Noble Corporation to Participate in Panel Discussion at the Goldman Sachs Global Energy Conference

Noble Corporation announced that Mark A. Jackson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, will participate in a panel discussion at the Goldman Sachs Global Energy Conference in New York City, on Thursday, January 18, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., eastern standard time. The panel discussion will not be webcast.

Noble Corporation is a leading provider of diversified services for the oil and gas industry. Contract drilling services are performed with the Company’s fleet of 63 mobile offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. The fleet consists of 13 semisubmersibles, three dynamically positioned drillships, 44 jackups and three submersibles. The fleet count includes three F&G JU-2000E enhanced premium newbuild jackups under construction, with scheduled delivery of the first unit in the third quarter of 2007, the second unit in the first quarter of 2008 and the third unit in the first quarter of 2009. As previously announced, these units have been contracted. Approximately 84 percent of the fleet is currently deployed in international markets, principally including the Middle East, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa and India. The Company provides technologically advanced drilling-related products and services designed to create value for our customers. The Company also provides labor contract drilling services, well site and project management services, and engineering services. The Company’s ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NE”.

Additional information on Noble Corporation is available via the worldwide web at http://www.noblecorp.com .

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