Noble Drilling Services announces new VP Tax
Noble Corporation has announced today that Ross W. Gallup, 45, has joined Noble as Vice President of Tax of Noble Drilling Services Inc.
Gallup holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Utah State University. He has 16 years of energy industry experience and has most recently served as Tax Director at Pride International Inc. Prior thereto, he served as Manager of Tax at Reading & Bates Inc. and Senior Tax Analyst at KPMG.
Noble Corporation is a leading provider of diversified services for the oil and gas industry. Contract drilling services are performed with the Company’s fleet of 63 mobile offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. This fleet consists of 13 semisubmersibles, three dynamically positioned drillships, 44 jackups and three submersibles. The fleet count includes three F&G JU-2000E enhanced premium newbuild jackups under construction, with scheduled delivery of the first unit in the third quarter of 2007, the second unit in first quarter of 2008 and the third unit in the first quarter of 2009. As previously announced, these units have been contracted. Approximately 84 percent of the fleet is currently deployed in international markets, principally including the Middle East, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa and India. The Company provides technologically advanced drilling-related products and services designed to create value for our customers. The Company also provides labor contract drilling services, well site and project management services, and engineering services. The Company’s ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NE”.
Additional information on Noble Corporation is available via the worldwide web at http://www.noblecorp.com .