SUGAR LAND, Texas, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today announced that Mark A. Jackson, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, will present at the Banc of America 36th Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco, California on Monday, September 18, 2006 at 7:30 a.m., pacific daylight time.

A live broadcast of the presentation and a replay will be publicly accessible through the Company's Web site 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 63 mobile offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. This 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 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 .

SOURCE  Noble Corporation
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    /CONTACT:  Lee M. Ahlstrom, Vice President - Investor Relations and
Planning, +1-281-276-6440, or John S. Breed, Director of Corporate
Communications, +1-281-276-6729, both of Noble Corporation/
    /Web site:  http://www.noblecorp.com /
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CO:  Noble Corporation; Banc of America
ST:  Texas, California
IN:  OIL
SU:  TDS CCA

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