Offshore staff

ABERDEEN, UK -- Noble Energy EG Ltd. has contracted BJ Tubular Services to provide well services in Equatorial Guinea. The contract provides for casing and tubing running, and onshore bucking services.

BJ will service six wells in conjunction with Noble Energy's 2006-07 drilling campaign on blocks O and I offshore Equatorial Guinea. Services will be performed from theSonga Saturn drill ship, formerly known as the Robert F. Bauer, in depths of 300-800 m (984-2,625 ft).

4/26/07