SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation reported today that Bruce W. Busmire, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Noble Corporation (the "Company"), has resigned his employment with the Company to pursue other interests. Mark A. Jackson, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, has assumed the position of acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company on an interim basis pending the Company's appointment of a successor Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jackson served as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 1, 2000 through September 26, 2005.
Noble Corporation is a leading provider of diversified services for the oil and gas industry. Contract drilling services are performed with the Company's fleet of 62 mobile offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. This fleet consists of 13 semisubmersibles, three dynamically positioned drillships, 43 jackups and three submersibles. The fleet count includes two new F&G JU-2000E enhanced premium jackups, with scheduled delivery of the first unit in the third quarter of 2007 and the second unit in first quarter of 2008. As previously announced, these units have been contracted. Approximately 80 percent of the fleet is currently deployed in international markets, principally including the Middle East, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa and India. The Company provides technologically advanced drilling-related products and services designed to create value for our customers. The Company also provides labor contract drilling services, well site and project management services, and engineering services. The Company's ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NE".
