---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000821189-26-000202"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EOG"
cik: "0000821189"
company_name: "EOG RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:17:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:28:17.001691+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.42
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.42
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EOG raises Q3 2026 current tax expense guidance to $835M-$935M on higher crude realizations

## Summary
- Q3 2026 current tax expense guidance lifted to $835M-$935M from the prior $545M-$645M forecast issued with Q2 results on August 4, 2026.
- EOG attributes the increase to higher crude oil prices realized in Q3 2026 and anticipated for full year 2026 due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
- EOG is not updating or confirming any other Q3 2026 or full year 2026 ranges included in the August 4, 2026 guidance.
- Q3 2026 benchmarks: NYMEX WTI crude averaged $85.68 per barrel; Henry Hub natural gas averaged $2.95 per MMBtu.
- EOG received $40 million net cash from settlements of Financial Commodity Derivative Contracts in Q3 2026; no cash yet from the Brent-linked gas sales contract, with deliveries starting January 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000821189-26-000202
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EOG
- cik: 0000821189
- company_name: EOG RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:17:30+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.42
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.42
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821189/000082118926000202/0000821189-26-000202-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821189/000082118926000202/eog-20261008.htm

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