Website Terms and Conditions

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By accessing this site (the “Site”), you agree to the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, you should exit the Site and not use it further. Varel International Ind., L.P. (“Varel”) reserves the right to revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting.

Limitations on Use

By using this Site, you signify your agreement to the terms set forth below. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the Site or any of our materials contained on the Site.

All of our materials contained on this Site are protected by the United States copyright law and you may not, without the prior written authorization of Varel, reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, publish, modify, use, reuse, repost, broadcast or in any other manner disseminate any of such materials.

Permission is hereby granted for you to browse the Site, to download one copy of our materials on a single (non-networked) storage media for your individual use only, and to print one copy of any such downloaded material. Our permission granted in this paragraph is specifically conditioned upon your compliance with the terms of use contained in this paragraph. These limitations apply to all materials on the Site, including the text, images, audio and video. Any use contrary to these limitations is a violation of the intellectual property rights of Varel and/or its contributors. Unless otherwise noted, all materials on the Site are copyrighted. Copyright violation is a serious offense, punishable by civil and criminal penalties.

If you wish to request permission to use our materials in a manner not specifically permitted by the foregoing paragraph, please send your request to us via e-mail at webmaster@varel.org.

Limitations on Liability

Varel uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information on the Site, but makes no warranties as to its accuracy. Varel has not reviewed any sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off Site pages or any sites linked to the Site. Your access to, and use of, the Site, including your linking to any other off Site pages or other sites, are at your own risk. Neither Varel, nor any other party involved with the Site shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive or other damages or losses of any kind whatsoever arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site, including but not limited to any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect or computer virus, even if advised of the possibility of such damages or losses. Varel’s maximum liability to you for all claims, including but not limited to negligence, shall in no event exceed the amount you paid to access this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or certain forms of damages, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Submissions

Any communications or materials you transmit to the Site become our property. Anything you transmit or post that does not fall within the guidelines of our Privacy Policy may be used by us and our affiliates, licensees and assignees for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. We shall also be free to use any ideas, concepts, know how, or techniques you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever without compensating you.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the “Trademarks”) displayed on the Site, including but not limited to VAREL, CHALLENGER, RIDGEBACK, VAREL INTERNATIONAL and Design, DEDICATED TO DRILL BITS, WALKER MCDONALD and Design and “VARELINTL.COM”, are Varel Trademarks. All other trademarks, publicity rights and other rights are the property of their respective owners. You do not have any license or right, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, to use any Trademark, image or other material displayed on the Site without the written permission of Varel or the third party that may own the relevant material.

Miscellaneous

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of the conflicts of laws. Any disputes relating hereto or to any use of this Site shall be resolved exclusively in the State or Federal Courts located in the State of Texas, and you and we both consent to the jurisdiction of such courts for any such disputes. Unless otherwise specified, this Site is made available only to provide information about Varel International Ind. L.P. and its products and services. Varel controls and operates this Site from its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., and makes no representation or warranty that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in any other jurisdiction. If you use this Site from elsewhere, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. Software from this Site may also be subject to export controls imposed by the United States and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re exported as follows: (1) into, or to a national resident of, any country to which the United States has placed an embargo; or (2) to anyone on the United States Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals List or the United States Commerce Department’s Table of Denial Orders. If you download anything from this Site, you hereby warrant and confirm that you are not doing so in violation of any such restrictions.