X0303 4 2009-01-30 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 2009-01-30 4 A false 12713 0 A 54540 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2009-02-01 4 F false 1002 50.21 D 53538 D Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy) 50.21 2009-01-30 4 A false 34059 0 A 2010-01-30 2019-01-30 Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 34059 34059 D Restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock subject to vesting 20% after year one, an additional 30% after year two and the final 50% after year three, granted under the 1992 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan. Options vest 1/3 each year for three years. 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, 2006, and vesting on February 1, 2009. 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 January 30, 2009. Column 5 of Table 1 includes 35,122 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person as of February 1, 2009. Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact 2009-02-03