Terms of Use

PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN LLC, Commercial Registration number 1/09999/0; Correspondence: P.O. Box 81, Postal Code 100, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (“PDO”)
PDO WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
General These Terms and Conditions apply to your access to and use of this Website. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. By continuing to access and use this Website, you are deemed to have understood and agreed to all the terms and conditions contained herein. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, you may not use this Website.
Disclaimer All information or advice provided as part of this Website is intended to be general in nature and you should not rely on it in connection with the making of any decision. PDO tries to ensure that all information provided as part of this Website is correct at the time of inclusion on the Website but does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. All content, information and advice is provided on an “as is”- basis and PDO hereby expressly disclaims all liability for any action you may take as a result of relying on such content, information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of you taking this action. PDO does not warrant or make any representations as to the security of this Website nor does it warrant that functions or materials accessible from or contained in this Website will work uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that this Website is free from viruses or other harmful elements. Should any part of this Website offer you the opportunity to join in or read from a forum, please be aware that any communications posted on the forum represent the views of the individual who posted such communication and are not to be taken as the views of PDO. PDO accepts no responsibility or liability for anything posted on a forum by any user of the forum. You may not use the forum to post, upload, or otherwise transmit information or pictures that are defamatory, a breach of privacy or otherwise unlawful. PDO reserves the right to monitor any information transmitted or received through any forum. PDO, at its sole discretion and without prior notice, may at any time review, remove or otherwise block any materials posted. All content, information and advice is provided on an “as is”- basis. Neither PDO nor any of its agents or (sub-)contractors shall be liable for any damages either direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, otherwise (including but not limited to financial losses, loss of data, loss of profits, loss of business, business interruption or the like) arising out of the use or inability to use this Website or the content, information or advice provided on or via this Website, defects, viruses, or other malfunctions caused to any equipment and other software in connection with access or use of this Website, the interception, modification or misuse of information transmitted to PDO or transmitted to you, even if PDO is advised of the possibility of such damages. Your use of this Website
You may - access any part of the Website; - print off one copy of any or all of the pages for your own personal reference. You may not - copy (whether by printing off onto paper, storing on disk, downloading or in any other way), distribute (including distributing copies), publish, broadcast, reproduce, alter or tamper with in any way or otherwise use any material contained in the Website except as set out under "You may" above. These restrictions apply in relation to all or part of the material on the Website; - remove any copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property notices contained in the original material from any material copied or printed off from this Website; - link to this Website; without our express written consent. If you wish to provide a hypertext or other link to this Website, please email the Webmaster with details of: - the URL(s) of the web page(s) from which you are proposing to link to this Website - the URL(s) of the web page(s) on this Website to which you are proposing to link and we will consider your request. It is our decision as to whether we agree to your request and we do not have to do so. You indemnify PDO against all possible damages or claims otherwise resulting from your use of this Website including your submission of any materials through this Website, your use of forums and your provision of any links to this Website.
Confidentiality You acknowledge and agree that the content, information, and advice contained in or provided via this Website are confidential to PDO and/or authorized (third) parties. You agree to maintain such content, information and advice in strict confidence and not to disclose or provide access thereto to any unauthorized person or entity. Password and account security You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any passwords associated with any account you use to access or use this Website and that you will be solely responsible to PDO for all activities that occur under your account. In the event you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or your account, you shall notify PDO immediately.
Third Party Links This Website may include links to external or third-party websites. When you follow such links the external website may appear as a full screen (in which case you will need to use the back button on your browser to return to this Website) or in some cases it may appear within the frame of this Website (in which case you will be able to return to this Website by using the navigation buttons within the frame). Where an external website appears within the frame of this Website, this is purely for ease of navigation back to this Website and does not indicate any responsibility on our part for the external website concerned, even if it is a website owned and operated by another Shell company. These links are provided for your convenience only and to help you find relevant websites, services and/or products, which may be of interest to you quickly and easily. It is your responsibility to decide whether any services and/or products available through any of these websites are suitable for your purposes. Such external or third-party websites are accessed at your own risk and responsibility and Shell Operating Company is not in any way responsible or liable for the owners or operators of these websites, for any goods or services they supply or for the content, use or availability of their websites. Shell Operating Company does not give or enter into any conditions, warranties or other terms or representations in relation to any such external or third-party website nor does it accept any liability in relation to any of these (including any liability arising out of any claim that the content of any external or third-party website to which this Website includes a link infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party).
Copyright This Website contains materials, including text, photographs, videos and other images and sound, which are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. All copyright and other intellectual property rights in these materials are either owned by Shell Operating Company or have been licensed to it by the owner(s) of those rights so that they may be used as part of this Website. This Website also contains trade marks, including the mark "Shell" and the Shell emblem. All trade marks included on this Website belong to Shell Operating Company or have been licensed to it by the owner(s) of those trade marks so that they may be used on this Website. All comments, suggestions, graphics, videos, images, ideas (including product and advertising ideas), and other information or materials you submit to Shell Operating Company through, or post or display on, this Website will become and remain the exclusive property of Shell Operating Company, including any future rights associated with such submissions, even if these Terms and Conditions are later modified or terminated. You hereby disclaim any proprietary rights in such submissions. In the event applicable law does not allow Shell Operating Company to obtain the intellectual property in such information or materials in the foregoing manner, you retain copyright and any other rights you may already have in such information and materials. In such event, by submitting, posting or displaying such information or materials, you give Shell a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, translate, publish, broadcast or otherwise use or distribute such information and materials. Shell is under no obligation to keep your information or materials confidential. Changes to Terms and Conditions Shell Operating Company may change these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Such amended Terms and Conditions shall be effective upon publication on this Website. By accessing and using this Website you are accepting that you are bound by the (then) current terms and conditions and disclaimer. Please check these Terms and Conditions regularly to ensure that you are aware of all terms governing your use of this Website. Changes to/Operation of Website Shell Operating Company may change the format and content of this Website at any time. Shell Operating Company may suspend the operation of this Website for support or maintenance work, in order to update the content or for any other reason. Shell Operating Company reserves the right to terminate access to this Website at any time and without notice. Data Protection Personal details provided to Shell Operating Company or any other Shell company through this Website will only be used in accordance with our privacy policy. Please read this policy carefully before going on. By providing your personal details to us you are consenting to their use in accordance with our privacy policy. Complaints Procedure If you have a question or complaint about this Website, please contact Shell content owner listed at the bottom of any page. Partial Invalidity If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be void, invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions shall continue in full force and effect.