Drilling to Power the World Responsibly
Noble brings a century of offshore leadership and experience and a global, diverse fleet of tier 1 deepwater assets to the offshore drilling industry.
Noble combines advanced technology and a commitment to safety and sustainability to deliver responsible drilling and long-term value for customers worldwide.
Our Culture
Recent additions to Noble have transformed our company. We’ve expanded our scale, added marine expertise and strengthened our corporate culture around safety, operational excellence and service posture. Through it all, Noble has remained a trusted partner committed to creating real value for customers. Now, we’re poised to become the First Choice Offshore®.
Our Mission, Vision and Values guide Noble people around the world to do what is right as we serve our customers and execute our strategy.
Mission
Drilling to power the world responsibly.
We believe Noble’s deep expertise, deep respect for safety and the environment, and deep commitment to excellence is the formula for strong financial performance, providing value for our stakeholders.
Vision
We strive to be the leading offshore driller by being the First Choice Offshore® for employees, customers and investors.
We expect our customers, our employees, our shareholders, and even our competitors to hold us up as the example of how a drilling contractor should conduct itself.
Core Values
Our core values are the foundation of our culture and inform every decision we make, from small to large.
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Navigate with Integrity
This means being honest, transparent, and doing the right thing, even when it’s hard, and even when no one is watching. Integrity builds trust, and trust is essential to how we operate
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Own Your Actions
We take responsibility for our work, our decisions, and our impact on others. This includes prioritizing safety, following through on commitments, and holding ourselves accountable, because our actions affect our colleagues and our customers.
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Be Respectful
We value every voice and treat people with dignity and respect. We listen, we seek to understand, and we recognize that our differences make us stronger as a team.
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Learn Something Every Day
We stay curious. We challenge ourselves to grow: technically, professionally, and personally. Learning doesn’t always happen in a classroom; it happens through collaboration, mentorship, feedback, and experience.
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Earn Trust
We excel and exceed every day. We continually strive to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, all the while realizing that there is a balance between our customers needs and our own, and never sacrificing our other core values for the sake of profit.
These values define how we collaborate, how we grow, and how we achieve, together…
Our Journey
Our journey to becoming the leading offshore driller began more than a century ago. The Noble Story has been written by exceptional people who consistently demonstrate grit, ingenuity and dedication to the company and their teams. It’s also a story about looking forward: carefully considering strategic decisions, forging new pathways and leading with a steady, confident hand.
Over the last few years, we’ve transformed Noble by strategically adding companies that compounded the strengths and scale of our expertise, experience and assets. Today, Noble is better positioned than any company in the industry to tackle the opportunities of the next century.
Company History
1890s
Humble Beginnings
Lloyd Noble was born in 1896 in Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, the child of a pioneer merchant family.
1920s
The First Rig
When oil was struck on the family farm, Lloyd saw the potential for a new business. He purchased a drilling rig in partnership with Art Olson.
Seminole Field
With the discovery of the Seminole field in 1926, the largest in Oklahoma reaching nearly 527,000 barrels a day, the Company’s growth soared.
1930s
The Start of Something New
After acquiring 38 rigs, Noble and Olson decided to go their separate ways in 1930.
When dividing assets, Noble focused on the respective crews over the iron when making his decisions.
The Company has always valued its people above anything else.
In 1932 Lloyd Noble diversified into oil production to complement the drilling side of the business and to operate the producing properties he had acquired during his first decade of operations. The producing Company was named Samedan Oil Corporation in tribute to his three children, Sam, Ed, and Ann and subsequently renamed Noble Energy.
1940s
A Helping Hand
Noble was called to help the war effort by drilling in England’s Sherwood Forest to increase their domestic production.
Cape Hatteras Island, North Carolina
Back on U.S. soil, Noble drilled the first well off the Atlantic coast in Cape Hatteras Island, North Carolina.
Upon his death in 1950, Lloyd Noble’s interests in Noble Drilling and Samedan* were transferred to The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, a charitable foundation Lloyd Noble had formed in 1945. The two companies operated as wholly owned subsidiaries of the Noble Foundation until the late 1960s.
*Samedan became Noble Energy, which was ultimately acquired by Chevron in October 2020
Join Our Team
At Noble, we collaborate, grow, and achieve together. Employees are supported through training, skill development, and career pathways both offshore and onshore. We foster an inclusive, high-performing culture that values dedication, rewards excellence, and strives to be the First Choice Offshore® for employees.
Onshore Careers
Noble’s leaders have built the company by confidently seizing opportunities to rise to the challenges of each new era. Meet today’s Noble leaders, who reflect the diverse backgrounds, competencies and global experiences we need to become the First Choice Offshore®.
Innovation and Technology
Noble leverages innovation and advanced technology to enhance performance, safety, and sustainability across operations.
Noble invests in innovation to manage our customers’ most technically challenging and high-risk operations. Innovation is also core to realizing the Sustainable Energy Future we envision by supporting our customers’ decarbonization efforts, as well as advancing initiatives to reduce Noble’s carbon footprint.
We apply advanced technologies to operate Noble rigs 24/7 with enhanced operational and safety performance and lower environmental impact. Our technology acumen extends to our technical training, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) to engage employees and enrich their training experience.