SUGAR LAND, Texas, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) is scheduled to present at two investment conferences next week. Bruce W. Busmire, the Company's Senior Vice President and CFO, will present at the Petrie Parkman & Co. - Deepwater Forum in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 10:40 a.m., central standard time. Mr. Busmire will also present at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.'s 2005 Investor Conference in New York City, New York on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 10:45 a.m., eastern standard time.

Interested parties may view the presentations on the Noble Corporation website at http://www.noblecorp.com .

Noble Corporation is a leading provider of diversified services for the oil and gas industry. Contract drilling services are performed with the Company's premium fleet of 62 mobile offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. This fleet consists of 13 semisubmersibles, three dynamically positioned drillships, 43 jackups and three submersibles. The fleet count includes two new F&G JU-2000E enhanced premium jackups, with scheduled delivery of the first unit in the third quarter of 2007 and the second unit in the first quarter of 2008. As previously announced, these units have been contracted. Approximately 80 percent of the fleet is currently deployed in international markets, principally including the Middle East, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa, India, and the Mediterranean Sea. 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".

This news release may contain "forward-looking statements" about the business, financial performance and prospects of the Company. Statements about the Company's or management's plans, intentions, expectations, beliefs, estimates, predictions, or similar expressions for the future are forward- looking statements. No assurance can be given that the outcomes of these forward-looking statements will be realized, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed as a result of various factors. A discussion of these factors, including risks and uncertainties, is set forth from time to time in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

SOURCE  Noble Corporation
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    /CONTACT:  Bruce W. Busmire, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Noble Corporation, +1-281-276-6100/
    /Web site:  http://www.noblecorp.com /
    (NE)

CO:  Noble Corporation; Petrie Parkman & Co.; Friedman, Billings, Ramsey &
     Co., Inc.
ST:  Texas, New York
IN:  OIL
SU:  TDS CCA

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