | - |  | 24 |  | - |  | 2,115,792
| Gains on Asset Dispositions, Net |  | 475,878 |  | 17,033 |  | (2) |  | - |  | 492,909
| Other, Net |  | 32,329 |  | 258 |  | 586 |  | - |  | 33,173
| Net Operating Revenues (3) |  | 9,064,970 |  | 477,144 |  | 555,751 |  | 28,250 |  | 10,126,115
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization |  | 2,131,706 |  | 260,084 |  | 107,141 |  | 17,450 |  | 2,516,381
| Operating Income (Loss) |  | 2,252,508 |  | (459,520) |  | 383,992 |  | (63,671) |  | 2,113,309
| Interest Income |  | 436 |  | 342 |  | 101 |  | 140 |  | 1,019
| Other Income (Expense) |  | (6,480) |  | (2,375) |  | 18,755 |  | (4,066) |  | 5,834
| Net Interest Expense |  | 214,360 |  | 23,085 |  | - |  | (27,082) |  | 210,363
| Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes |  | 2,032,104 |  | (484,638) |  | 402,848 |  | (40,515) |  | 1,909,799
| Income Tax Provision (Benefit) |  | 732,362 |  | (125,474) |  | 204,698 |  | 7,090 |  | 818,676
| Additions to Oil and Gas Properties, Excluding Dry Hole Costs |  | 5,790,590 |  | 259,634 |  | 132,159 |  | 58,784 |  | 6,241,167
| Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Net |  | 18,711,774 |  | 1,760,066 |  | 627,794 |  | 189,190 |  | 21,288,824
| Total Assets |  | 21,313,158 |  | 2,131,949 |  | 1,085,664 |  | 308,026 |  | 24,838,797
2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Crude Oil and Condensate | $ | 1,700,770 | $ | 178,349 | $ | 117,605 | $ | 2,047 | $ | 1,998,771
| Natural Gas Liquids |  | 448,647 |  | 13,698 |  | - |  | - |  | 462,345
| Natural Gas |  | 1,778,823 |  | 285,369 |  | 330,247 |  | 25,660 |  | 2,420,099
| Gains on Mark-to-Market Commodity Derivative Contracts |  | 61,912 |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | 61,912
| Gathering, Processing and Marketing |  | 909,660 |  | - |  | 20 |  | - |  | 909,680
| Gains on Asset Dispositions, Net |  | 196,774 |  | 23,112 |  | 3,652 |  | - |  | 223,538
| Other, Net |  | 19,886 |  | (31) |  | 3,696 |  | - |  | 23,551
| Net Operating Revenues (3) |  | 5,116,472 |  | 500,497 |  | 455,220 |  | 27,707 |  | 6,099,896
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization |  | 1,539,240 |  | 315,849 |  | 71,085 |  | 15,752 |  | 1,941,926
| Operating Income (Loss) |  | 787,422 |  | (516,874) |  | 312,128 |  | (59,357) |  | 523,319
| Interest Income |  | 152 |  | 387 |  | 120 |  | 164 |  | 823
| Other Income (Expense) |  | (3,905) |  | 2,067 |  | 14,022 |  | 1,236 |  | 13,420
| Net Interest Expense |  | 112,226 |  | 34,350 |  | 448 |  | (17,438) |  | 129,586
| Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes |  | 671,443 |  | (548,770) |  | 325,822 |  | (40,519) |  | 407,976
| Income Tax Provision (Benefit) |  | 255,945 |  | (146,495) |  | 140,934 |  | (3,062) |  | 247,322
| Additions to Oil and Gas Properties, Excluding Dry Hole Costs |  | 4,491,897 |  | 446,626 |  | 134,198 |  | 65,405 |  | 5,138,126
| Total Property, Plant and Equipment, Net |  | 15,747,808 |  | 2,189,961 |  | 595,970 |  | 147,161 |  | 18,680,900
| Total Assets |  | 17,762,533 |  | 2,598,412 |  | 954,391 |  | 308,897 |  | 21,624,233
(1) | Other International primarily includes EOG's United Kingdom, China and Argentina operations.
(2) | EOG has sales activity with a single significant purchaser in the United States segment in 2012 that totaled $2.2 billion of consolidated Net Operating Revenues.
(3) | EOG had no purchasers in 2011 or 2010 whose sales totaled 10 percent or more of consolidated Net Operating Revenues.

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