Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) has announced today in a press release that production has commenced from its Dumbarton development in blocks 15/20a and 15/20b in the UK sector of the North Sea. Dumbarton is a re-development of the Donan Field and is located in 140 meters of water, 225 kilometers north east of Aberdeen, Scotland. Noble Energy has a 30 percent working interest in the Dumbarton development. Maersk Oil is the operator with a 70 percent working interest.

Noble Energy is one of the nation’s leading independent energy companies and operates throughout major basins in the United States including Colorado’s Wattenberg Field, the Mid-continent region of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, Noble Energy operates internationally in Argentina, China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, West Africa and Suriname. Noble Energy markets natural gas and crude oil through its subsidiary, Noble Energy Marketing, Inc. Visit Noble Energy online at http://www.nobleenergyinc.com/ .