1st Quarter - Report

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP for NOBLE ENERGY, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax treatment on natural gas development in the eastern Mediterranean.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STUART E EIZENSTAT Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001);, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (1997-1999); Under, Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, (1996-1997); U.S. Ambassador to the European, Union (1993-1996).
ALAN P LARSON and Business Affairs (1996-1999); Organiza-, tion for Economic Cooperation and Develop-, ment, Ambassador (1990-1993).
DAVID SHUFORD —
BRIAN D SMITH Office of the Counsel to the President, White, House (1997-1998); Special Assistant,, Department of Labor (OSEC)(1996); Special, Assistant, Department of Labor (OCIA)(1995).

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Government Issues GOV

Tax treatment on natural gas development in the eastern Mediterranean.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STUART E EIZENSTAT See page 2
ALAN P LARSON See pages 2-3
DAVID SHUFORD —
BRIAN D SMITH See page 3

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Natural Resources NAT

Tax treatment on natural gas development in the eastern Mediterranean.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STUART E EIZENSTAT See page 2
ALAN P LARSON See pages 2-3
DAVID SHUFORD —
BRIAN D SMITH See page 3

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.