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</description><pubDate>7/24/2008 10:14:00 PM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Noble Corporation</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Edited</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Noble Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call Summary</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">NE</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">2:00pm ET</ccbn:time><title>Noble Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call Summary</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Brief</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">B1880593</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson Street Events</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T1880593</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/T1880593</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><description>...Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Noble Corporation's second quarter #### earnings conference call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS) As a reminder, this conference is being recorded Thursday, July ##, ####. I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Lee Ahlstrom, Vice President of Investor Relations and Planning. Please go ahead, sir. ...

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After yesterday's sessions, and today's session on the shale, I think we should have changed the name of this to  Deepwater Shale Opportunities, and I think we would have had a standing-room-only crowd. But nonetheless, we have, I think, a very topical panel here on the Deepwater Opportunities, on a global scale. We have what I would call the Circle of Life here, from the operator standpoint, with Mariner Energy, and actually with Mariner, we had a last-minute change. Dalton Polasek, Chief Operating Officer, is going to be joining us from Mariner. We have two competing rig companies--I really wanted to turn this into Wrestlemania, so that's why I got those two up here. And then we had FMC Technologies, who is going to round everything out with the subsea equipment. So as you're probably very well familiar now--maybe not. This panel will not have any slide presentations, so we're just going to go right into kind of a round table discussion. I hope...

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</description><pubDate>5/15/2008 11:06:00 AM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Noble Corporation</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Final</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Noble Corporation at Calyon Securities Energy Conference Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">NE</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">8:00am ET</ccbn:time><title>Noble Corporation at Calyon Securities Energy Conference Transcript</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Transcript</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T1833795</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson Street Events</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/spcred/647253</link><guid isPermaLink="false">spcred/647253</guid><spcred:index_mode xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">norm</spcred:index_mode><description>The latest Summary from S&amp;P</description><spcred:dataset xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">global</spcred:dataset><pubDate>5/8/2008 6:23:00 PM</pubDate><spcred:price xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">175</spcred:price><title>Summary: Noble Corp.</title><spcred:type xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">Summary</spcred:type><spcred:docid xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">647253</spcred:docid><spcred:index_entry_dispcountry xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">United States</spcred:index_entry_dispcountry><spcred:index_entry_dispgics xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">Oil &amp; Gas Drilling</spcred:index_entry_dispgics><spcred:index_entry_dispregion xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">United States</spcred:index_entry_dispregion><spcred:index_entry_dispsector xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">Global Issuers</spcred:index_entry_dispsector><spcred:index_entry_dispsector xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">Corporations</spcred:index_entry_dispsector><spcred:index_entry_dispsector xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">Energy</spcred:index_entry_dispsector><spcred:index_entry_disptype xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">Summary</spcred:index_entry_disptype><spcred:index_entry_excerpt xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">The ratings on contract drilling company Noble Corp. reflect its strong competitive position in the offshore petroleum contract drilling industry, moderate financial policies, and solid financial performance. Partially offsetting these positives are the company's significant capital expenditure plans and the overall risks inherent in contract drilling, which include the highly cyclical spending patterns of oil companies and volatile commodity prices. Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with principal offices in Sugar Land, Texas, Noble had about $750 million of total debt (adjusted for operating leases and postretirement benefits) as of March 31, 2008. 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</description><pubDate>4/24/2008 7:06:00 PM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Noble Corporation</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Edited</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Q1 2008 Noble Corporation Earnings Conference Call Summary</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">NE</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">2:00pm ET</ccbn:time><title>Q1 2008 Noble Corporation Earnings Conference Call Summary</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Brief</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">B1813743</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson Street Events</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/ccbn/T1813743</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ccbn/T1813743</guid><ccbn:index_mode xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">norm</ccbn:index_mode><description>...Welcome to the Noble Corporation first quarter #### earnings conference call. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS) As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on April ##, ####. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Lee Ahlstrom, Vice President of Investor Relations and Planning. Please go ahead, sir. ...

</description><pubDate>4/24/2008 4:07:00 PM</pubDate><ccbn:name xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Noble Corporation</ccbn:name><ccbn:price xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">54.0000</ccbn:price><ccbn:revision xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Final</ccbn:revision><ccbn:storetitle xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Q1 2008 Noble Corporation Earnings Conference Call Transcript</ccbn:storetitle><ccbn:ticker xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">NE</ccbn:ticker><ccbn:time xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">2:00pm ET</ccbn:time><title>Q1 2008 Noble Corporation Earnings Conference Call Transcript</title><ccbn:type xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">Transcript</ccbn:type><ccbn:docid xmlns:ccbn="http://www.alacra.com/ccbn">T1813743</ccbn:docid><category>Credit &amp; Investment Research</category><alacra:ip>Thomson Street Events</alacra:ip></item><item><link>http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/spcred/644472</link><guid isPermaLink="false">spcred/644472</guid><spcred:index_mode xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">norm</spcred:index_mode><description>The latest News from S&amp;P</description><spcred:dataset xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">global</spcred:dataset><pubDate>4/23/2008 8:28:13 PM</pubDate><spcred:price xmlns:spcred="http://www.alacra.com/spcred">100</spcred:price><title>Bulletin: Ratings On Noble Corp. 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(A-/Stable/--) will not be affected by the company's announcement today that it will be paying a 75-cent-per-share special dividend. Based on current shares outstanding, the transaction should represent an estimated $202 million expense for the company; the dividend will be payable on May 16, 2008, to shareholders on record as of April 28, 2008. Healthy cash flow and a strong contract revenue backlog of $11 billion should give Noble ample financial flexibility with which to fund the special dividend. This is Noble's first special dividend and is in addition to its share repurchase plan. 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