EXHIBIT 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report of Noble Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark A.
Jackson, Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

          (1)       The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                    13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                    all material respects, the financial condition and results
                    of operations of the Company.


March 17, 2003                              /s/ MARK A. JACKSON
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                                            Mark A. Jackson
                                            Senior Vice President - Finance and
                                            Chief Financial Officer
                                            of Noble Corporation