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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for
     the quarterly period ended September 30, 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.


Dated: October 28, 2004



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