TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome to www.pa.gov.bn (this Website). This Website is owned and operated by the Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam (hereinafter referred to as “Petroleum Authority”). Petroleum Authority maintains this Website for your information, education, communication and personal enjoyment. Any viewing and usage of this Website means you acknowledge, accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions set forth below (“the Terms and Conditions”). Kindly do not access or continue to access this Website if you do not agree to the same.

Copyright & Trademark

All copyrights and other Intellectual Property Rights, including but not limited to the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, emblems and other indication of original (hereinafter collectively known as “Petroleum Authority Intellectual Property Rights”) displayed in this Website are exclusively owned by Petroleum Authority or have been licensed to Petroleum Authority by the owner(s) of those rights. Petroleum Authority Intellectual Property Rights are hereby reserved. Use of such Petroleum Authority Intellectual Property Rights is strictly prohibited without the express written permission and consent of Petroleum Authority.

All information, materials and Petroleum Authority Intellectual Property Rights on this Website are protected by all applicable copyright and intellectual property laws or such other applicable legislations and regulations in Brunei Darussalam and international treaties.

Under no circumstances may any part or all of the information, materials and Petroleum Authority Intellectual Property Rights be downloaded, copied, tampered, displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed, modified, published, reposted, broadcasted, reproduced, reused, resold, transmitted, used to create a derivative work or otherwise used for public or commercial purpose or otherwise.

User Content

For the purposes of the Terms and Condition, “your content” means any material which you submit to this website, including text, images, audio material, video material or otherwise.

Submission of your content signifies a grant to Petroleum Authority of a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, or use in any form, your content.

Your content must not be illegal, unlawful, nor infringe any third-party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to any claims or actions against you or Petroleum Authority or a third party.

Petroleum Authority reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to this Website, or stored on its servers, or published or hosted on this Website.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Petroleum Authority does not undertake to monitor the submission of such to, or the publication of such content on this Website.

Disclaimer and Exclusion of Liability

All information and materials provided herein are intended to be general in nature and Petroleum Authority makes no representations, guarantees or warranties of any kind whatsoever (either expressed or implied, including but limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement) as to the accuracy, reliability, quality, truth, suitability and completeness of any information and materials in this Website. Petroleum Authority reserves the right to add, delete or make any changes to the information and materials without prior notice.

Under no circumstances should the information and materials be relied upon in connection with the making of any decision or taking of any action and Petroleum Authority is not liable for any action you may take as a result of such reliance on information and materials or for any loss or damage suffered thereof.

Any usage of the information and materials on this Website is at your own risk. Petroleum Authority shall not be liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, special, consequential, incidental or exemplary damages arising from your access to or use of this Website or any site linked to or from this Website.

This Website may also contain information and materials provided by third parties and Petroleum Authority makes no representation or warranty regarding the said third parties’ information and materials.

Any forward looking statements found in this Website are reasonably based on information and materials currently available to Petroleum Authority. Petroleum Authority shall in no circumstances be taken to give any assurance of any kind that such expectations will prove to have been correct and final. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward looking statements. Petroleum Authority undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Petroleum Authority also does not warrant that the function or operation of this Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Website or the server that makes it available will be free of viruses or other harmful elements.

In no event would the information and materials found in this Website constitute or be deemed to constitute an invitation to invest or an offer or an invitation to create legal relationship of any kind with Petroleum Authority, and its related entities.

Links and Framing

Any other web site that is accessible and linked to this Website may not be necessarily be under Petroleum Authority’s control and shall in no circumstances be assumed otherwise. Petroleum Authority is not responsible and will not accept liability for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in the linked site, or any change or update nor the accuracy or reliability to the information, data, opinions or other materials contained in such sites nor should it be responsible for the owners or operators of these web sites under any circumstances. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by the privacy statements and the terms of use posted on any of these linked sites and that access to sites linked from Petroleum Authority web site is at your own risk. The inclusion of any such link to this Website does not necessarily imply our endorsement of the site, the entity operating such site or any product or service of that organization.

You are strictly prohibited from framing this Website nor link to a page other than home page without obtaining express permission.

Indemnity

You hereby indemnify and hold harmless Petroleum Authority against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including the costs of any settlements with third parties, and legal costs and expenses) incurred or suffered by Petroleum Authority arising of any breach by you, or any claim of breach by you, of the Terms and Conditions or any part thereof.

Breach of the Terms and Conditions

Petroleum Authority may take any such action as it deems appropriate to deal with any breach by you of the Terms and Conditions, including suspending your access to this Website, prohibiting you from accessing this Website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing this Website, and contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access, as well as any legal remedies including injunctions and court proceedings against you.

Variation

Petroleum Authority hereby reserves the right to amend, vary and modify the Terms and Conditions. These revised terms and conditions will apply upon the date it is published on this Website. Petroleum Authority is not under any duty to inform you, nor obtain your consent, for such amendment, variation or modification – therefore please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Brunei Darussalam. Any disputes related to your use of this website and the Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Brunei Darussalam.