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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Selected Financial Information by Reportable 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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