Noble Corporation Names Roger B. Hunt as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Contracts

Noble Corporation Names Roger B. Hunt as Senior Vice President of Marketing
and Contracts

SUGAR LAND, Texas, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE:
NE) today announced that Roger B. Hunt has been named Senior Vice President -
Marketing and Contracts, effective July 20, 2009. With more than 35 years in
the offshore drilling industry, Hunt most recently served as Senior Vice
President - Marketing at GlobalSantaFe, a position he held from 1997 to 2007.
In that capacity, Hunt was responsible for marketing and pricing strategy,
sales and contract activities for the company's fleet of 57 offshore drilling
units. Additionally, Hunt has broad experience in evaluating opportunities
for organic growth, rig acquisitions and corporate M&A opportunities.

"Roger's appointment brings to Noble's management team a leader with
outstanding professional qualifications and extensive knowledge and experience
in the global offshore drilling industry," said David W. Williams, Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer. "We expect that his broad understanding
of the world market, along with an extensive background in many specific
geographic areas, will provide an added dimension to Noble's top-tier
management team."

In addition to Hunt's proven track record in sales and marketing, he has
significant operational and project management experience gained in different
venues around the world. His prior offshore drilling industry related
assignments included positions in Australia, Gulf of Mexico, Saudi Arabia,
Venezuela and England. Hunt holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the
University of Melbourne and he is a graduate of the Advanced Management
Program at Harvard University.

About Noble
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 62 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 shares
are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NE".

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.