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The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Toby Shute	Noble's Ready for Anything Thanks to steady demand and long-term contracts in the deepwater drilling market, this contractor is riding high despite the industry downturn.
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The Motley Fool July 23, 2010 Alex Pape	It's Time to Buy This Oil Driller A case for contract driller Noble.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Toby Shute	What's Not to Love About Noble? The contract driller's annual results show why the company's close to my heart.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2010 Travis Hoium	Noble Looking Past Gulf Woes A disappointing third quarter didn't take away Noble's hopes for the future of Gulf drilling.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Toby Shute	How Noble Is Dealing With the Gulf Disaster The driller's financial firepower is opening up some interesting opportunities.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Toby Shute	Give Noble a Prize This offshore driller gets a blue ribbon for continued strong results. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Toby Shute	More Thrilling Drilling Off-shore driller Noble turns in a fourth quarter in which revenue came in 49% higher than last year's, and 43% higher for the full year.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Toby Shute	Make a Killing in Drilling For investors looking to ride the energy wave, the contract drillers are tough to beat. Let's take a look at some deals just announced over the past week or so.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Toby Shute	Noble's Still Seaworthy There's fairly smooth sailing ahead for this offshore driller, thanks to their reliable revenue source.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2009 Toby Shute	Pulling the Rig Out From Under Rowan Deepwater drilling small-bit players are slashing capital spending like suddenly sober sailors. Rig builders like Rowan Companies are getting left in the lurch.
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The Motley Fool October 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Ignoble Treatment of Noble Despite a 15% drop over the past few weeks, the market for offshore drilling is good and getting better. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 David Williamson	Today's Buy Opportunity: Noble Why today's "11 O'Clock Stock" is drilling contractor Noble
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Toby Shute	A Noble Dynasty The company's return of capital to shareholders is a sign of excess cash generation, not a sign that the company has reached its twilight years.
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The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Toby Shute	Your Move, Noble The question for this driller is: where to grow from here? Noble has few options.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2010 Jim Mueller	Transocean Is a Buy! Here are three reasons to buy the troubled oil drilling rig operator.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Toby Shute	Eat It Up, ENSCO This dynamite driller finally deserves attention.
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The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 David Lee Smith	A Good Way to Jack Up Your Profits Even with crude prices stalled, there's a lot to recommend Diamond Offshore.
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