X0306 4 2013-02-01 false 0000072207 NOBLE ENERGY INC NBL 0001540900 Hatley Dustin A. 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77067 false true false false Chief Accounting Officer Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 279 I 401(k) Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2013-02-01 4 A false 989 109.19 A 6032 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2013-02-01 4 A false 1978 109.19 A 8010 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2013-02-01 4 F false 133 108.63 D 7877 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2013-02-01 4 F false 80 108.63 D 7797 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2013-02-01 4 F false 64 109.19 D 7733 D Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy) 109.19 2013-02-01 4 A false 5086 0 A 2014-02-01 2023-02-01 Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 0 5086 D Options vest 1/3 each year for three years. Restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock subject to vesting 40% after year one and the final 60% after year two, granted under the 1992 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan. Performance restricted stock will vest three years after the date of grant upon, and subject to a formula related to, the Company's achievement of certain levels of total shareholder return (TSR) relative to a pre-determined industry peer group. 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, 2010, and vesting on February 1, 2013. 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, 2013. 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, 2011, and vesting on February 1, 2013. 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, 2013. 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, 2012, and vesting on February 1, 2013. 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 amended and restated effective April 26, 2011, for this transaction as the closing trading price of Noble Energy, Inc. common stock on the NYSE on February 1, 2013. Column 5 of Table I includes 4,148 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person. Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact 2013-02-05