Scott D. Urban Elected to Noble Energy, Inc. Board

Mr. Urban served in executive management positions at Amoco and itssuccessor, BP. At the time of his retirement from BP in 2005, he was GroupVice President, Upstream for several existing profit centers including NorthAmerica Gas, Alaska, Egypt and Middle East and, before that, Group VicePresident, Upstream North Sea. Mr. Urban held various positions at Amocoincluding, at the time of its 2000 merger with BP, Group Vice President,Worldwide Exploration. Mr. Urban holds a M.S. degree in Geology and B.S.degree in Earth Science from Bowling Green State University and is a graduateof the Stanford University Executive Program.

Noble Energy's Chairman, President, and CEO, Charles D. Davidson,commented: "On behalf of Noble Energy's board, we are pleased to welcome Mr.Urban to the Noble Energy team. Scott's global energy experience will beinvaluable to our company's future growth and success."

Noble Energy is one of the nation's leading independent energy companiesand operates throughout major basins in the United States including Colorado'sWattenberg Field, the Mid-continent region of western Oklahoma and the TexasPanhandle, the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwaterGulf of Mexico. In addition, Noble Energy operates internationally inArgentina, China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea (Israel), the North Sea (UK,the Netherlands, and Norway), West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) andSuriname. Noble Energy markets natural gas and crude oil through itssubsidiary, Noble Energy Marketing, Inc. Visit Noble Energy online at.

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