Divestitures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Divestitures [Abstract]

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13.  Divestitures

During the first quarter of 2013, EOG received proceeds of approximately $480 million primarily from the sale of its entire interest in the planned Kitimat liquefied natural gas export terminal, the proposed Pacific Trail Pipelines and approximately 28,500 undeveloped net acres in the Horn River Basin in Canada and from sales of producing properties and acreage in the Upper Gulf Coast region and the Permian Basin.  During the first quarter of 2012, EOG received proceeds of approximately $450 million from sales of producing properties and acreage, primarily in the Upper Gulf Coast region, the Rocky Mountain area and the Permian Basin.