X0202 4 2008-02-01 false 0000072207 NOBLE ENERGY INC NBL 0001188192 DAVIDSON CHARLES D 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77067 true true false false Chairman, President & CEO Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 3096 I 401(k) Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2008-02-01 4 A false 48459 0 A 177922 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2008-02-01 4 F false 5190 72.94 D 172732 D Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy) 72.94 2008-02-01 4 A false 125200 0 A 2009-02-01 2018-02-01 Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 125200 125200 D Holdings under the Company's 401(k) Plan are reported in units by the plan administrator. The units represent shares of Company common stock. The number of shares represented by the units is based upon the plan statement as of February 1, 2008 and calculated by dividing the aggregate unit balance under the 401(k) by the closing price of the Company's common stock on that date. Options vest 1/3 each year for three years. Restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock subject to a 3-year restriction, granted under the 1992 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan. This reported transaction reflects shares relinquished to Noble Energy, Inc. by the reporting person out of, and to cover estimated tax witholding for, restricted shares granted on February 1, 2005 and August 1, 2005, and vesting on February 1, 2008. The stock price reflected in Table I Column 4 was determined based on "fair market value," defined in the Noble Energy, Inc. 1992 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan as the average of the reported high and low trading price of Noble Energy, Inc. common stock on the NYSE on February 1, 2008. Column 5 of the last row of Table 1 includes 132,602 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock. Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney in Fact 2008-02-05