Section 906 Certificatiion of CFO

Date: February 23, 2012

/s/ Clay C. Williams

Clay C. Williams

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.2 7 d267762dex322.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIION OF CFO Section 906 Certificatiion of CFO

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Clay C. Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.