Noble Energy Wins Award for Environmental Protection in Piceance Basin

HOUSTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL)
announced today that the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC)
awarded Noble Energy a 2008 Outstanding Oil and Gas Operations Award for
environmental protection and safe operation in the Project Rulison area of the
Piceance Basin. The award was presented by Harris Sherman, Executive Director
of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and David Neslin, Director of
the COGCC, at the Colorado Oil & Gas Association Rocky Mountain Natural Gas
Strategy Conference and Investment Forum on July 8, 2009.

"We are honored to be recognized as an environmental leader in this
highly-regulated area," said David L. Stover, Noble Energy's President and
Chief Operating Officer. "The COGCC award demonstrates our efforts to
responsibly find and produce hydrocarbons in a manner that protects the public
health, our employees, and the environment where we operate."

As one of the largest oil and gas producers in the state, Noble Energy
operates in the Piceance and the Denver Julesberg (DJ) Basins of Colorado,
including the Wattenberg field and the Eastern DJ Niobrara play.

Noble Energy is a leading independent energy company engaged in worldwide oil
and gas exploration and production. The Company operates primarily in the
Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, and deepwater Gulf of Mexico areas in the
United States, with key international operations offshore Israel, UK and West
Africa. Noble Energy is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded
under the ticker symbol NBL. Visit Noble Energy online at
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.