Feb 24 (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil firm EOG Resources Inc on Thursday reported a higher fourth-quarter profit as crude prices scaled multi-year highs from pandemic-driven historic lows.

It reported net income of $1.99 billion, or $3.39 per share, in the three months ended Dec. 31, up from $337.47 million, or 58 cents per share, a year earlier. (Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)