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Fax: +353 1 4100 980

This fleet consists of 13 semisubmersibles, three
dynamically positioned drillships, 41 jackups and three submersibles.

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Rynd, the Company's Vice President of
Investor Relations, will participate in the UBS Global Oil + Gas Conference in
Austin, Texas . A copy of Mr.
Noble Corporation is a leading provider of diversified services for the
oil and gas industry. The Company provides
technologically advanced drilling-related products and services designed to
create value for our customers.

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Noble Corporation to Present at UBS Global Oil + Gas Conference

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Noble Corporation
(NYSE: NE) announced today that John T.m.

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The Company also provides labor contract
drilling services, well site and project management services, and engineering
services.

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(Logo: http: //www.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
This detailed Excel spreadsheet contains the country , regional, and global
forecasts along with the business case model in "Wireless Broadband: Will
WiMAX Replace 3G and Fixed Broadband?"

Business case includes:
- metro assumptions
- metro model
- rural assumptions
- rural model

Forecasts for broadband wireless cumulative subscribers, 3G, WiMAX, other
technologies including cable modem and DSL for main countries.

Regions profiled:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- UK
- NA
- US
- Canada
- Eastern Europe
- Russian Federation
- Africa
- Middle East
- Central + South America
- Low Income Asia-Pacific
- Korea
- Australia
- Japan
- Total High Income Asia-Pacific

For more information visit
http://www. Rynd's
presentation will be available at http://www.

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of Wireless Broadband: Forecast + Business Case Spreadsheet to their offering.com/reports/c13859

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.
Approximately 80 percent of the fleet is currently deployed in international
markets, principally including the Middle East, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil,
West Africa, India, and the Mediterranean Sea. The Company's ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol "NE".

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Rynd's remarks are scheduled to begin on Thursday,
May 26, 2005 at 10:35 a., central daylight time.

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Research and Markets: Study These Global Forecasts for the Wireless Broadband Market Now

researchandmarkets. Contract drilling services are performed with the
Company's premium fleet of 60 mobile offshore drilling units located in key
markets worldwide.
Additional information on Noble Corporation is available via the worldwide
web at http://www.