Welcome to Beicip-Franlab website. In accessing this site (hereafter the Site), you agree to abide by all the conditions set out below in the Terms of Use (hereafter the Terms of Use).

The Site is published by Beicip-Franlab, whose principal activity (APE: 7112B) is the provision of consulting services and software solutions for the E&P industry. Beicip-Franlab’s registered office is located at 232 avenue Napoléon Bonaparte, 92502 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex France.

The content of this Site, including, without limitation, its design, as well as all the information and elements available on the Site such as text, articles, graphics, photographs, illustrations, images, video, sounds, brands and logos, trademark, product or company names, software, or technology are protected by applicable legislation governing copyright, trademark rights, design rights and unfair competition and are the property of Beicip-Franlab or its affiliates or are subject to rights to use, duplicate or represent which have been granted to such.

Therefore, you are bound to respect all present and future intellectual property rights and, in particular, to refrain from reproducing, summarizing, translating, adapting, modifying, altering or redistributing the  the content of the Site to large numbers of people or for collective use, even free of charge, without the prior written authorization of the publisher.
Any reproduction, representation, communication, redistribution or making available of the elements referred to above (especially by electronic means, the Internet or an Intranet or in order to build up an archive), whether in whole or in part, without the written consent of the Site’s publisher, shall constitute an infringement, and a violation of the intellectual property rights which are sanctioned by French, European and International law. Beicip-Franlab and its affiliates reserve the right to bring proceedings, including criminal proceedings, on the grounds of any infringement.

Reproduction of documents or any part or extract of them, published on the Site is authorized solely for information or reference purpose and for noncommercial personal or private use. Any reproduction and any use of copies made for other purposes are expressly forbidden, except with the prior written authorization of Beicip-Franlab.
Such information can be used with the prior Beicip-Franlab’s authorization in the following ways:
For educational purposes, certain elements may be distributed, in whole or in part, for teaching or research purposes, provided that the source (author’s name, company logo, etc.) and the publication are respected, and provided the information is provided free of charge

–    For university research purposes
–    As news
–    As a reference
–    In order to be reproduced for strictly private use and not for collective use
–    As a short quotation when the extract does not represent an essential part of the work in question, even if it must be brief. Any extract quoted must only be ancillary: the work in which it is incorporated must make sense if it is removed. Likewise, short quotations, as well as the use of non-substantial extracts, must not lead to methodical or systematic references of a type [likely to lead to] the undue exploitation of the initial work without regard for the legitimate rights of the copyright holder
–    For reproduction or archive purposes on a temporary basis

All quotations and hyperlinks must respect the source and must mention the intellectual property rights referred to above. The hyperlink, defined as being any technical means by which web users may be redirected from one Internet site to another, must necessarily open a window that recalls the original site. However, any hyperlink from a site for which charges are imposed must have the prior authorization of Beicip-Franlab. (For the purposes hereof the term “web users” means all individuals or legal entities who have access in a private capacity without the possibility redistribution to another site).

Beicip-Franlab reserves the right to require the deactivation and deletion of any link, if such link is likely to harm Beicip-Franlab and/or its financial or non-pecuniary interests, and, in particular, if such link contradicts Beicip-Franlab’s terms of use. .

Furthermore, Beicip-Franlab provides hyperlinks from its Site to other affiliated and non-affiliated sites. These sites are independent of the Site. Beicip-Franlab neither publishes nor controls these sites. Such links do not constitute mutual approval or indicate any partnership between Beicip-Franlab and these sites under any circumstances. Hence, Beicip-Franlab shall not be held liable for any content, products, publicity or any elements or services presented on these sites.
We wish to remind you that affiliated and non-affiliated sites are subject to their own Terms of Use and privacy protection policies.

Persons seeking prior authorization should contact us at:
Beicip-Franlab,
232 avenue Napoléon Bonaparte,
92502 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex
France,
or by e-mail at info@beicip.com

Beicip-Franlab or any other authorized party that takes action in connection with the Site shall not be held liable for any damage that might result from access to or use of the Site, including all damage and viruses which might infect IT equipment or anything else.
Beicip-Franlab shall make every reasonable effort to keep all specific information published on the Site up to date and it shall not be held liable for any errors or omissions.
You agree to indemnify, defend and protect Beicip-Franlab as well as its directors, managers, employees, representatives, license holders or any other persons involved in the creation, production and distribution of the Site against all claims, liability, and the related costs and expenses arising as a result of any violation on your part of the conditions set forth in these “Terms of Use” or in relation to your use of the Site.

The Site shall be set up and administered by Beicip-Franlab, whose registered office is located in France. Beicip-Franlab is governed by French law and all disputes shall be referred exclusively to the courts of Nanterre, France. Web users, who access the Site from countries other than France, must ensure that they act in accordance with locally applicable laws.

Beicip-Franlab reserves the right for any reason and at its sole discretion to cancel, modify, suspend or interrupt access to the whole, or part, of the Site, including, in particular, its content, functions or times of availability, without prior warning.
You recognize and accept that in using the Site, you are personally responsible for all the necessary equipment enabling you to connect to the Internet and that you must pay the required charges, accordingly.

Beicip-Franlab reserves the right to change, or more generally, to update the conditions set forth in these “Terms of Use” at any time and without prior warning. Therefore, we advise you to consult said conditions regularly.

Beicip-Franlab may use “cookies” in connection with operation of its website. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored on your computer by the website server. Cookies are used for record-keeping purposes. The stored information can be retrieved by the Beicip-Franlab server when you return to the website. This allows us to:

• facilitate visits
• keep track of session and remember information
• automate the access and data-entry functions of the website (such as login information).
• collect statistical information (for example, the domain from which you access the Internet, the date and time you access our site, etc., the number of visits, the number of pages view) not personally identifiable but in an aggregate form.

We do not use cookies to track the navigational habits of identified users without the user’s consent.

The main cookies used by the Beicip-Franlab website are described below:

Google Analytics: These cookies are used to stock information such as the number of past visits on the website, timestamp, referrer website that directed the visitor to the website (e.g. browser, advertising link) (https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/)

AddThis:  AddThis is a sharing service for social networks. Its cookies stock information such as your preferences, the number of pages visited that allows sharing content on social networks. The shared content is stocked anonymously as well as visited pages. (http://www.addthis.com/privacy/terms-of-service)

The use of cookies is common in the industry. You may wish to adjust your web browser (by clicking on the below links depending on your browser) to inform you whenever a cookie is being used, or to reject all cookies automatically. However, the refusal of cookies may prevent the website from functioning correctly.

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