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Washington, D.C. 20549

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EOG RESOURCES, INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

APRIL 30, 201527, 2017

TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 20152017 annual meeting of stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) of EOG Resources, Inc. (“EOG”) will be held at Heritage Plaza, Plaza Conference Room, Plaza Level, 1111 Bagby, Houston,5509 Champions Dr., Midland, Texas 77002,79706, at 3:2:00 p.m., Houston time,Central Time, on Thursday, April 30, 2015,27, 2017, for the following purposes:

1. To elect seven directors to hold office until the 20162018 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;

2. To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as our auditors for the year ending December 31, 2015;2017;

3. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock;

4. To hold anon-binding advisory vote on executive compensation;

4.5. To consider two stockholder proposals, if properly presented;hold anon-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding advisory votes on executive compensation; and

5.6. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Holders of record of our Common Stock at the close of business on March 2, 2015February 27, 2017 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

Beginning on or about March 20, 2015,17, 2017, the Company is mailing a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to our stockholders of record as of the Record Date (but excluding those stockholders who have previously requested a printed copy of our proxy materials) containing instructions on how to access the proxy materials (including our 20142016 annual report) via the Internet, as well as instructions on voting shares via the Internet or by phone.Internet. The Notice also contains instructions on how to request a printed copy of the proxy materials by mail.mail or an electronic copy of the proxy materials by email.

Stockholders who do not expect to attend the Annual Meeting are encouraged to vote via the Internet or by phone using the instructions on the Notice or, if you received a printed copy of the proxy materials (which includes the proxy card), by signing and returning the proxy card in thepre-paid envelope provided.provided or by voting via the Internet or by phone using the instructions provided on the proxy card.

Houston, Texas

March 20, 201517, 2017

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PROXY STATEMENT

The accompanying form of proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors (“Board”) of EOG Resources, Inc. (“EOG,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “company”) to be used at our 20152017 annual meeting of stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) to be held at Heritage Plaza, Plaza Conference Room, Plaza Level, 1111 Bagby, Houston,5509 Champions Dr., Midland, Texas 77002,79706, at 3:2:00 p.m., Houston time,Central Time, on Thursday, April 30, 2015.27, 2017. The proxy materials, including this proxy statement, the accompanying notice of annual meeting of stockholders and form of proxy and our 20142016 annual report, are being first distributed and made available to our stockholders on or about March 20, 2015.17, 2017.

Any stockholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time provided written notice of the revocation is received by our Corporate Secretary before the proxy is voted; otherwise, if received prior to or at the Annual Meeting, properly executed proxies will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions specified on the proxy or, if no such instructions are given, in accordance with the recommendations of the Board described herein. Stockholders attending the Annual Meeting may revoke their proxies and vote in person. If you would like to attend the Annual Meeting, and vote in person, you may contact our Corporate Secretary (Michael P. Donaldson) at (713) 651-6260651-7000 for directions to the Annual Meeting. To vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must (1) be a holder of record of our Common Stock as of the close of business on February 27, 2017 (the “Record Date”) or (2) obtain a valid proxy from the record holder of the shares if you were, as of the Record Date, a beneficial owner of our common stock held in street name; follow your bank’s, broker’s or other nominee’s instructions to obtain such a proxy.

Attendance at the Annual Meeting is limited to holders of record of our Common Stock atas of the close of business on March 2, 2015 (the “Record Date”)Record Date and EOG’s guests. Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis. You will be asked to present valid government-issued picture identification, such as a driver’s license or passport, in order to be admitted into the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee and you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you must present proof of your ownership of our Common Stock, such as a bank or brokerage account statement indicating that you owned shares of our Common Stock as of the Record Date, in order to be admitted. For safety and security reasons, no cameras, recording equipment or other electronic devices will be permitted in the Annual Meeting. A written agenda and rules of procedure for the Annual Meeting will be distributed to those persons in attendance.

If you received a printed copy of the proxy materials, you also received a copy of our 20142016 annual report. However, the 20142016 annual report does not constitute a part of, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement or the accompanying form of proxy.

In addition to solicitation by mail, certain of our officers and employees may solicit the return of proxies personally or by telephone, electronic mail or facsimile. We have also retained a third-party proxy solicitation firm, Morrow & Co.,Sodali LLC, 470 West Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902, to solicit proxies on behalf of the Board, and expect to pay such firm approximately $8,000 for their services, plus any reasonableout-of-pocket expenses incurred. The cost of any solicitation of proxies will be borne by us. Arrangements may also be made with brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the forwarding of material to, and solicitation of proxies from, the beneficial owners of our Common Stock held of record as of the Record Date by such persons. We will reimburse such brokerage firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the reasonable out-of-pocketout-of- pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with any such activities.

In some cases, one paper copy of this proxy statement and the accompanying notice of annual meeting of stockholders and the 20142016 annual report is being delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address, at the request of such stockholders. We will deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, an additional paper copy of

this proxy statement, the accompanying notice of annual meeting of stockholders and/or the 20142016 annual report to such a stockholder at a shared address to which a single paper copy of such document was delivered. Stockholders sharing an address who receive multiple printed copies of our proxy materials and who wish to receive a single printed copy of our proxy materials may also submit requests for delivery of a single paper copy of this proxy statement or the accompanying notice of annual meeting of stockholders or the 20142016 annual report, but, in such event, will still receive separate forms of proxy for each account. To request separate or single delivery of these materials now or in the future, a stockholder may submit a written request to our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices at 1111 Bagby, Sky Lobby 2, Houston, Texas 77002, or a stockholder may make a request by calling our Corporate Secretary at(713) 651-6260.

A representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will tabulate the votes and act as inspector of election(Michael P. Donaldson) at the Annual Meeting.(713)651-7000.

A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available to view during the Annual Meeting. You may also inspect this list at our principal executive offices, for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

The mailing address of our principal executive offices is 1111 Bagby, Sky Lobby 2, Houston, Texas 77002.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials

for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on April 30, 201527, 2017

This proxy statement, the accompanying notice of annual meeting of stockholders and form of proxy and our 20142016 annual report are available via the Internet at www.eogresources.com/investors/annreport.htmlhttp://investors.eogresources.com/Annual-Reports-and- Proxy-Materials and at www.proxyvote.com. Pursuant to United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules related to the Internet availability of proxy materials, we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials on the Internet instead of mailing a printed copy of the proxy materials to each stockholder of record.

Accordingly, beginning on or about March 20, 2015,17, 2017, we are mailing a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to our stockholders of record as of the Record Date (but excluding those stockholders who have previously requested a printed copy of our proxy materials) in lieu of mailing the printed proxy materials. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials via the Internet, on voting shares via the Internet or by phone and on how to request a printed or electronic copy of the proxy materials may be found in the Notice. All stockholders will have the option to access our proxy materials on the websites referred to above.

Stockholders will not receive printed copies of the proxy materials unless they request (or have previously requested) such form of delivery. Printed copies will be provided upon request at no charge. In addition, stockholders may request to receive future proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by email on an ongoing basis. A request to receive proxy materials in printed form by mail or electronically by email will remain in effect until the stockholder terminates such request.

Stockholders who do not expect to attend the Annual Meeting are encouraged to vote via the Internet using the instructions on the Notice or, if you received a printed copy of the proxy materials (which includes the proxy card), by signing and returning the proxy card in thepre-paid envelope provided or by voting via the Internet or by phone using the instructions provided on the proxy card.

VOTING RIGHTS AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

Holders of record of our Common Stock as of the Record Date will be entitled to one vote per share on all matters properly presented at the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 548,465,933577,159,686 shares of our Common Stock outstanding. Other than our Common Stock, we have no other voting securities currently outstanding.

Our stockholders do not have dissenters’ rights or similar rights of appraisal with respect to the proposals described herein and do not have cumulative voting rights with respect to the election of directors.

Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by each person (including any “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, “Exchange Act”)) whom we know beneficially owned more than 5% of our Common Stock as of December 31, 2014,2016, based on filings with the SEC as of February 28, 2015.2017.

Stock Ownership of the Board and Management

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership of our Common Stock by (1) each director and director nominee of EOG, (2) each “Named Officer” of EOG named in the “Summary Compensation Table” in the “Executive Compensation” section below and (3) all current directors and executive officers of EOG as a group, in each case as of February 28, 2015.2017 (except with respect to Mr. Daniels, who was appointed to the Board and each of the Board committees, effective as of March 1, 2017). Under Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act, a person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security within 60 days. April 29, 20152017 is the date 60 days from February 28, 2015,2017, the date foras of which ownership is reported in this table.

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Includes (1) RSUs held under the 2008 Stock Plan vesting after April 29, 20152017 for which the participant has no voting or investment power until such units vest and are released as shares of our Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the 2008 Stock Plan; (2) performance units (assuming a performance multiple of 100% for grants for which the applicable performance multiple)period has not been completed; or at the achieved performance multiple certified by the Compensation Committee for grants for which the applicable performance period has been completed) held under the 2008 Stock Plan vesting after April 29, 20152017 for which the participant has no voting or investment power until such units vest and are released as shares of our Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the 2008 Stock Plan; and (3) phantom shares held in the individual’s phantom stock account under the EOG Resources, Inc. 409A Deferred Compensation Plan (formerly known as the EOG Resources, Inc. 1996 Deferral Plan) (as amended, the “Deferral Plan”) for which the individual has no voting or investment power until such phantom shares are released as shares of our Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Deferral Plan and the individual’s deferral election. Because such units and shares will not vest or be released on or before April 29, 2015,2017, the units and shares shown in this column are not “beneficially owned” under Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Board of Directors

Director Succession

Robert P. Daniels was appointed to the Board and each of our Board committees, effective as of March 1, 2017, and will stand forre-election as a director at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Steward is retiring from the Board and will not stand forre-election as a director at the Annual Meeting; his current term will expire in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. Mr. Steward’s decision to retire and not stand forre-election is not as a result of any disagreement with EOG.

Like Mr. Steward, Mr. Daniels has extensive experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, having served in various senior management positions during his32-year career with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company. The Board believes that Mr. Daniels’s industry experience and expertise will be a valuable asset to the Board and to EOG.

The Board currently has eight members and, upon Mr. Steward’s retirement from the Board in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, will have seven members.

Director Independence

The Board has affirmatively determined that sixseven of our seveneight current directors, namely Ms. Clark and Messrs. Crisp, Daniels, Day, Steward, Textor and Wisner, have no direct or indirect material relationship with EOG and thus meet the criteria for independence of Article III, Section 12 of our bylaws, which are available on our website at www.eogresources.com/about/corpgov.html, as well as the independence requirements of the NYSE and the SEC.

In assessing director independence, the Board considered, among other matters, the nature and extent of any business relationships, including transactions conducted, between EOG and each director and between EOG and any organization for which one of our directors or an immediate family member is a director or executive officer or with which one of our directors or an immediate family member is otherwise affiliated. Specifically, the Board considered, among other things, (1) various transactions in connection with the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, such as revenue distributions, joint interest billings, payments for midstream (i.e., gathering, processing and transportation-related) or oilfield services and payments for crude oil and natural gas, between EOG and certain entities engaged in certain aspects of the oil and gas business for which one of our directors is a director or is otherwise affiliated, (2) payments of dues and contributions to certainnot-for-profit entities (such as trade associations) with which one of our directors or an immediate family member is affiliated and (3) any relationships (employment, contractual or otherwise) between EOG and immediate family members of directors.

Except with respect to Mr. W. Thomas, the Board has determined that all such relationships and transactions that it considered were not material relationships or transactions with EOG and did not impair the independence of our directors. The Board has determined that Mr. W. Thomas is not independent because he is our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).

Meetings

The Board held fivenine meetings during the year ended December 31, 2014.2016.

Each director attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and Board committees on which the director served. Our directors are expected to attend our annual meeting of stockholders. Except for

Mr. Textor, allAll of the then-current directors attended our 20142016 annual meeting of stockholders; Mr. Textor was unable to attend our 2014 annual meeting of stockholders due to weather-related travel delays.stockholders.

Executive Sessions ofNon-Employee Directors

Ournon-employee directors held fivesix executive sessions during the year ended December 31, 2014. Our current 2016. Each of ournon-employee directors attended each of the executive sessions; Mark G. Papa, our former director, attended all executive sessions held prior to his departure from the Board in December 2014.

sessions. Mr. DayCrisp was appointed by the independentnon- employee directors as the presiding director for the executive sessions in 2014,2016, and Mr. TextorCrisp has also been appointed by the independentnon-employee directors as the presiding director for executive sessions in 2015.2017. As discussed below, the presiding director is elected annually by and from the independentnon-employee directors of our Board.

Board Leadership Structure

The Board does not have a policy on whether or not the roles of Chairman of the Board and CEO should be separate or combined and, if they are to be separate, whether the Chairman of the Board should be selected from thenon-employee directors or be an employee. The directors serving on our Board possess considerable professional and industry experience, significant and diverse experience as directors of both public and private companies and a unique knowledge of the challenges and opportunities that EOG faces. As such, the Board believes that it is in the best position to evaluate the needs of EOG and to determine how best to organize EOG’s leadership structure to meet those needs. The Board believes that the most effective leadership structure for EOG at the present time is for Mr. W. Thomas to serve as both Chairman of the Board and CEO.

This model has succeeded because it makes clear that the Chairman of the Board and CEO is responsible for managing our business, under the oversight and review of our Board. This structure also enables our CEO to act as a bridge between management and the Board, helping both to act with a common purpose.

Upon Mr. Papa’s retirement as an EOG employee and as our Executive Chairman of the Board in December 2013, the Board appointed Mr. W. Thomas to serve as bothhas been our Chairman of the Board and CEO effective as ofsince January 1, 2014 which the Board believed, and continues to believe, is the most effective leadership structure for EOG. Mr. W. Thomas has been with EOG and its predecessor companies for over 3638 years. Prior to becoming our Chairman of the Board and CEO, Mr. W. Thomas had served as President and CEO of the company from July 2013 through December 2013, and as President of the company from September 2011 to July 2013. Prior to September 2011, Mr. W. Thomas served in

various leadership positions at EOG, including both leadership positions in our Houston, Texas headquarters office and leadership positions in our Fort Worth, Texas, Midland, Texas and Corpus Christi, Texas offices, where he was instrumental in EOG’s successful exploration, development and exploitation of various key resource plays.

Since becoming an independent public company in August 1999, our stock price performance has significantly exceeded the collective performance of our peer group companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index as well as the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite Index, thus demonstrating, we believe, the effectiveness of EOG’s leadership structure.

The Board believes that there is substantial independent oversight of EOG’s management and a strong counterbalancing governance structure in place, as demonstrated by the following:

Corporate Governance Guidelines and which include (i) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman of the Board is not present as well as at executive sessions of thenon-employee directors, (ii) serving as liaison between the Chairman of the Board and our other executive officers and the non-employeenon- employee directors and (iii) briefing the Chairman of the Board and our executive officers, as needed or appropriate, on matters discussed in the executive sessions. Our presiding director establishes the agenda for the executive sessions of thenon-employee directors and has the authority to call, and establish the agenda for, additional meetings of thenon-employee directors. In addition, our presiding director is afforded direct and complete access to the Chairman of the Board at any time as the presiding director deems necessary or appropriate, and he is available for direct communication with our stockholders as described under “Stockholder Communications with the Board” below. As noted above, Mr. Day was appointed by the independent directors as the presiding director for the executive sessions in 2014, and Mr. TextorCrisp has been appointed by the independentnon-employee directors as the presiding director for executive sessions in 2015.2017.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Our Board retains primary responsibility for risk oversight. To assist the Board in carrying out its oversight responsibilities, members of our senior management report to the Board and its committees on areas of risk to our company, and our Board committees consider specific areas of risk inherent in their respective areas of oversight and report to the full Board regarding their activities. For example, our Audit Committee periodically

discusses with management our major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures. Our Compensation Committee incorporates risk considerations, including the risk of losing key personnel and any risks that may be presented by our compensation policies and practices, as it evaluates the performance of our CEO and other executive officers, and determines our executive compensation.compensation and evaluates our compensation policies and practices. Our Nominating and Governance Committee focuses on issues relating to Board and Board committee composition and corporate governance matters. In addition, to ensure that our Board has a broad view of our overall risk management process, the Board periodically reviews our long-term strategic plans and the principal issues and risks that we may face, as well as the processes through which we manage risk.

At this time, we believe that combining the roles of Chairman of the Board and CEO enhances the Board’s administration of its risk oversight function because, through his role as Chairman of the Board, and based on his experiences with the daily management of our business as our CEO and previously as our President and in other leadership positions, Mr. W. Thomas provides the Board with valuable insight into our risk profile and the options to mitigate and address those risks.

Committees of the Board

The charter for each committee of the Board identified below is available on our website at www.eogresources.com/about/corpgov.html. Copies of the committee charters are also available upon written request to our Corporate Secretary.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The Nominating and Governance Committee, which is comprised exclusively of independent directors, is responsible for identifying prospective qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the Board, recommending director nominees (including chairpersons) for each of our committees, developing and recommending appropriate corporate governance guidelines and overseeing the self-evaluation of the Board. In considering individual director nominees and Board committee appointments, our Nominating and Governance Committee seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on the Board and Board committees and to identify individuals who can effectively assist EOG in achieving our short-term and long-term goals, protecting our stockholders’ interests and creating and enhancing value for our stockholders. In so doing, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers a person’s diversity attributes (e.g., professional experiences, skills, background, race and gender) as a whole and does not necessarily attribute greater weight to any one attribute. Moreover, diversity in professional experience, skills and background, and diversity in race and gender, are just a few of the attributes that the Nominating and Governance Committee takes into account. In evaluating prospective candidates, the Nominating and Governance Committee also considers whether the individual has personal and professional integrity, good business judgment and relevant experience and skills, and whether such individual is willing and able to commit the time necessary for Board and Board committee service.

While there are no specific minimum requirements that the Nominating and Governance Committee believes must be met by a prospective director nominee (other than the general requirements of our Corporate Governance Guidelines discussed below with respect to director age, director independence and director service on the boards of directors of other public companies), in evaluating prospective candidates, the Nominating and Governance Committee does believe that director nominees should possessalso considers whether the individual has personal and professional integrity, have good business judgment haveand relevant experience and skills as well as other credentials and bequalifications, including, but not limited to, the credentials and qualifications set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee will consider whether such individual is willing and able to commit the time necessary for Board and Board committee service.

Furthermore, the Nominating and Governance Committee evaluates each individual in the context of the Board as a whole, with the objective of recommending individuals who can best perpetuate the success of our business and represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound business judgment using their diversity of experience in various areas. We believe our current directors possess diverse professional experiences, skills and backgrounds, in addition to (among other characteristics) high standards of personal and professional ethics, proven records of success in their respective fields and valuable knowledge of our business and of the oil and gas industry.

Our current

Upon Mr. Steward’s retirement from the Board ofin conjunction with the Annual Meeting, our Board will have seven directors, is consistent with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, andGuidelines. While our Board has no current plans to increase the size of the Board. However,Board, if, in the future, the Board determines that it is appropriate to add a directorship, the Nominating and Governance Committee will, pursuant to its charter, take into account diversity in professional experience, skills and background, diversity in race and gender, the credentials and qualifications set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the other attributes and factors described above, in evaluating candidates for such directorship.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are available at www.eogresources.com/about/corpgov.html, mandate that:

The Nominating and Governance Committee uses a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating director nominees. As an alternative to term limits for directors, the Nominating and Governance Committee annually reviews each director’s continuation on the Board. The Nominating and Governance Committee also regularly assesses the appropriate size of the Board. In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers, from time to time, various potential candidates for directorships. Candidates may come to the attention of the Nominating and Governance Committee through current Board members, professional search firms, stockholders or other persons. These candidates may be evaluated at regular or special meetings of the Nominating and Governance Committee and may be considered at any point during the year.

In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees recommended by stockholders in accordance with the procedures outlined under “Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations — Nominations for 20162018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and for Any Special Meetings of Stockholders” below. The Nominating and Governance Committee will evaluate such nominees according to the same criteria, and in the same manner, as any other director nominee.

The Nominating and Governance Committee held three meetings during the year ended December 31, 2014.2016. The Nominating and Governance Committee is currently comprised of Messrs. Wisner (Chairman), Crisp, Daniels (effective March 1, 2017), Day, Steward and Textor and Ms. Clark.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee, which is comprised exclusively of independent directors, is responsible for the oversight of our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits and reviews of our financial statements.

The Board has selected the members of the Audit Committee based on the Board’s determination that the members are financially literate (as required by NYSE rules) and qualified to monitor the performance of management and the independent auditors and to monitor our disclosures so that our disclosures fairly present our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Board has also determined that Ms. Clark, an independent director since January 2014 and the Chairperson of our Audit Committee since February 2015, and Mr. Textor, an independent director since May 2001 and the Chairman of our Audit Committee from May 2001 until February 2015, are each an “audit���audit committee financial expert” (as defined in the SEC rules) because each has the following attributes: (1) an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and financial statements; (2) the ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves; (3) experience analyzing and evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of accounting issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by our financial statements; (4) an understanding of internal control over financial reporting; and (5) an understanding of audit committee functions. Both Ms. Clark and Mr. Textor have acquired these attributes by means of having held various positions that provided relevant experience, as described in each director’s biographical information under “Item 1. Election of Directors” below, and, in the case of Mr. Textor, by having served as Chairman of our Audit Committee from May 2001 until February 2015.

The Audit Committee has sole and direct authority, at its discretion and at our expense, to appoint, compensate, oversee, evaluate and terminate our independent auditors and any other registered public accounting firmfirms engaged to perform audit, review or attest services for EOG, and to review, as it deems appropriate, the scope of our annual audits, our accounting policies and reporting practices, our system of internal controls, our

compliance with policies regarding business conduct and ethics and other matters. In addition, the Audit Committee has the authority, at its discretion and at our expense, to retain special legal, accounting or other advisors to advise the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee also reviews and approves the annual Report of the Audit Committee that is included in this proxy statement.

The Audit Committee held six meetings during the year ended December 31, 20142016 and is currently comprised of Ms. Clark (Chairperson) and Messrs. Crisp, Daniels (effective March 1, 2017), Day, Steward, Textor and Wisner.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee, which is comprised exclusively of independent directors, is responsible for the administration of our stock compensation plans and for the evaluation and determination of the compensation arrangements for our executive officers and directors. The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing the disclosures in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis and providing the annual Compensation Committee Report, both of which are included in this proxy statement. Please refer to “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Compensation Process” and “Director Compensation and Stock Ownership Guidelines” below for a discussion of the Compensation Committee’s procedures and processes for making executive officer andnon-employee director compensation determinations.

In addition, the Compensation Committee is authorized, at its discretion and at our expense, to retain, oversee, obtain the advice of, compensate and terminate such compensation consultants and other advisors as the Compensation Committee deems necessary to assist with the execution of its duties and responsibilities, and is responsible for assessing the independence of any such consultants or advisors and whether any such consultant or advisor has a conflict of interest in respect of its engagement by the Compensation Committee.

All of the members of the Compensation Committee qualify as “Non-Employee“Non-Employee Directors” under Rule16b-3 under the Exchange Act and qualify as “outside directors” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code”).

The Compensation Committee held four meetings during the year ended December 31, 20142016 and is currently comprised of Messrs. CrispDay (Chairman), Day,Crisp, Daniels (effective March 1, 2017), Steward, Textor and Wisner and Ms. Clark.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Messrs. CrispDay (Chairman), Day,Crisp, Daniels, Steward, Textor and Wisner and Ms. Clark serve as members of the Compensation Committee and none of them is a current or former officer or employee of EOG. During the year ended December 31, 2014,2016, none of our executive officers served as a director or member of the compensation committee (or other committee of the board performing equivalent functions) of another entity where an executive officer of such entity served as a director of EOG or on our Compensation Committee.

Stockholder Communications with the Board

Pursuant to the process adopted by the Board, our stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with members of the Board by submitting such communications in writing to our Corporate Secretary, who, upon receipt of any communication other than one that is clearly marked “Confidential,” will note the date the communication was received in a log established for that purpose, open the communication, make a copy of it for our files and promptly forward the communication to the director(s) to whom it is addressed. Upon receipt of any communication that is clearly marked “Confidential,” our Corporate Secretary will not open the communication, but will note the date the communication was received in a log established for that purpose and promptly forward the communication to the director(s) to whom it is addressed. Further information regarding this process can be found on our website at www.eogresources.com/about/corpgov.html.

Our stockholders and other interested parties can also communicate directly with the presiding director for the executive sessions of thenon-employee directors, or thenon-employee directors as a group, using the same procedure outlined above for general communications with the Board, except any such communication should be addressed to the presiding director or to thenon-employee directors as a group, as appropriate. Mr. TextorCrisp has been chosen as the presiding director for 2015.2017.

Engagement with Stockholders

As stated in our prior public disclosures, EOG is committed to open, collaborative communications with our stockholders; transparency; providing our stockholders with the ability to effectively voice their opinions; being accountable to our stockholders; and operating in an environmentally responsible and safe manner.

Pursuant to these commitments, we have engaged in substantial, collaborative discussions and correspondence over the last several years with various EOG stockholders regarding a range of environmental, health and safety, executive compensation and corporate governance matters. In addition, we have maintained a productive, ongoing dialogue with our investors regarding our website and other public disclosures addressing a range of environmental, health and safety topics.

Pursuant to our commitments, EOG intends to continue engaging in such discussions and correspondence with our stockholders and to periodically update and expand our related website and other public disclosures.

Codes of Conduct and Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines

Pursuant to NYSE and SEC rules, we have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Conduct”) that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, and a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers (“Code of Ethics”) that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controllers.

You can access our Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics on our website at www.eogresources.com/about/corpgov.html, and any stockholder who so requests may obtain a copy of our Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics by submitting a written request to our Corporate Secretary. We intend to disclose any amendments to our Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics and any waivers with respect to our Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics granted to our

principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, our principal accounting officer, any of our controllers or any of our other employees performing similar functions on our website at www.eogresources.com within four business days after the amendment or waiver. In such case, the disclosure regarding the amendment or waiver will remain available on our website for at least 12 months after the initial disclosure. There have been no waivers granted with respect to our Code of Conduct or our Code of Ethics to any such officers or employees.

Moreover, we have adopted, pursuant to NYSE rules, Corporate Governance Guidelines, which may be accessed on our website at www.eogresources.com/about/corpgov.html. Any stockholder may obtain a copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines by submitting a written request to our Corporate Secretary.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

In connection with the fiscal year 20142016 audited financial statements of EOG Resources, Inc. (“EOG”), the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of EOG, during its February 2017 meeting, (1) reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with EOG’s management; (2) discussed with EOG’s independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) Auditing Standard No. 16,1301, “Communications with Audit Committees,” and Securities and Exchange Commission RegulationS-X, Rule2-07; (3) received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent auditors’ communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence; (4) discussed with the independent auditors the independent auditors’ independence; and (5) considered whether the provision ofnon-audit services by EOG’s principal auditors is compatible with maintaining auditor independence.

Based upon these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors has approved, that the audited financial statements for fiscal year 20142016 be included in EOG’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20142016 for filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee, in connection with its February 2017 meeting, has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of RegulationS-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the proxy statement relating to the 20152017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, and in the executive compensation tables and notes thereto in the “Executive Compensation” section below and elsewhere in this proxy statement, (1) “Named Officers” refers to William R. Thomas, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Gary L. Thomas, our President and Chief Operating Officer; Timothy K. Driggers, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Lloyd W. Helms, Jr., one of our Executive Vice Presidents, Exploration and Production; and Michael P. Donaldson, our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; (2) “peer group,” “peer companies,” “peer group companies” or similar phrases refers to the companies identified under “Compensation Process — Compensation Assessment Tools” below;below, except as otherwise specified or indicated herein; (3) all stock information shown has been adjusted to reflect ourtwo-for-one stock split (in the form of a stock dividend) which was effective March 31, 2014; and (4) certain of the measures referenced below and identified with an asterisk (*) arenon-GAAP measures, for which reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures and related discussion is included in Annex A. A glossary of certain terms is also included in Annex A.

Executive Summary

The Compensation Committee (“Committee”) believes that our executive management team has created significant value for our stockholders by developing a more heavily weighted crude oil portfolio of resource plays, while maintaining our core natural gas assets. EOG continues to seizeseizes early-mover opportunities to add new plays to our portfolio and we have a provenhas demonstrated the ability to develop themsuch plays successfully. We are constantly refining our proprietary drilling and completion technology and processes to lower costs and improve well productivity. Under the leadership of our executive management team, EOG has enhancedprotected shareholder value by delivering both highcontinuing to focus on effective deployment of capital to deliver the highest returns and long-term growth, an accomplishment that is unique in the energy industry.alow-price environment. The following are key highlights of our achievements in 2014:2016:

Consistent

In our view, EOG’s stock price performance during 2016 reflected these key operational and strategic accomplishments, with a totalone-year return to shareholders of 44% and a total three-year return to shareholders (as calculated pursuant to the grant agreements governing our performance unit awards) of 29.5%, the latter of which was the highest in recognitionour peer group. Conversely, low commodity prices continued to impact our financial results in 2016. Our Compensation Committee attempted to balance the outstanding operational, strategic and stock price performance of these achievements, the Committee awardedcompany with the continued impact of low commodity prices on our financial results, and took the following actions in 2016, which are discussed in more detail below:

The Committee will considerbelieves these actions appropriately reflect and reward our management team’s accomplishments during 2016, while recognizing the currentfinancial impact of continued low commodity price environment when making 2015 compensation decisions.prices.

Say-on-Pay Vote and Key Program Features

At our 20142016 annual meeting of stockholders, the vast majority of our stockholders voted to approve our executive compensation program, with almost 97%approximately 95% approval among votes cast. Based on these voting results and the Committee’s periodic reviews of our executive compensation program, we did not make any significant changes to our executive compensation program for 2014.2016. However, as discussed above and below, we did increase the weighting of performance-based awards within the long-term incentive component of our executive compensation program, by making an additional grant of performance units to our executive officers in December 2016. Our program continues to reflect an alignment with

current governance trends, while maintaining a competitive compensation program with stockholder-friendly features such as:

Compensation Objectives

Our executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain a highly qualified and motivated management team and appropriately reward individual executive officers for their contributions to the achievement of EOG’s key short-term and long-term goals. The Committee is guided by the following key principles in determining the compensation of our CEO and other Named Officers:

that we can attract, motivate and retain top industry talent. The Committee references the middle range of compensation opportunities among our peer group, while considering other factors and individual situations that influence the attraction, motivation and retention of exceptional talent.

Each of the components of our executive compensation program plays a unique role in meeting our compensation objectives:

The following charts illustrate the primary elements of compensation for our CEO and our other Named Officers and for the CEOs and other named executive officers of our peer group companies. Our CEO’s compensation package is more substantial than that of our other Named Officers. The Committee has determined that this difference is acceptable based on its comparison of the compensation packages awarded to the CEOs of our peer group companies. Our executive compensation program is generally more heavily weighted towards long-termlong- term equity compensation, than our peer group, consistent with our belief that our executive compensation program should be tied, in part, to our stock price performance to further align the interests of our Named Officers with those of our stockholders.

TOTAL TARGET COMPENSATION – CEO

TOTAL TARGET COMPENSATION – OTHER NAMED OFFICERS

Source: Meridian’s 2016 North America Oil &and Gas Exploration and& Production (E&P) Compensation Survey

Compensation Process

During each year, the Committee periodically reviews our executive compensation program and determines whether each component continues to promote our compensation objectives.

The Committee’s Decision-Making Process

The Committee oversees a rigorous process to set performance goals, evaluate progress toward such goals, monitor external trends, measure competitiveness and determine compensation outcomes. The Committee meets at least once per calendar quarter, with standing agenda items that support a disciplined process and address the responsibilities outlined in the Committee’s charter.

Each February,At its first quarter meeting each year, the Committee approves our operational, financial and strategic goals for that year based on recommendations and input from management. These approved company performance goals become the individual performance goals for our CEO. As discussed further below, our CEO establishes the individual performance goals for each of our other executive officers.

At the Committee’s subsequent meetings during the year, our CEO provides the Committee a detailed progress update on the performance goals approved in February.the first quarter. The Committee also receives and reviews updates on governance trends, regulatory changes and industry compensation matters at its meetings.

Each September,At its third quarter meeting each year, the Committee considers certain compensation actions for our Named Officers, including salary adjustments and annual long-term incentive awards. The Committee reviews industry compensation data and relevant external trends, along with an assessment of our progress toward our operational, financial and strategic goals for that year and each Named Officer’s contributions toward our achievement of such goals, to determine the appropriate compensation actions.

At its meeting in the following first calendar quarter, the Committee considers a range of information to determine whether the appropriatepayment of annual bonuses forto our CEO and other Named Officers would be appropriate, including:

Role of Chief Executive Officer and Other Officers

The Committee considers input from our CEO in making determinations regarding our executive compensation program and the individual compensation of each executive officer, other than our CEO. Our CEO meets with each executive officer at the beginning of the year to identify and discuss individual performance goals related to the executive officer’s expected contribution to the achievement of our performance goals for the upcoming year. Our CEO provides performance feedback to each executive officer throughout the year and conducts a formal performance review with each executive officer at the end of the year. Our CEO and his officer team also provide information to the Committee regarding the performance of the company for the Committee’s determination of annual bonuses. The Committee makes the final determination of Named Officer compensation. Our CEO makes no recommendations regarding, and does not participate in discussions about, his own compensation.

Role of Independent Consultant

For 2014,2016, the Committee continued its engagement of Meridian Compensation Partners LLC (“Meridian”) as its independent compensation consultant. Meridian reports solely to the Committee, and the Committee determines the scope of Meridian’s engagement, which includes:

Meridian meets periodically with members of EOG management in carrying out these duties. The Committee has evaluated the independence of Meridian based on the SEC’s factors affecting independence and has concluded that Meridian is independent and that there are no conflicts of interests associated with Meridian’s engagement.

Compensation Assessment Tools

In order to attract, motivate and retain talented executive officers, we must ensure that our executive compensation program remains competitive with the types and ranges of compensation paid by our peer companies who compete for the same executive talent. On an annual basis, the Committee reviews and discusses compensation data for our CEO and our other Named Officers as compared to compensation data for similarly situated executive officers at peer companies selected by the Committee.

The Committee selects peer companies with similar market capitalization and similar lines of business to EOG (i.e., independent exploration and production companies). The peer group changes from time to time as a result of fluctuations in company size, changes in the business lines of our peers, acquisitions, developments in the oil and gas industry and other factors. Due to industry changes, the Committee evaluated the peer group in 2014 with the assistance of Meridian and made the following adjustments:

As a result, theThe peer group used by the Committee in making 20142016 compensation decisions (other than the September 2016 and December 2016 grants as discussed below) consisted of the following independent exploration and production companies:

In September 2014,2016, Meridian provided the Committee with a Top Officer Benchmarking Study based on Meridian’s 2016 North America Oil &and Gas Exploration and& Production (E&P) Compensation Survey. The report provided information on the amounts, opportunities and forms of compensation used across our peer group. The Committee also reviewed data from a broader group of oil and gas exploration and production companies that included integrated oil and gas companies and other industry companies of varying sizes to validate the peer group data.

Also in September 2016, the Committee evaluated the peer group with the assistance of Meridian and replaced Chesapeake Energy Corporation with ConocoPhillips. As a result, the new peer group that was used for the September 2016 and December 2016 performance-based grants and will be used going forward is:

Executive Compensation Program for 20142016

The following discussion describes the components of our executive compensation program and explains how we determined the amounts for our Named Officers.

Base Salary

The following table presents the base salaries and salary adjustments approved by the Committee for each of our Named Officers in 2014.2016. The Committee evaluated base salaries in September 2016 and, due to the continued low commodity price environment, did not increase the base salaries of any of our Named Officers for the second year in a row.

20142016 Base Salaries and Salary Adjustments

Annual Bonus

Our CEO and other Named Officers are eligible to receive annual bonuses under our stockholder-approved Executive Officer Annual Bonus Plan. We must achieve positive Adjusted Non-GAAP Net Income* (as reported in our year-end earnings release) for the payment of bonuses to our Named Officers under the Executive Officer Annual Bonus Plan, which ensures tax deductibility of any bonuses. The Committee certified the achievement of that financial performance goal for 2014.

The Committee believes that a subjective determination of bonus funding based on a retrospective evaluation of performance against specified goals yields the most appropriate bonus outcome. The Committee also believes that setting specific performance goals in advance helps establish important benchmarks and communicates EOG’s top priorities to its Named Officers and employees. In addition to, or instead of, the categories of performance goals listed below, the Committee in the future may establish performance goals based on other financial measures related to returns and revenues as well as operational and strategic goals relevant to our annual operating plan.

In a commodity business like ours, certain performance goals can lose their relevance with material fluctuations in commodity prices. In addition, strict adherence to established performance goals may also prevent us from modifying our business strategy during the year as appropriate. Accordingly, the Committee has the discretion to revise or modify the performance goals during the year to address material fluctuations in commodity prices, changes to our operating plan or business strategy and other factors.

The Committee established the following goals and weightings to evaluate our 20142016 performance. The resulting subjective assessment of performance against each goal is also provided below.

Consistent with its determination of bonuses in prior years, the Committee applied the results above to the individual Named Officer bonus targets that were established for 2014 based on a review of peer group compensation data and to appropriately reflect each Named Officer’s contribution to the company’s achievement of its 2014 performance goals. Based on the results of the Committee’s assessment set forth above,company’s performance against these goals, the Committee awarded a bonus, paid entirelyassessed that the performance of our management team significantly exceeded expectations. However, pursuant to our stockholder-approved Executive Officer Annual Bonus Plan, we must achieve positive AdjustedNon-GAAP Net Income (as reported in cash,ouryear-end earnings release) for the payment of bonuses to eachour Named Officers under the Executive Officer Annual Bonus Plan, which ensures tax deductibility of any bonuses. Due to the continued low commodity price environment, this goal was not achieved, and thus the Named Officers did not receive a cash bonus for 20142016 performance, as follows:despite achieving or exceeding all of our operational and financial goals.

2014 Annual Bonuses

Long-Term Incentives

The long-term incentive component of our executive compensation program for our Named Officers in 20142016 consisted of three vehicles:

The table below summarizes the key features of each vehicle.

The long-term incentive awards granted to each Named Officer are generally determined in September ofat the Committee’s third quarter meeting each year (with grant dates established approximately two weeks afterwithin one week of the date of Committee approval to allow time to administer the grants), based on the following factors:

Based on the factors described above, the Committee, in September 2014,2016, granted to each of the Named Officers the long-term incentive awards set forth in the following table. TheIn September 2015, the Committee decided to grant the same number of awards to each Named Officer that were granted to the Named Officers in September 2014, resulting in a reduction in the grant date value to each Named Officer from 2014 to 2015 of 32%. In September 2016, the Committee continued with this approach, which resulted in an increase in the grant date value to each Named Officer of approximately 37% from the 2015 awards. These grant date values are 7% lower than the 2014 awards, reflecting the fact that our stock price has essentially recovered from the lower price triggered by the global decline in commodity prices. Consistent with prior years, the long-term incentive value for the 2016 grant to each Named Officer was allocated equally between performance units, restricted stock/RSUs and SARs.

20142016 Long-Term Incentive Awards

In order to further align the interests of our Named Officers with our stockholders, the performance units vest and pay out at the end of the five-year vesting period based on our total stockholder return performance relative to the total stockholder return of our peer groupcompanies (as specified in the governing grant agreements) over the first three full calendar years of the vesting period, according to the following scale:

Additional Performance Unit Awards

At its December 2016 meeting, the Committee approved an additional award of performance units to our Named Officers. The purpose of the awards was to:

The performance unit grants are tied to the same three-year relative total stockholder return metric as the performance units granted in September 2016 described above. However, instead of vesting five years from the grant date, these additional awards will vest once the three-year performance period (January 2017 – December 2019) is completed and the applicable performance multiple is certified by the Committee. The additional performance units awarded, which are detailed below, increase the weighting of performance units to approximately 50% of the total long-term awards granted to each of the Named Officers in 2016.

2016 Additional Performance Unit Awards

Post-Termination Compensation and Benefits

The components of our post-termination compensation and benefits, and the events that trigger those benefits, are discussed under “Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change of Control”

below. Each Named Officer has a change of control agreement that provides benefits in the event of a change of control of EOG and subsequent qualified termination of their employment. The Committee believes that these change of control benefits, which are a significant component of our executive compensation program, are an appropriate retention device in a competitive market and believes that our Named Officers should be compensated if they (1) are involuntarily terminated (other than for cause) after a change of control of EOG or (2) voluntarily terminate their employment with EOG after a change of control of EOG under circumstances that constitute “good reason” (as defined in the change of control agreements).

Other Compensation and Benefits

Retirement PlansPlan. For fiscal year 2014,2016, we maintained our Savings and Retirement Plan, a defined contribution plan that qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, under which we matched 100% of an employee’spre-tax contributions up to 6% of the employee’s annual base salary, overtime pay (if any) and annual cash bonus, subject to applicable statutory limits. Under this plan, we also contribute an additional 3% to 9% (depending on an employee’s age and years of EOG service) of the employee’s annual base salary, overtime pay (if any) and annual cash bonus, subject to applicable statutory limits. In 2014,2016, the contribution percentage for each of the Named Officers was 9%, except for Mr. Donaldson for whom the contribution percentage was 7%. We have no supplemental retirement benefits for our executive officers, other than the Make-Whole Contributions described under “Deferral Plan” below.

Deferral Plan. To allow certain key employees, including the Named Officers, to reduce their current compensation, thereby reducing current taxable income, we maintain the Deferral Plan under which a percentage of annual base salary, annual cash bonus and Savings and Retirement Plan refunds resulting from excess deferrals into our Savings and Retirement Plan may be deferred to a later specified date.

The Deferral Plan paysat-market mutual fund investment returns or treats deferrals as if they were invested in our Common Stock, based upon participant elections, and does not credit above-market or preferential earnings. EOG does not guarantee returns on deferrals or the principal amount of participants’ deferrals.

We may make contributions to the Deferral Plan on behalf of the Named Officers in the event of a reduction in benefits under our Savings and Retirement Plan due to either applicable statutory and/or plan earnings limits or because the Named Officer elects to defer annual base salary and/or annual cash bonus into the Deferral Plan. These contributions (“Make-Whole Contributions”) are intended to provide the entire contribution amount to the Named Officer’s retirement accounts as if there were no statutory or other limitations.

Perquisite Allowances. In 2014,2016, Messrs. W. Thomas and G. Thomas each received a perquisite allowance equal to 3% of his respective annual base salary to be used for certain enumerated items. Messrs. Driggers, Helms and Donaldson each received an annual perquisite allowance of $2,600. The perquisite allowance is not “grossed up” to account for income taxes. We provide a perquisite allowance rather than pay for perquisites on an individual basis to lessen the administrative burden of documentation for individual items. Named Officers do not have to submit reimbursement requests for the enumerated items and are able to select among various perquisites as they believe appropriate.

Expatriation Imputed Income and Tax Equalization. In accordance with our Expatriate Policy Guide, which outlines benefits available to employees while on expatriate assignments, foreign tax payments were made in Canada on behalf of Mr. Helms for 2014 stock activity (RSU vesting and stock option exercises) that included stock grants awarded while Mr. Helms was on expatriate assignment in Canada. We use a common practice known as tax equalization to ensure that an employee on foreign assignment does not incur taxes in excess of what he or she would have incurred living and working in the U.S. The process includes a “gross-up” for payment of U.S. taxes on income resulting from the foreign assignment. The tax equalization calculation is performed by Ernst & Young LLP.

Matching Gifts. To encourage charitable giving, we will match charitable contributions or gifts given by any employee or director, up to $75,000 annually. We also match 100% of any contributions made under our company-wide annual United Way campaign. Named Officers may participate in this program to the same extent as all other employees.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Each Named Officer has the opportunity to participate in the EOG Resources, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, “ESPP”) to the same extent as all other employees.

The ESPP allows employees to purchase our Common Stock at a 15% discount to the closing price of our Common Stock as of certain dates, with no commission or fees, subject to certain limitations specified in the ESPP.

Medical, Fitness/Wellness, Vacation/PersonalVacation Time, Life and Disability Plans. Each Named Officer participates in the same benefit plans available to all of our employees. We have no executive officer medical, fitness/wellness, vacation/personalvacation time, life or disability plans.

Sporting Event Tickets. We provide tickets to local sporting events for use by all employees. Executive officers, including the Named Officers, have first priority on the use of these tickets.

Service Awards. Named Officers participate in our service award program that recognizes years of service provided to EOG to the same extent as all other employees.

Subsidized Parking. We offer subsidized parking to all of our employees in Houston, Texas. Income is imputed for the amount of the parking subsidy that exceeds the maximum allowable as a nontaxable fringe benefit under the Code. The imputed income does not include “gross-ups”“gross-ups” to account for income taxes.

Other Compensation Matters

Tax and Accounting Considerations

In setting the components of our executive compensation program, the Committee considers the impact of the following tax and accounting provisions:

Code Section 162(m). Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows a tax deduction for a fiscal year to public companies for compensation over $1 million paid individually to the principal executive officer and the three most highly compensated executive officers of a company (other than the principal executive officer or the principal financial officer), as reported in that company’s most recent proxy statement. Qualifying performance- basedperformance-based compensation is not subject to the deduction limit if certain requirements are met. The performance unit and SAR components of our long-term incentive compensation and awards made under our Executive Officer Annual Bonus Plan are intended to comply with the statute. The Committee is committed to preserving the deductibility of compensation under Section 162(m) whenever practicable, but does grant awards that are non-deductible,non- deductible, such as restricted stock/RSUs, when it believes such grants are in the best interests of EOG and our stockholders.

Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, “Stock Compensation” (“ASC Topic 718”). ASC Topic 718 requires a public company to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity based on the grant date fair value of the award. Our equity awards to the Named Officers (and to our other employees) are structured to maintain the appropriate equity accounting treatment.

Code Section 409A. Section 409A of the Code provides that deferrals of compensation under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or arrangement are to be included in an individual’s current gross income to the extent that such deferrals are not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and have not previously been included

in the individual’s gross income, unless certain requirements are met. We structure our Deferral Plan, stock plans, change of control agreements, severance plans and agreements and other incentive plans and agreements, each to the extent they are subject to Section 409A, to be in compliance with Section 409A. We do not currently grant any discounted stock options to which Section 409A may apply.

Code Sections 280G and 4999. The change of control agreements in effect for our executive officers provide that, upon a change of control, we will either (i) reduce the amount of severance benefits otherwise payable to the

executive officer so that such severance benefits will not be subject to excise tax for purposes of Code Sections 280G and 4999 or (ii) pay the full amount of severance benefits to the executive officer (but with no tax “gross- up”), whichever produces the betterafter-tax result for the executive officer (often referred to as the “best-of-net”“best-of-net” approach).

Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Committee believes that it is in the best interests of our stockholders for all of our executive officers and senior management to maintain a significant ownership position in EOG. Therefore, the Committee has established stock ownership guidelines ranging from 8,000 shares for Vice Presidents to 160,000 shares for our CEO. Each Named Officer currently satisfies these guidelines.

Anti-Hedging Policy Statement and Insider Trading Policy

EOG’s Insider Trading Policy prohibits hedges or short sales of EOG stock by EOG directors and Section 16 officers (including the Named Officers). In addition to our Insider Trading Policy, all transactions involving EOG stock must comply with EOG’s Code of Conduct and applicable law, including the public reporting provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Under our Code of Conduct, officers and employees are prohibited from trading in EOG stock when in possession of material,non-public information about EOG.

Our Insider Trading Policy also provides that any director orour directors and Section 16 officerofficers shall not hold EOG securities in a margin account or pledge (with certain limited exceptions) suchEOG securities as collateral for a loan. The limited exception to this prohibition is in instances where a director or Section 16 officer wishes to pledge his or her EOG securities as collateral for a personal loan (other than a margin loan to purchase additional EOG securities) and clearly demonstrates the financial ability to repay the loan without resort to the pledged securities. AnyRequests for such an exception must be submitted to our CEO or General Counsel for approval.prior to pledging any securities. In the limited circumstance where an exception is granted, EOG’s stock ownership guidelines specifically provide that any pledged stock is not counted in determining compliance with such ownership guidelines. However, none of our Section 16 officers or directors has pledged EOG securities as collateral for a loan pursuant to this exception under our Insider Trading Policy.

Clawback Policies

Other than legal requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), we currently do not have any policies in place regarding the adjustment or recovery of compensation payments or awards in the event that we are required to restate our financial statements. We believe that our accounting practices are conservative and, moreover, we have not been required to restate our financial statements at any time since becoming an independent company in 1999. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our CEO and CFO may be subject to clawbacks in the event of a restatement. Thus, the Committee has not deemed any additional recoupment policies to be necessary. We will continue to monitor regulations and trends in this area.

Compensation Risk Assessment

The Committee has reviewed the relationship between our risk management policies and compensation policies and practices and concluded that we do not have any compensation policies or practices that expose us to risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on EOG.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

The following table summarizes certain information regarding compensation paid or accrued during 2014, 20132016, 2015 and 20122014 to the Named Officers.