ZUG, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE), a leading offshore driller, today announced that the Company plans to report financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2011 on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Copies of the Company's press release will be available on the Noble Web site at www.noblecorp.com.

Noble also has scheduled a conference call and webcast related to its fourth quarter and full year 2011 results on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Central 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: 20606604, 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, January 26, 2012, beginning at 11:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time, through Thursday, February 9, 2012, ending at 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central 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: 20606604. 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 Middle East, India, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa and Asian Pacific. Noble also owns and operates a dynamically positioned floating production, storage, offloading vessel. Noble's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NE". Additional information on Noble Corporation is available via the worldwide web at http://www.noblecorp.com.

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