UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 16, 2005

NOBLE ENERGY, INC.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 872-3100

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends and corrects Item 1.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Noble Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) on May 20, 2005 with respect to the vesting period for stock options granted to Jeffrey L. Berenson and Thomas J. Edelman.

Item 1.01.   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     The options to purchase 5,600 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $66.87 per share granted to each of Messrs. Berenson and Edelman pursuant to the 2005 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Noble Energy, Inc. will vest fully on May 16, 2006. The vesting of the options will accelerate in the event of the non-employee director’s death, disability or mandatory retirement, or upon a change in control of the Company.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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