X0303 4 2009-08-06 false 0000072207 NOBLE ENERGY INC NBL 0001297978 Brown Ted D 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77067 false true false false Sr. VP Northern Region Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2009-08-06 4 M false 4000 32.05 A 60726 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2009-08-06 4 S false 4000 64 D 56726 D Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy) 32.05 2009-08-06 4 M false 4000 0 D 2005-05-16 2010-02-22 Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 4000 18860 D The sales price reflects the prevailing market price on August 3, 2009. The reporting person instructed the brokerage firm to execute the exercise of the Employee Stock Option Grant and the sale of the underlying shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock on August 3, 2009. However, due to a broker error, the exercise and sale orders were not executed until August 6, 2009. Consequently, the brokerage firm sold the shares of common stock on that date at the prevailing market price but remitted to the reporting person the prevailing market price on August 3, 2009. Column 5 of Table 1 includes 33,177 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person. Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact 2009-08-10