SUGAR LAND, Texas, May 8, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced today that Mark A. Jackson, the Company's President and COO, will present at Calyon's Oil Services Conference in New York City, New York on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 8:45 a.m., eastern daylight time.

A live broadcast of the presentation and a replay will be publicly accessible through the company's website at http://www.noblecorp.com . Go to the "Investor Relations" link and select "Presentations". Participants are encouraged to log onto the site at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the presentation to ensure that minimum software requirements are met.

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 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 F&G JU-2000E enhanced premium newbuild jackups under construction, with scheduled delivery of the first unit in the third quarter of 2007 and the second unit in 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 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".

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Lee M. Ahlstrom, Vice President - Investor Relations and Planning, Noble Drilling
Services Inc. of Noble Corporation, +1-281-276-6100

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