Noble Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Earnings Release Date...

Noble Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Earnings Release
Date and Conference Call Information

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE:
NE) today announced that its fourth quarter and full-year 2008 earnings press
release has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 21, 2009, after the close of
the market. The Company will also publish the release on its Web site at
http://www.noblecorp.com. In addition, the Company will conduct its related
earnings conference call on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., Central
Time.

What: Noble Corporation Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008
Earnings Conference Call

When: January 22, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., Central Time

Phone: (866) 461-7129 or outside of U.S. 1-706-679-3084
Access code: 72475181 or Noble Conference Call

Web site: Live webcast available at http://www.noblecorp.com

How: Visit the "Investor Relations" area of the Company's Web site,
click on "Webcast" and follow the instructions provided.

A replay of the conference call will be available on Thursday, January 22,
2009, beginning at 5:00 p.m., Central Time, through Wednesday, January 28,
2009, ending at 5:00 p.m., Central Time. The phone number for the conference
call replay is (800) 642-1687 or, for calls from outside of the U.S.,
1-706-645-9291, using access code: 72475181. All individuals listening to the
conference call or the replay are reminded that all conference call material
is copyrighted by the Company and cannot be recorded or rebroadcast without
the Company's express written consent.

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.