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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net Table | The principal components of EOG's net deferred income tax liabilities at December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax Assets (Liabilities) |  |  |  |
| Foreign Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Costs Deducted for Tax Over Book Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | $ | 25,592 | $ | (57,850)
| Foreign Net Operating Loss |  | 164,829 |  | 62,477
| Foreign Other |  | 1,607 |  | 314
| Foreign Valuation Allowances |  | (134,792) |  | -
|  | Total Net Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax Assets | $ | 57,236 | $ | 4,941
Current Deferred Income Tax (Assets) Liabilities |  |  |  |
| Commodity Hedging Contracts | $ | 57,754 | $ | 158,302
| Deferred Compensation Plans |  | (35,715) |  | (28,346)
| Timing Differences Associated with Different Year-ends in Foreign Jurisdictions |  | 2,762 |  | 6,251
| Other |  | (1,963) |  | (218)
|  | Total Net Current Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | $ | 22,838 | $ | 135,989
Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax (Assets) Liabilities |  |  |  |
| Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Costs Deducted for Tax Over Book Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | $ | 5,300,115 | $ | 5,485,436
| Non-Producing Leasehold Costs |  | (61,512) |  | (66,926)
| Seismic Costs Capitalized for Tax |  | (125,026) |  | (111,862)
| Equity Awards |  | (116,666) |  | (120,852)
| Capitalized Interest |  | 102,677 |  | 106,265
| Net Operating Loss |  | (308,154) |  | (1,152,386)
| Alternative Minimum Tax Credit Carryforward |  | (476,505) |  | (298,350)
| Other |  | 12,467 |  | 25,894
|  | Total Net Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | $ | 4,327,396 | $ | 3,867,219
Total Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | $ | 4,292,998 | $ | 3,998,267
Components Of Income Before Income Taxes Table | The components of Income Before Income Taxes for the years indicated below were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
United States | $ | 1,988,105 | $ | 2,156,147 | $ | 646,495
Foreign |  | (707,365) |  | (246,348) |  | (238,519)
| Total | $ | 1,280,740 | $ | 1,909,799 | $ | 407,976
Components of Income Tax Provision Table | The principal components of EOG's Income Tax Provision for the years indicated below were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Federal | $ | 242,674 | $ | 94,244 | $ | 17,154
| State |  | 22,573 |  | 1,083 |  | (1,642)
| Foreign |  | 152,276 |  | 224,049 |  | 155,565
|  | Total |  | 417,523 |  | 319,376 |  | 171,077
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Federal |  | 454,173 |  | 608,181 |  | 190,602
| State |  | 632 |  | 40,321 |  | 60,619
| Foreign |  | (161,867) |  | (149,202) |  | (174,976)
|  | Total |  | 292,938 |  | 499,300 |  | 76,245
Income Tax Provision | $ | 710,461 | $ | 818,676 | $ | 247,322
Tax Rate Reconciliation Table | The differences between taxes computed at the United States federal statutory tax rate and EOG's effective rate were as follows:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate |  | 35.00% |  | 35.00% |  | 35.00%
State Income Tax, Net of Federal Benefit |  | 1.18 |  | 1.41 |  | 9.39
Income Tax Provision Related to Foreign Operations |  | 1.38 |  | 0.88 |  | (0.03)
Income Tax Provision Related to Trinidad Operations |  | (0.27) |  | 3.37 |  | 6.26
Canadian Valuation Allowances |  | 10.57 |  | - |  | -
Canadian Natural Gas Impairments |  | 6.90 |  | 1.85 |  | 9.49
Other |  | 0.71 |  | 0.36 |  | 0.51
| Effective Income Tax Rate |  | 55.47% |  | 42.87% |  | 60.62%

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