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Board of Directors


George A. Alcorn, 79

Director since 2000

Mr. Alcorn has extensive leadership experience in the oil and gas industry, having served as President of Alcorn Exploration, Inc., a private oil and natural gas exploration and production company, since 1982.

In addition, Mr. Alcorn has served as a director of Linn Energy, LLC, a publicly traded independent oil and gas development company, since 2006, where he serves as Chairman of the Nominating Committee and as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees.

Mr. Alcorn is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a federally chartered and privately funded committee that supports the U.S. Department of Energy and advises the U.S. Secretary of Energy. Mr. Alcorn is also a past chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and a founding member and past chairman of the Natural Gas Council.

Chairman, Compensation Committee; Member, Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees

Charles R. Crisp, 64

Director since 2002

Mr. Crisp began his career in the oil and gas industry over 40 years ago with Conoco Inc. and has held senior management positions with numerous energy companies, including (i) Coral Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 until his retirement in November 2000 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1998 to 1999; (ii) Houston Industries Incorporated, where he served as President of the power generation group from 1996 to 1998; and (iii) Tejas Gas Corporation, a major intrastate natural gas pipeline company, where he served as President, Chief Operating Officer and a director from 1988 to 1996.

Mr. Crisp has also accumulated over nine years of experience as a director of publicly traded energy companies. Mr. Crisp is currently a director of three other public companies: (i) AGL Resources Inc. (since 2003), a natural gas distribution and marketing and energy services company, where he currently serves on the Compensation and Management Development Committee and Finance and Risk Management Committee; (ii) IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (since 2002), an operator of regulated exchanges, trading platforms and clearing houses, where he currently serves on the Compensation and Audit Committees; and (iii) Targa Resources Corp. (since 2005), a provider of midstream natural gas and natural gas liquids services, where he currently serves on the Compensation Committee, Audit Committee and Conflicts Committee.

Member, Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees; 2012 Presiding Director

James C. Day, 68

Director since 2008

Mr. Day has extensive leadership experience serving as a member of senior management in various roles at Noble Corporation, including as Chairman of the Board from 1992 until his retirement in May 2007, Chief Executive Officer from 1984 until October 2006 and President from 1984 to 1999 and again from 2003 until February 2006. Noble Corporation is a publicly traded company and one of the world’s largest offshore drilling companies.

Mr. Day is also a director of Tidewater Inc. (since 2007), a publicly traded workboat and compression services provider, where he serves on the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and of ONEOK, Inc. (since 2004), the publicly traded general partner of ONEOK Partners, L.P., a provider of natural gas gathering, processing, storage and transportation services, where he serves as a member of the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee. From 1993 to May 2006, Mr. Day served as a director of Global Industries, Ltd., a publicly traded provider of offshore marine construction services, where he served as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Technical, Health, Safety, and Environment Committee.

Mr. Day is past chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and the National Ocean Industries Association, and is an honorary director of the American Petroleum Institute and a Trustee of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Mr. Day has held numerous other leadership positions with various industry and civic associations throughout his career.

Member, Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees

Mark G. Papa, 65

Director since 1998

Mr. Papa has served as EOG’s Chairman of the Board and CEO for over 12 years, and has been with EOG and its predecessor companies for over 30 years. Prior to becoming EOG’s Chairman of the Board and CEO, Mr. Papa served in other leadership positions at EOG, including President, CEO and director, President and Chief Operating Officer and President-North America Operations. Mr. Papa joined Belco Petroleum Corporation, a predecessor of EOG, in 1981.

Mr. Papa also serves as a director of Oil States International, Inc. (since 2001), a publicly traded oilfield service company, where he serves on the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. From July 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Papa served as a director of the general partner of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., a publicly traded pipeline and terminal company, where he served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit and Conflicts Committees.

H. Leighton Steward, 77

Director since 2004

Mr. Steward has extensive experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, having served in various senior management roles with The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company, including President, Chief Operating Officer and, from 1989 until its acquisition by Burlington Resources Inc. in 1997, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Steward subsequently served as Vice Chairman of Burlington Resources, a publicly traded oil and gas exploration, production and development company, until his retirement in 2000.

Mr. Steward is former Chairman of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association and the Natural Gas Supply Association, and is currently an honorary director of the American Petroleum Institute.

Mr. Steward is also currently an author-partner of Sugar Busters, LLC, a provider of seminars, books and products related to helping people follow a healthy and nutritious lifestyle, and Chairman of the non-profit corporations Plants Need CO2 and CO2 Is Green, providers of information related to carbon dioxide’s impact on the global climate and the plant and animal kingdoms.

Member, Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees

Donald F. Textor, 65

Director since 2001

Mr. Textor is currently Portfolio Manager of the Dorset Energy Fund, an energy fund which invests primarily in the equity securities of companies in the energy industry. Mr. Textor was previously employed by Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was a partner and managing director until his retirement in March 2001 and which included 21 years of experience as the firm’s senior security analyst for domestic oil and gas exploration and production companies.

Mr. Textor is also currently a director of Trilogy Energy Corp., a petroleum and natural gas-focused Canadian energy corporation, where he serves as a member of the Compensation Committee.

As a result of serving in these roles and serving as a member and the Chairman of our Audit Committee since 2001, Mr. Textor has accumulated significant leadership and financial reporting experience as well as extensive knowledge of the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

Chairman, Audit Committee; Member, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees

Frank G. Wisner, 73

Director since 1997

Mr. Wisner concluded his more than 35-year career with the U.S. State Department by serving as U.S. Ambassador to India from 1994 to 1997. Following his retirement as U.S. Ambassador to India, Mr. Wisner served as Vice Chairman, External Affairs of American International Group, Inc., a publicly traded international insurance and financial services company (“AIG”), from 1997 until his retirement in March 2009. Mr. Wisner has served as Foreign Affairs Advisor with Patton Boggs LLP, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm, since 2009.

In addition to his extensive international and governmental affairs experience, Mr. Wisner has accumulated diverse business experience. Since 2001, Mr. Wisner has served as a director of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a publicly traded residential furniture company, where he serves as the Chair of the Nominations Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Wisner is also a director of Chartis Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG and a leading U.S. and international property and casualty and general insurer.

Chairman, Nominating and Governance Committee; Member, Audit and Compensation Committees
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Officers (Including Key Subsidiaries)


Mark G. Papa

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

William R. Thomas

President

Gary L. Thomas

Chief Operating Officer

Michael P. Donaldson

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Timothy K. Driggers

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Kurt D. Doerr

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Denver

Robert K. Garrison

Executive Vice President and General Manager, San Antonio

Lloyd W. Helms, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Operations

Maire A. Baldwin

Vice President, Investor Relations

Sandeep Bhakhri

Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Kenneth E. Dunn

Vice President and General Manager, Corpus Christi

Patricia L. Edwards

Vice President, Human Resources and Administration

Marc R. Eschenburg

Vice President, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs

David J. Griffiths

General Manager, EOG Resources United Kingdom Limited

Kevin S. Hanzel

Vice President, Audit

Raymond L. Ingle

Vice President and General Manager, Midstream

Ann D. Janssen

Vice President, Accounting

Ernest J. LaFlure

Vice President and General Manager, Tyler

Helen Y. Lim

Vice President and Treasurer

Lindell L. Looger

Vice President and General Manager, International
President, EOG Resources International, Inc.

Tony C. Maranto

Vice President and General Manager, Oklahoma City

Colleen A. Marples

Vice President and General Manager, Canada

Richard A. Ott

Vice President, Tax

Sammy G. Pickering

Managing Director, EOG Resources Trinidad Limited

Gary L. Pitts

Vice President and General Manager, Midland

Frederick J. Plaeger, II

Vice President, Government Relations

Gary L. Smith

Vice President and General Manager, Pittsburgh

Robert C. Smith

Vice President, Drilling

David W. Trice

Vice President and General Manager, Fort Worth North

J. Pat Woods

Vice President and General Manager, Fort Worth South

James C. Fletcher

Controller, Land Administration

John H. Haskins

Controller, International Accounting

Janet B. Johnson

Controller, Compliance and Controls

Joseph C. Landry

Controller, Operations Accounting

Gary Y. Peng

Controller, Financial Reporting

Robert L. West

Controller, Financial Planning

Amos J. Oelking, III

Deputy Corporate Secretary