2004 annual Report to Shareholders  
EOG Resources  

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts Unless Otherwise Indicated)
(Unaudited Except for Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities)

OIL AND GAS PRODUCING ACTIVITIES
    The following disclosures are made in accordance with SFAS No. 69 - “Disclosures about Oil and Gas Producing Activities”:
    Oil and Gas Reserves. Users of this information should be aware that the process of estimating quantities of “proved,” “proved developed” and “proved undeveloped” crude oil and natural gas reserves is very complex, requiring significant subjective decisions in the evaluation of all available geological, engineering and economic data for each reservoir. The data for a given reservoir may also change substantially over time as a result of numerous factors including, but not limited to, additional development activity, evolving production history, and continual reassessment of the viability of production under varying economic conditions. Consequently, material revisions (upward or downward) to existing reserve estimates may occur from time to time. Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure that reserve estimates reported represent the most accurate assessments possible, the significance of the subjective decisions required and variances in available data for various reservoirs make these estimates generally less precise than other estimates presented in connection with financial statement disclosures.
    Proved reserves represent estimated quantities of natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids that geological and engineering data demonstrate, with reasonable certainty, to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under economic and operating conditions existing at the time the estimates were made.
    Proved developed reserves are proved reserves expected to be recovered, through wells and equipment in place and under operating methods being utilized at the time the estimates were made.
    Proved undeveloped reserves are reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for completion. Reserves on undrilled acreage are limited to those drilling units offsetting productive units that are reasonably certain of production when drilled. Proved reserves for other undrilled units can be claimed only where it can be demonstrated with certainty that there is continuity of production from the existing productive formation. Estimates for proved undeveloped reserves are not attributed to any acreage for which an application of fluid injection or other improved recovery technique is contemplated, unless such techniques have been proved effective by actual tests in the area and in the same reservoir.
    Canadian provincial royalties are determined based on a graduated percentage scale which varies with prices and production volumes. Canadian reserves, as presented on a net basis, assume prices and royalty rates in existence at the time the estimates were made, and EOG’s estimate of future production volumes. Future fluctuations in prices, production rates, or changes in political or regulatory environments could cause EOG’s share of future production from Canadian reserves to be materially different from that presented.
    Estimates of proved and proved developed reserves at December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 were based on studies performed by the engineering staff of EOG for all reserves. Opinions by DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M), independent petroleum consultants, for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 covered producing areas containing 77%, 72% and 73%, respectively, of proved reserves of EOG on a net-equivalent-cubic-feet-of-gas basis. D&M’s opinions indicate that the estimates of proved reserves prepared by EOG’s engineering staff for the properties reviewed by D&M, when compared in total on a net-equivalent-cubic-feet-of-gas basis, do not differ materially from the estimates prepared by D&M. Such estimates by D&M in the aggregate varied by not more than 5% from those prepared by the engineering staff of EOG. All reports by D&M were developed utilizing geological and engineering data provided by EOG.
    No major discovery or other favorable or adverse event subsequent to December 31, 2004 is believed to have caused a material change in the estimates of proved or proved developed reserves as of that date.

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