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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Robison Andrea Lee   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NOBLE ENERGY INC [NBL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP Human Resources (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/25/2011 (Street) HOUSTON, TX 77067 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock               761 (1) I 401(k) Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 03/25/2011   M   4,432 A $ 22.23 22,415 D   Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 03/25/2011   M   4,224 A $ 29.87 26,639 D   Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 03/25/2011   S   8,656 D $ 95.87 17,983 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy)

$ 22.23

03/25/2011

M

4,432

02/01/2005

02/01/2014

Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock

4,432

$ 0

0

D

Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy)

$ 29.87

03/25/2011

M

4,224

02/01/2006

02/01/2015

Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock

4,224

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Robison Andrea Lee 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON, TX 77067			VP Human Resources

Signatures

Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact		03/29/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Holdings under the Company's 401(k) Plan are reported in units by the plan administrator. The units represent shares of Company common stock. The number of shares represented by the units is based upon the plan statement as of March 25, 2011 and calculated by dividing the aggregate unit balance under the 401(k) by the closing price of the Company's common stock on that date.
Remarks: Column 5 of Table 1 includes 9,213 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person. Transaction pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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