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Corporate Safety Policy

People are our most important asset--their safety,our greatest responsibility.In conjunction with this statement,the safety of our employees is amajor consideration in the operation of our rigs.Management and supervisors will be accountable for the safety of the employees working under their supervision,and will be expected to conduct operations in asafe manner at all times.

The Company will provide and maintain safe and healthful working conditions for all employees at all times.It will provide safe working equipment,necessary personnel protection--and,in case of injury,provide the best available first-aid and medical services.

No job is so important that we cannot take the time to do it in asafe manner.All Company personnel,regardless of position,have authority to suspend any operation,which in their opinion constitutes ahazard to the life and health of any person.They also have authority to suspend any operation which may present ahazard to the environment or to surrounding communities.

Noble Environmental Policy

All of us have the responsibility of being good stewards of the environment.Our collective efforts will assure that the current generation and subsequent generations will enjoy the benefits of these endeavors through acleaner environment.Obviously,to preserve and improve our environment takes the commitment by individual citizens,the public sector,and the industry.Noble’s commitment will include:

Use of environmentally sensitive products when available and practicable.Work with governmental agencies and industry groups in developing practical,economically feasible and scientifically based environmental laws and regulations and industry standards.Minimize the waste generated by the company through reviewing and establishing recycling programs whenever they are feasible,use careful inventory control,monitor product use at the work site,and to the extent practicable and appropriate,not make waste in the first place.Focus on prevention of pollution,especially eliminating any accidental release of pollutants to the environment.Should such releases occur,respond quickly and effectively to control and report these incidents.Provide appropriate training programs for our employees,which underscores each individual's responsibility for sound company environmental management.Work towards continual improvement of environmental performance through setting objectives and targets that can be audited to monitor full compliance with company policy and governmental laws and regulations.Encourage employees to commit to provide feedback on measures to be taken by the company to improve its overall environmental effort,as well as recycling at work and home.

This effort must be acollective effort by all Noble employees.Managers have the fundamental duty to assure employees are informed on health,safety and environmental issues affecting them and their operations.Specific procedures for achieving adherence to these goals are critical.Every employee is encouraged to inform management promptly of any deviation from these goals to assure that we are in compliance and are following directives of these objectives

大事记

1996

Purchased Neddrill Holding B.V.

2000

Noble formed ajoint venture with Lime Rock Partners to purchase the jackup Ocean Scotian,a harsh environment North Sea jackup.Noble owns 50%of the joint venture.The rig was renamed the Noble Julie Robertson.Noble formed ajoint venture with CROSCO,Integrated Drilling and Well Services Company,a wholly owned subsidiary of INA-Industrija d.d.Zagreb.The joint venture owns and operates the PANON,a 300-foot jackup rig.Noble owns 50%of the joint venture.Noble acquires 100%interest in the Ilion.The Ilion is renamed the Noble Clyde Boudreaux.Noble is named to the S&P 500.

2001

Acquired Maurer Engineering Incorporated,an engineering firm that has been involved in the energy industry since 1974.Noble purchased the remaining ownership interest in the Noble Julie Robertson.Maurer,in conjunction Compaq Computer Corporation,introduced the Drillers Toolkit for Pocket PC?,a hand-held computer which provides drilling engineers with critical drilling software and engineering calculations.The North Sea division achieved amilestone by obtaining the International Standards Organization environmental certification(ISO 14001)of all mobile offshore drilling units in the division.

2002