Exhibit 32.2

                CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT


I, Edmund P. Segner, III, President and Chief of Staff, and
Principal Financial Officer of EOG Resources, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation (the "Company"), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

     (1) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for
         the year ended December 31, 2004 (the "Report") fully
         complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
         of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or
         78o(d)); and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly
         presents, in all material respects, the financial
         condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:  February 25, 2005


/s/ EDMUND P. SEGNER, III
Edmund P. Segner, III
President and Chief of Staff
(Principal Financial Officer)