General Website Terms and Conditions of Use

General. SLB operates and maintains this website, at least in part, from Houston, Texas, USA. Access to this website from outside the United States is done at your own initiation and you are responsible for compliance with laws, including applicable export control laws.

Contacts. Users should address technical questions or comments about the SLB website to the SLB Web Team. General questions should be directed to SLB Corporate Communications. For other communications, direct as indicated in the following paragraphs.

Privacy. SLB will only use your personal data as set out in the SLB General Web Site Privacy Statement.

Prohibited uses.

You may use the website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Use. You agree not to use the website:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of Materials, data, or software to and from the US or other countries).

• For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, threatening them, blackmailing them, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to harm a person in any way by falsely using the website to lend authenticity to an offer of employment, training, or sponsorship.
• For the purposes of human rights violations.
• For the purposes of increasing, enhancing, adjusting, driving, or modifying any social media metric (e.g., media impression) not authorized by SLB, whether for yourself or a third party.

• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate SLB, a SLB employee, any SLB social media account or social media communication, another user, or any other person or entity.

• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the website, or which, as determined by SLB, may harm SLB, the Website, or users of the website, or expose SLB or users of the Website to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• Use the website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, interrupt, divert, intercept, redirect, interfere with, or impair the site.
• Use the website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, interrupt, divert, intercept, redirect, or interfere with any other party’s engagement with real time functionality of the website.

• Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the website.
• Use any automated systems (robots, spiders, or any other data-mining or similar data-gathering and extraction tools) to access, acquire, or download information on this website where such systems are employed in connection with commercial objectives, or in a fashion that directly or indirectly violates the privacy interests of any individual.
• Frame or use framing techniques to enclose any portion of this site without the express written consent of SLB. You may not use meta tags or any other hidden text using the SLB name or trademarks and service marks without the express written consent of SLB.
• Upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through this website any content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable, or that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or otherwise create liability or violate any law.

• Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the website, the server on which the website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the website.

• Attack the website including via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation.
• Use artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithms on the content of this Website. For the avoidance of doubt, SLB does not provide permission to you copy, scrape, archive, or otherwise provide the content of the website unless provided otherwise via separate written agreement between you and SLB.
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website.

Forums, interactive areas, postings, and feedback.

This website may include discussion forums or other interactive areas, including chat rooms, bulletin boards, and collaboration facilities. Forums and interactive areas will be used only for noncommercial purposes and you are not permitted to distribute or publish promotions, advertising or solicitations for funds, goods, or services.

You will remain solely liable for the content of any messages, content, data, material or other information posted by you on this website (“Postings”), and SLB takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for the content of Posting. Please contact SLB concerning any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity you may encounter on this website. SLB reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove or edit any of your Postings that are determined to be harmful, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate for any reason and at any time.

Except as otherwise provided in a separate written agreement between you and SLB, you agree that any submissions, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, discoveries, drawings, data, text, informational content, or software provided by you in the form of e-mail or electronic submissions to SLB, or postings at this website (collectively “Submissions”), are non-confidential and non-proprietary and will become the sole property of SLB to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. SLB will own exclusive rights and will be entitled to the unrestricted use of Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or additional compensation to you. You expressly provide to SLB the right to remove, modify, or adapt Submissions for any and all reasons at any time and without compensation or recourse.  In the event applicable law operates to prevent SLB from becoming the sole owner of any Submissions, then this provision will be effective as granting to SLB (with unfettered rights of assignment) a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to make, use, sell, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the Submissions(in whole or in part) worldwide and or to incorporate Submissions in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, or to remove, modify, adapt Submissions for the full term of any rights that may exist in any such Submissions.

By making Submissions or Postings or other content to this site, you warrant to SLB that such Submissions or Postings (i) do not breach the Prohibited Use requirements above; (ii) are owned by you or you have all necessary rights in such Submissions or items to grant SLB the rights as described in these Terms and Conditions, or are otherwise in the public domain; and (iii) do not infringe intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or any other legal or moral rights of any third party.  You agree to indemnify SLB against all claims, damages, or losses arising from any action including those alleging infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights in such Submissions or Postings.

We undertake no duty to determine the validity of any claim of copyright. Upon receiving written notice to SLB Corporate Communications that any Submission or Posting is believed to infringe a copyright or other proprietary right, we will remove said work and will not permit its reposting.

This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site, including to blog spaces, informational portals, bulletin boards, and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by SLB. The views expressed by other users on this website do not represent SLB’s views or values. You assume the entire risk of use from using forums and/or the content contained therein, including but not limited to, harm to your systems, environment, and/or data. You waive all rights against and liability from SLB for use of forums and/or the content contained therein.

SLB software. Unless specified otherwise, any SLB software, including any files, images incorporated therewith or generated thereby, and data accompanying the software (collectively "Software"), that may be made available on this website is licensed to you by SLB for your personal, noncommercial use, and no ownership rights pass to you. You will not copy, distribute, sell, modify, transfer, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works from any Software.

Hyperlinks. SLB makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature, or reliability of websites accessible by hyperlink from this website, or Web sites linking to this Web site.

Non-Reliance. The content on this website is provided for general information only and does not create a business or professional services relationship between you and SLB. Although SLB makes reasonable efforts to update the information on this website, SLB make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the website is accurate, complete or up to date. References to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof by SLB.

Third-party information resources and stock-trading facilities. Information here is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. If you are contemplating trading in the securities of SLB, we advise you to seek independent professional advice before making any investment decisions. SLB does not warrant or guarantee, and has not taken any steps to verify, the adequacy, accuracy, or completeness of the tools, information, or data provided by using any of the links here, and under no circumstances will SLB be liable for any inaccuracies or omissions in any such tools, information, or data, any delays or errors in the transmission thereof, or any loss or damages caused by reliance on such items or the risks arising from the stock markets. Neither SLB nor any of its data, tool, or content providers (such as Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones) will be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. External trading services which users may access through the links on this page are services of the listed independent brokerage companies. To use these services, you need to have an existing account with such brokerage company or you will need to set up such an account with such brokerage company. SLB may provide links to brokerage companies for your convenience only. SLB is not a registered broker-dealer and does not endorse or recommend the services of any brokerage company. The brokerage company you select is solely responsible for its services to you, the user. SLB will not be liable for any damages or costs of any type arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the services of the brokerage company.

Financial-material disclosure. This website together with any documents issued by SLB and available through this website may contain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements may appear in a number of places in this Web site (together with any documents issued by SLB and available through this website) and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "plan," "may," "will," "should," "anticipate" or similar statements or the negative thereof or other variations thereof. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements made as to future operations, costs, capital expenditures, cash flow, improvements in infrastructure, distribution and replenishment systems and operating efficiencies, sales and earnings estimates or trends, and expansion plans and projections. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and by their nature involve known and unknown internal and external risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied. The information contained in the most recent SLB Annual Reports to stockholders, including information contained under the section captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis," as well as other information included under the caption "Risk Factors" or in other SLB filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, identifies important factors that could cause such results, performance, or achievements not to be realized. SLB undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date such statements were made.

Disclaimer, No Warranties, and Waiver. THIS WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE MATERIALS AND SUBMISSIONS MADE AVAILABLE THEREBY ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SLB DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NONINFRINGEMENT. SLB DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE, SUBMISSIONS, MATERIALS THEREIN ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE. SLB DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SUBMISSIONS OR MATERIALS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, SLB WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

Without limiting the foregoing, SLB reserves right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the website.

YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS SLB AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

SLB cannot undertake to review any Submission or Material before it is posted on the website and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, SLB assumes no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. SLB has and claims no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this Agreement

Limitation of liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SLB BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR THOSE RELATED TO THE USE OR EXPOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSEDTHEREBY. 

Applicable laws. The laws of the state of Texas (for users located in the United States), or the laws of the Province of Alberta (for users located in Canada), or the laws of England (for users located outside the United States and Canada) will govern the construction and interpretation of these Terms and Conditions and the rights of the parties hereunder. By accessing or placing orders under this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and by all applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. Export control laws and regulations. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to your use of this website or any services provided hereunder will be settled by binding arbitration to be held in the English language in Houston, Texas, USA, in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (for users located in the United States), or in Calgary, Alberta, in accordance with the arbitration rules of the Alberta Arbitration Act (for users located in Canada) or in London, England, in accordance with the arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (for users located outside the United States and Canada). Any judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Any award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may include costs against either Party, but under no circumstances are the Arbitrator(s) authorized or empowered to award special, punitive, or multiple damages against either Party.

Change, suspension and termination. SLB reserves the right to change any and all content contained on this website at any time without notice. Unless otherwise agreed with you in writing, SLB may terminate, suspend, or modify your access to, all or part of this website, without notice, at any time and for any reason and may block or prevent future access to and use of this website.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions or portion thereof is deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision or portion thereof will be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Language. The text of these Terms and Conditions, as well as any documents associated therewith, have been written in English in multiple locations around the world.  Consideration has been taken to harmonize the particular dialect of English being used herein, all versions being deemed authentic.  For legal purposes, any typographical or grammatical errors originating in non-US English dialects will be deemed to be given a proper interpretation under the US English dialect, which shall be given priority of any interpretation. 

It is at the express consent of the parties that the present agreement be written in English. C'est la demande expresse des parties que cette convention soit redige en anglais.

Changes to these Terms and Conditions. SLB reserves the right to change, modify, or update these Terms and Conditions of Use, at any time without notice. All changes are effective immediately when SLB posts them and apply to all access to and use of the website thereafter. Your continued use of the website following the posting of revised Terms and Conditions of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. The date of the latest update is presented below.

General.  This website and the content thereof is owned and/or licensed by SLB © 2021.  All rights reserved.

Last updated: 11 July 2022 Version 1.8