Noble Corporation to Participate in the Goldman Sachs Global Energy Conference

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE:
NE) today announced that David W. Williams, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer will participate in a panel discussion at the Goldman Sachs
Global Energy Conference being held at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne,
Florida. The panel discussion is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Eastern on
Thursday, January 15, 2009. While panel discussions from this conference are
not being webcast, Noble will post a corporate update presentation on the
Company's Web site on the day of the event.

Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry.
Noble performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a
fleet of 63 offshore drilling units (including five rigs currently under
construction) located worldwide, including in the Middle East, India, the U.S.
Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, and West Africa. Noble'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

Investors, Lee M. Ahlstrom, Vice President - Investor Relations and Planning,
+1-281-276-6440 or Media, John S. Breed, Director of Corporate Communications,
+1-281-276-6729, both of Noble Drilling Services Inc.