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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net | The principal components of EOG's net deferred income tax liabilities at December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015
Current Deferred Income Tax Assets (Liabilities) |  |  |
Commodity Hedging Contracts | $ | 22,206 |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred Compensation Plans | 43,984 |  |  | 38,559 |
Alternative Minimum Tax Credit Carryforward | 84,426 |  |  | 93,316 |
Foreign Net Operating Loss | 37,251 |  |  | 47,786 |
Foreign Valuation Allowance | (28,097 | ) |  | (35,536 | )
Accrued Expenses and Liabilities | 13,754 |  |  | — |
Other | (4,137 | ) |  | 3,687 |
Total Net Current Deferred Income Tax Assets | $ | 169,387 |  |  | $ | 147,812 |
Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax Assets (Liabilities) |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Costs Deducted for Tax Under Book Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | $ | (39,852 | ) |  | $ | (57,569 | )
Foreign Net Operating Loss | 314,899 |  |  | 443,010 |
Foreign Valuation Allowances | (268,499 | ) |  | (380,104 | )
Foreign Other | 438 |  |  | 1,506 |
Total Net Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax Assets | $ | 6,986 |  |  | $ | 6,843 |
Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax (Assets) Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Costs Deducted for Tax Over Book Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | $ | 5,899,533 |  |  | $ | 5,299,817 |
Non-Producing Leasehold Costs | (64,898 | ) |  | (53,026 | )
Seismic Costs Capitalized for Tax | (161,920 | ) |  | (162,240 | )
Equity Awards | (139,787 | ) |  | (140,663 | )
Capitalized Interest | 86,504 |  |  | 98,242 |
Alternative Minimum Tax Credit Carryforward | (673,205 | ) |  | (685,189 | )
Undistributed Foreign Earnings | 280,099 |  |  | 258,403 |
Other | (37,686 | ) |  | (27,442 | )
Total Net Noncurrent Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | $ | 5,188,640 |  |  | $ | 4,587,902 |
Total Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | $ | 5,012,267 |  |  | $ | 4,433,247 |
Components of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes | The components of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes for the years indicated below were as follows (in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
United States | $ | (1,520,573 | ) |  | $ | (6,840,119 | ) |  | $ | 5,161,232 |
Foreign | (36,932 | ) |  | (81,437 | ) |  | (165,917 | )
Total | $ | (1,557,505 | ) |  | $ | (6,921,556 | ) |  | $ | 4,995,315 |
Components of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) | The principal components of EOG's Income Tax Provision (Benefit) for the years indicated below were as follows (in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 11,567 |  |  | $ | 21,719 |  |  | $ | 269,326 |
State | (8,369 | ) |  | 9,404 |  |  | 22,835 |
Foreign | 51,189 |  |  | 54,143 |  |  | 82,721 |
Total | 54,387 |  |  | 85,266 |  |  | 374,882 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (532,979 | ) |  | (2,362,926 | ) |  | 1,608,706 |
State | 4,876 |  |  | (127,444 | ) |  | 29,056 |
Foreign | 12,897 |  |  | 8,063 |  |  | 67,184 |
Total | (515,206 | ) |  | (2,482,307 | ) |  | 1,704,946 |
Income Tax Provision (Benefit) | $ | (460,819 | ) |  | $ | (2,397,041 | ) |  | $ | 2,079,828 |
Tax Rate Reconciliation | The differences between taxes computed at the United States federal statutory tax rate and EOG's effective rate were as follows:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate | 35.00 | % |  | 35.00 | % |  | 35.00 | %
State Income Tax, Net of Federal Benefit | 0.15 |  |  | 1.11 |  |  | 0.68 |
Income Tax Provision Related to Foreign Operations | (1.23 | ) |  | (1.31 | ) |  | (0.12 | )
Income Tax Provision Related to Trinidad Operations | (3.71 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Canadian Divestiture | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3.46 | )
Undistributed Foreign Earnings | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4.94 |
Foreign Valuation Allowances | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6.47 |
Foreign Oil and Gas Impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1.90 | )
Other | (0.62 | ) |  | (0.17 | ) |  | 0.03 |
Effective Income Tax Rate | 29.59 | % |  | 34.63 | % |  | 41.64 | %
Summary of Valuation Allowance | The principal components of EOG's rollforward of valuation allowances for deferred tax assets were as follows (in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Beginning Balance | $ | 506,127 |  |  | $ | 463,018 |  |  | $ | 223,599 |
Increase (1) | 37,221 |  |  | 146,602 |  |  | 392,729 |
Decrease (2) | (12,667 | ) |  | (4,315 | ) |  | (1,424 | )
Other (3) | (147,460 | ) |  | (99,178 | ) |  | (151,886 | )
Ending Balance | $ | 383,221 |  |  | $ | 506,127 |  |  | $ | 463,018 |
(1) | Increase in valuation allowance related to the generation of tax net operating losses and other deferred tax assets.
(2) | Decrease in valuation allowance associated with adjustments to certain deferred tax assets and their related allowance.
(3) | Represents dispositions/revisions/foreign exchange rate variances and the effect of statutory income tax rate changes.

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