UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2008
NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | 001-07964 | 73-0785597 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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| 100 Glenborough, Suite 100 | | |
| Houston, Texas | | 77067 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 872-3100
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| (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) |
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Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the following materials from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, of Noble Energy, Inc., filed on May 1, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity. These XBRL-formatted documents are not readable in HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Noble Energy, Inc. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions.
In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| 100 | The following materials from the Noble Energy, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed on May 1, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| | NOBLE ENERGY, INC. | |
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| Date: June 25, 2008 | By: | /s/ Chris Tong | |
| | | Chris Tong |
| | | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| | Description |
| Exhibit 100.INS | | XBRL Instance Document |
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| Exhibit 100.SCH | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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| Exhibit 100.CAL | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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| Exhibit 100.LAB | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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| Exhibit 100.PRE | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
