LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
	For Executing SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5


       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Aaron G. Carlson, Pamela L. Taylor and Harry R.
Beaudry signing singly, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as a director or officer
of Noble Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), SEC Forms 3, 4
and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 or amendment thereto and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

       This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities relating to the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Limited Power of Attorney revokes, replaces and
supercedes all prior Limited Powers of Attorney related to
the filing of SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings and transactions in securities
relating to the Company.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Limited Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of the
29th day of January 2018.




                          /s/ James E. Craddock
                          James E. Craddock