1 - User Eligibility. This Web site is operated by Hans-sChmid Energy SA Company ("BHC").  Throughout the site, the terms "we," "us" and "our" refer to BHC.  BHC offers this Website, including all information, tools and services available from this site, to you, the user, provided that you comply with all of the following: i) you are over the age of legal majority and able to form a legally binding agreement under applicable law, and ii) you accept of all the terms, conditions, restrictions, policies, and notices stated herein, iii) you are able to legally view and use the Webpage from the jurisdiction you are located in.  Your use of this site constitutes confirmation that you satisfy each of the above conditions.  If you do not meet all three of the conditions identified above, you may not use this Website.

 

2 - Scope of Terms of Use.  These Terms of Use govern Your use of the Website and all applications, software, and services (collectively, "Services") available on the Website, except to the extent such Services are the subject of a separate agreement. 

 

3 - Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information on This Site.  BHC is not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information.  Any reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk. This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information necessarily is not current and is provided for your reference only.  We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on the site.  You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to the site.

 

4 - Ownership.  Any and all intellectual property rights ("Intellectual Property") associated with the Website and its contents (the "Content") are the sole property of BHC, its affiliates, or third parties. The Content is protected by copyright and other laws in both the United States and other countries.  Elements of the Website are also protected by trade dress, trade secret, unfair competition, and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. All custom graphics, icons, and other items that appear on the Website are trademarks, service marks or trade dress ("Marks") of BHC, its affiliates, or other entities that have granted BHC the right and license to use such Marks and may not be used or interfered with in any manner without the express written consent of BHC.  Except as otherwise expressly authorized by these Terms of Use, You may not copy, reproduce, modify, lease, loan, sell, create derivative works from, upload, transmit, or distribute the Intellectual Property of the Website in any way without BHC’s, or the appropriate third party's prior written permission.  Except as expressly provided herein, BHC does not grant to You any express or implied rights to BHC’s or any third party’s Intellectual Property.

 

5 - License Grant.  BHC grants You a limited, personal, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, revocable license to: (i) access and use only the Website, Content, and Services only in the manner presented by BHC, and (ii) access and use the BHC computer and network services offered within the Website (the "BHC Systems") only in the manner expressly permitted by BHC.  Except for this limited license, BHC does not convey any interest in or to the BHC Systems, information or data available via the BHC Systems (the "Information"), Content, Services, Website or any other BHC property by permitting You to access the Website.  Except to the extent required by law or as expressly provided herein, none of the Content and/or Information may be reverse-engineered, modified, reproduced, republished, translated into any language or computer language, re-transmitted in any form or by any means, resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of BHC.  You may not make, sell, offer for sale, modify, reproduce, display, reverse engineer, publicly perform, import, distribute, retransmit or otherwise use the Content in any way, unless expressly permitted to do so by BHC.  BHC reserves the right to refuse or cancel any person's registration for this site, remove any person from this site or prohibit any person from using this site for any reason whatsoever.   

 

6 - Further Limitations on Use.  You may not use contact information provided on the site for unauthorized purposes, including marketing.  You may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of the site or to surreptitiously intercept any system, data or personal information from the site. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the site in any way.  BHC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or terminate your access to or use of the site at any time without notice. Termination of your access or use will not waive or affect any other right or relief to which BHC may be entitled at law or in equity.  In addition to other restrictions set forth in these Terms of Use, You agree that:

• You shall not disguise the origin of information transmitted through the Website.

• You will not place false or misleading information on the Website.

• You will not use or access any service, information, application or software available via the Website in a manner not expressly permitted by BHC.

• You will not input or upload to the Website any information which contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, interfere with, intercept or expropriate any system, the Website or Information or that infringes the Intellectual Property (defined above) rights of another.

• Certain areas of the Website are restricted to customers of BHC.

• You may not use or access the Website or the BHC Systems or Services in any way that, in BHC's judgment, adversely affects the performance or function of the BHC Systems, Services or the Website or interferes with the ability of authorized parties to access the BHC Systems, Services or the Website.

 

7 - Materials You Submit.  You acknowledge that you are responsible for any material you may submit via the site, including the legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright of any such material. You may not upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this site any content that (i) is confidential, proprietary, false, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringing on intellectual property rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable; (ii) may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law; or (iii) may contain software viruses, political campaigning, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false email address or other identifying information, impersonate any person or entity or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content. You may not upload commercial content onto the site.

8 - License to Submitted Materials.  If you do submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant BHC and its affiliates an unrestricted, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute and display such material throughout the world in any media. You further agree that BHC is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to BHC. You grant BHC and its affiliates the right to use the name you submit in connection with such material, if they so choose.  All personal information provided via this site will be handled in accordance with the site's online Privacy Policy.  You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the content you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate any provision herein and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify BHC for all claims resulting from content you supply.

 

9 - Conduct on the Site. Some features that may be available on this site require registration. By registering at and in consideration of your use of the site you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself.

Some features on this site require use of a password. You are responsible for protecting your password. You agree that you will be responsible for any and all statements made, and acts or omissions that occur, through the use of your password. If you have any reason to believe or become aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of your password, notify BHC immediately. BHC may assume that any communications BHC receives under your password have been made by you unless BHC receives notice otherwise.

You or third parties acting on your behalf are not allowed to frame this site or use our proprietary marks as meta tags, without our written consent. These marks include, but are not limited to, HANS-sCHMID Energy SA, and the Hans-sChmid Energy SA mobius logo.  You may not use frames or utilize framing techniques or technology to enclose any content included on the site without BHC's express written consent. Further, you may not utilize any site content in any meta tags or any other "hidden text" techniques or technologies without BHC's express written consent.

 

10 - Links.  This site may contain links to other Web sites, some of which are operated by BHC or its affiliates and others of which are operated by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience to you and as an additional avenue of access to the information contained therein. We have not necessarily reviewed all the information on those other sites and are not responsible for the content of those or any other sites or any products or services that may be offered through those or any other sites. Inclusion of links to other sites should not be viewed as an endorsement of the content of linked sites. Different terms and conditions may apply to your use of any linked sites. BHC is not responsible for any losses, damages or other liabilities incurred as a result of your use of any linked sites.

 

11 - Infringement Notice.  We respect the intellectual property rights of others and request that you do the same. You are hereby informed that BHC has adopted and reasonably implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers and account holders of BHC's system or network who are repeat copyright infringers. If you believe your copyright or the copyright of a person on whose behalf you are authorized to act has been infringed, you may notify BHC at webterms@bakerhughes.com.

To be effective, your notification must (i) be in writing, (ii) be provided to our copyright agent, and (iii) include substantially the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;

• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;

• Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;

• A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

• BHC is under no obligation to post, forward, transmit, distribute or otherwise provide any material available on this site, including material you provide to us, and so we have an absolute right to remove any material from the site in our sole discretion at any time.

 

12 - DISCLAIMERS.  YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE OR ANY FEATURE OR PART THEREOF AT ANY TIME.  BHC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MATERIALS ON THE SITE ARE NONINFRINGING, AS WELL AS WARRANTIES IMPLIED FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR COURSE OF DEALING; THAT ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT THE SITE WILL BE SECURE; THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE WILL BE VIRUS-FREE; OR THAT INFORMATION ON THE SITE WILL BE COMPLETE, ACCURATE OR TIMELY. IF YOU DOWNLOAD ANY MATERIALS FROM THIS SITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIALS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM BHC OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. BHC DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.  IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, THE LAW MAY NOT PERMIT THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

13 - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU SEND OR RECEIVE DURING YOUR USE OF THE SITE MAY NOT BE SECURE AND MAY BE INTERCEPTED BY UNAUTHORIZED PARTIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT THE SITE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU AT NO CHARGE. RECOGNIZING SUCH, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER BHC NOR ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SITE, OR ANY OTHER SITE YOU ACCESS THROUGH A LINK FROM THIS SITE OR FROM ANY ACTIONS WE TAKE OR FAIL TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF COMMUNICATIONS YOU SEND TO US, OR THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ADVERTISED IN OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, BHC’s REMOVAL OR DELETION OF ANY MATERIALS SUBMITTED OR POSTED ON ITS SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF BHC, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY ARISING FROM ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECTS, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUSES, FILE CORRUPTION, COMMUNICATION-LINE FAILURE, NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGE, YOUR LOSS OF PROFITS, OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, LOSS OR USE OF ANY RECORD OR DATA, AND ANY OTHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE LOSS. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NEITHER BHC NOR ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF THE SITE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE CLAIMS OR ANY DISPUTE WITH BHC IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SITE. YOU AND BHC AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, ALL OR A PORTION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

14 - Indemnification.  You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless BHC and its affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, service providers, subcontractors and suppliers from and against any and all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising or resulting from your use of the site and any violation of these Terms of Use. If you cause a technical disruption of the site or the systems transmitting the site to you or others, you agree to be responsible for any and all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising or resulting from that disruption. BHC reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and, in such case, you agree to cooperate with BHC in the defense of such matter.

 

15 - Compliance with Law Including Export Control. You agree to use the Website in strict compliance with all applicable laws, rulings and regulations and in a fashion that does not, in the sole judgment of BHC, negatively reflect on the goodwill or reputation of BHC and shall take no actions which would cause BHC to be in violation of any laws, rulings or regulations applicable to BHC. 

The United States and certain other jurisdictions control the export of products and information.  You agree to comply with all such applicable restrictions and not to export or re-export the Content (including any software or the Services) to countries or persons prohibited under the United States or other applicable export control laws or regulations.  If You access and download the Content (including any software or the Services) or Information, You represent that You are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are not a person or entity to which such export is prohibited.  You are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of Your local jurisdiction and any other applicable laws regarding the import, export, or re-export of the Content (including any software or the Services).

 

16 - Privacy Notice.  The BHC Privacy Notice governs the use of information collected from or provided by You at the Website. With respect to any individual whose personal information is provided by You to BHC, You represent to BHC that You have obtained all necessary consents for the processing of such personal information contemplated by the Services You are using and by the BHC Privacy Notice, including the transfer of such data to the United States or other countries whose laws may not provide the same level of protection for the personal data as the laws of the country of origin of such individual.  www.bakerhughes.com/privacy.

 

17 - Jurisdiction and Applicable Law.  The laws of the State of Texas govern these Terms of Use and your use of the site, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the County of Harris, Texas for any action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use.  We recognize that it is possible for you to obtain access to this site from any jurisdiction in the world, but we have no practical ability to prevent such access. If any material on this site, or your use of the site, is contrary to the laws of the place where you are when you access it, this site may not be used by you.  You are responsible for informing yourself of the laws of your jurisdiction and complying with them.

 

18 - Changes to These Terms of Use. BHC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at any time, by posting revised terms on the site. It is your responsibility to check periodically for any changes we make to the Terms of Use. Your continued use of the site after any changes to the Terms of Use or other policies means you accept the changes.

 

19 - Entire Agreement and Admissibility.  This agreement and any policies or operating rules posted on this site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and BHC with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. A printed version of these Terms of Use shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based on or relating to use of the site to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

 

20 - Written Document.  You may preserve these Terms of Use in written form by printing them for Your records, and You waive any other requirement that these Terms of Use be evidenced by a written document.

 

21 - Severability.  If any provision of this agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the agreement will remain in place.

 

22 - How to Contact Us.  If you have any questions or comments about these Terms of Use or this site, please contact us at webterms@bakerhughes.com

 

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