XML 46 R15.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.0.8
Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Long-Term Debt [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt [Text Block]
10.Long-Term Debt and Common Stock

Long-Term Debt.  During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, EOG utilized commercial paper and short-term borrowings under uncommitted credit facilities, bearing market interest rates, for various corporate financing purposes.  EOG had no outstanding borrowings from commercial paper or uncommitted credit facilities at March 31, 2014.  The average borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program were $31 million and $2 million  during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  The average borrowings outstanding under the uncommitted credit facilities were $0.3 million and zero during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  The weighted average interest rates for commercial paper borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 were 0.25% and 0.36%, respectively, and were 0.70% for uncommitted credit facility borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

On March 21, 2014, EOG closed its sale of the $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.45% Senior Notes due 2020 (Notes).  Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning October 1, 2014.  Net proceeds from the Notes offering of approximately $496 million were used for general corporate purposes, including repayment of any then-outstanding commercial paper borrowings and funding of capital expenditures.

On March 17, 2014, EOG repaid upon maturity the $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Subsidiary Debt due 2014 (Subsidiary Debt) and settled the foreign currency swap entered into contemporaneously with the issuance of the Subsidiary Debt for $32 million.

On February 3, 2014, EOG repaid upon maturity the $350 million aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014 (Floating Rate Notes).  On the same date, EOG settled the interest rate swap entered into contemporaneously with the issuance of the Floating Rate Notes for $0.8 million.

EOG currently has a $2.0 billion senior unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement (Agreement) with domestic and foreign lenders.  The Agreement matures on October 11, 2016, and includes an option for EOG to extend, on up to two occasions, the term for successive one-year periods, subject to, among certain other terms and conditions, the consent of the banks holding greater than 50% of the commitments then outstanding under the Agreement.  At March 31, 2014, there were no borrowings or letters of credit outstanding under the Agreement.  Advances under the Agreement accrue interest based, at EOG's option, on either the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin (Eurodollar rate), or the base rate (as defined in the Agreement) plus an applicable margin.  At March 31, 2014, the Eurodollar rate and applicable base rate, had there been any amounts borrowed under the Agreement, would have been 1.03% and 3.25%, respectively.

Common Stock.  On February 24, 2014, the Board increased the quarterly cash dividend on the common stock from the previous $0.09375 per share to $0.125 per share, effective beginning with the dividend paid on April 30, 2014, to stockholders of record as of April 16, 2014.