SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per ordinary share. The cash dividend of $0.04 per ordinary share will be paid on March 2, 2009 to shareholders of record on February 11, 2009.
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 63 offshore drilling units (including five rigs currently under construction) located worldwide, including in the Middle East, India, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, and West Africa. Noble's ordinary 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.
