Noble Energy, Inc. Declares Dividend

HOUSTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Energy, Inc.'s
(NYSE: NBL) board of directors declared today a quarterly cash dividend of 12
cents per common share, payable February 19, 2008 to the shareholders of
record on February 4, 2008.
Noble Energy is one of the nation's leading independent energy companies
and operates throughout major basins in the United States including Colorado's
Wattenberg Field, the Mid-continent region of western Oklahoma and the Texas
Panhandle, the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwater
Gulf of Mexico. In addition, Noble Energy operates internationally in
Argentina, China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea (Israel), the North Sea (UK,
the Netherlands, and Norway), West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) and
Suriname. Noble Energy markets natural gas and crude oil through its
subsidiary, Noble Energy Marketing, Inc. Visit Noble Energy online at
http://www.nobleenergyinc.com.
SOURCE Noble Energy, Inc.

David Larson, +1-281-872-3125, dlarson@nobleenergyinc.com, or Brad Whitmarsh,
+1-281-872-3187, bwhitmarsh@nobleenergyinc.com, both of Noble Energy, Inc.