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Supplemental Cash Flow Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Text Block] | 9. Supplemental Cash Flow Information Net cash paid for interest and income taxes was as follows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Interest, Net of Capitalized Interest | $ | 196,944 | $ | 186,718 | $ | 146,731
Income Taxes, Net of Refunds Received | $ | 360,006 | $ | 260,224 | $ | 233,462
EOG's accrued capital expenditures at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $734 million, $663 million and $709 million, respectively. Non-cash investing and financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012, included non-cash additions of $66 million to EOG's other property, plant and equipment and related obligations in connection with a capital lease transaction and non-cash additions of $20 million to EOG's oil and gas properties as a result of property exchanges.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4332-108586 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4313-108586 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 95 -Paragraph 32 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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