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                     [DEGOLYER AND MACNAUGHTON LETTERHEAD]

                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3

                               September 27, 2000

EOG Resources, Inc.
1200 Smith Street, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77002

Gentlemen:

     In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration
Statement), to be filed with Securities and Exchange Commission by EOG
Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), DeGolyer and
MacNaughton (the "firm") hereby consents to the incorporation by reference in
this Registration Statement of the references to the firm and to the opinions
delivered to the Company, all included or incorporated by reference in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999,
regarding the comparison of estimates prepared by the firm with those furnished
to it by the Company of the proved oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, and
natural gas reserves of certain selected properties owned by the Company. The
opinions are contained in our letter reports dated January 13, 1998, January 11,
1999, and February 8, 2000, for estimates as of December 31, 1997, December 31,
1998, and December 31, 1999, respectively. The opinions are referred to in the
section "Supplemental Information to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Oil
and Gas Producing Activities" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1999.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          /s/  DEGOLYER and MACNAUGHTON

                                          DeGOLYER and MacNAUGHTON