Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures, Results Of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Crude Oil and Condensate, Natural Gas Liquids and Natural Gas Revenues	[1]	$ 5,496,743	$ 6,403,258	$ 12,592,917
Other	[1]	81,403	47,909	54,244
Total	[1]	5,578,146	6,451,167	12,647,161
Exploration Costs	[1]	124,953	149,494	184,388
Dry Hole Costs	[1]	10,657	14,746	48,490
Transportation Costs	[1]	764,106	849,319	972,176
Production Costs	[1]	1,254,013	1,581,131	2,150,027
Impairments	[1]	620,267	6,613,546	743,575
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[1]	3,437,284	3,190,443	3,881,720
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	[1]	(633,134)	(5,947,512)	4,666,785
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)	[1]	(226,413)	(2,086,555)	1,821,104
Results of Operations	[1]	(406,721)	(3,860,957)	2,845,681
United States
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Crude Oil and Condensate, Natural Gas Liquids and Natural Gas Revenues	[1]	5,177,989	5,962,753	11,771,777
Other	[1]	81,386	47,464	49,950
Total	[1]	5,259,375	6,010,217	11,821,727
Exploration Costs	[1]	115,990	139,753	162,434
Dry Hole Costs	[1]	10,529	956	25,408
Transportation Costs	[1]	753,791	838,428	957,522
Production Costs	[1]	1,163,827	1,486,189	1,940,074
Impairments	[1]	611,297	6,402,908	331,792
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[1]	3,249,792	3,017,386	3,571,313
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	[1]	(645,851)	(5,875,403)	4,833,184
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)	[1]	(230,377)	(2,128,183)	1,722,914
Results of Operations	[1]	(415,474)	(3,747,220)	3,110,270
Trinidad
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Crude Oil and Condensate, Natural Gas Liquids and Natural Gas Revenues	[1]	243,708	381,761	512,675
Other	[1]	(8)	(3)	37
Total	[1]	243,700	381,758	512,712
Exploration Costs	[1]	2,647	2,071	2,185
Dry Hole Costs	[1]	0	5,635	0
Transportation Costs	[1]	1,181	1,290	617
Production Costs	[1]	27,113	28,862	38,301
Impairments	[1]	7,773	0	0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[1]	145,440	154,588	188,250
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	[1]	59,546	189,312	283,359
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)	[1]	5,526	43,739	74,588
Results of Operations	[1]	54,020	145,573	208,771
Other International
Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities, by Geographic Area [Line Items]
Crude Oil and Condensate, Natural Gas Liquids and Natural Gas Revenues	[1],[2]	75,046	58,744	308,465
Other	[1],[2]	25	448	4,257
Total	[1],[2]	75,071	59,192	312,722
Exploration Costs	[1],[2]	6,316	7,670	19,769
Dry Hole Costs	[1],[2]	128	8,155	23,082
Transportation Costs	[1],[2]	9,134	9,601	14,037
Production Costs	[1],[2]	63,073	66,080	171,652
Impairments	[1],[2]	1,197	210,638	411,783
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[1],[2]	42,052	18,469	122,157
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	[1],[2]	(46,829)	(261,421)	(449,758)
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)	[1],[2]	(1,562)	(2,111)	23,602
Results of Operations	[1],[2]	$ (45,267)	$ (259,310)	$ (473,360)

[1] Excludes gains or losses on the mark-to-market of financial commodity derivative contracts, gains or losses on sales of reserves and related assets, interest charges and general corporate expenses for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016.

[2] Other International primarily consists of EOG's United Kingdom, China, Canada and Argentina operations. The Argentina operations were sold in the third quarter of 2016.