Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE) will speak at the 2010 Pritchard Capital Energize Conference on Thursday, January 7.  The conference will run from January 6 to January 8, 2010.  Speaking will be Noble Corporation Vice President of Investor Relations and Planning of Noble Drilling Services, Inc. Lee Ahlstrom.

Mr. Ahlstrom will begin speaking at 9:40 am PT that morning. Interested parties may listen to a live webcast of the presentation on the company’s website, http://www.noblecorp.com/.  The webcast and accompanying presentation slides will be on the “Webcast” page of the Investor Relations section of the site.

Noble Corporation (Noble) is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The Company performs contract drilling services with its fleet of 63 mobile offshore drilling units located worldwide. This fleet consists of 13 semisubmersibles, four dynamically positioned drillships, 43 jackups and three submersibles. The fleet count includes five units under construction, including one F&G JU-2000E enhanced jackup, one dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater, harsh environment Globetrotter-class drillship, and three deepwater dynamic positioning semisubmersibles. The Company have secured customer contracts for the one jackup and three semisubmersibles under construction.