X0202 4 2008-02-01 false 0000072207 NOBLE ENERGY INC NBL 0001191413 TONG CHRIS 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77067 false true false false Sr. VP & CFO Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2008-02-01 4 A false 10709 0 A 44442 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2008-02-01 4 F false 2615 72.94 D 41827 D Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy) 72.94 2008-02-01 4 A false 27669 0 A 2009-02-01 2018-02-01 Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 27669 27669 D 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 25,931 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock. Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney in Fact 2008-02-05