Noble Corporation to Announce First Quarter 2012 Results

ZUG, Switzerland, April2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation

Noble also has scheduled a conference call and webcast related to its first quarter 2012 results on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time. Interested parties are invited to listen to the call by dialing 1-866-461-7129, or internationally 1-706-679-3084, using access code: 20607252, or by asking for the Noble Corporation conference call. Interested parties may also listen over the Internet through a link posted in the Investor Relations section of the Company's Web site.

A replay of the conference call will be available on Thursday, April 19, 2012, beginning at 11:00 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time, through Thursday, May 3, 2012, ending at 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time. The phone number for the conference call replay is 1-855-859-2056 or, for calls from outside of the U.S., 1-404-537-3406, using access code: 20607252. The replay will also be available on the Company's Web site following the end of the live call.

About Noble Corporation

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 79 offshore drilling units (including five ultra-deepwater rigs and six jackup drilling rigs currently under construction), located worldwide, including in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Brazil, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Middle East, India and the Asian Pacific. Noble's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'NE.' Additional information on Noble Corporation is available on the Company's Web site at http://www.noblecorp.com.

Noble Corporation

CONTACT: Investors, Jeffrey L. Chastain, Vice President - Investor

Relations, +1-281-276-6383, or Media, John S. Breed, Director of Corporate

Communications, +1-281-276-6729, both of Noble Drilling Services Inc.

Web site: http://www.noblecorp.com/