Common use of Subsurface Data Clause in Contracts

Subsurface Data. 7.1. Geological and other subsurface data, collection of which is funded from the State budget, is the property of the State. The Subsurface User shall pursuant to the provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Subsurface Resources", Article 41, pay a fee for using such data. 7.2. Geological and other subsurface data, collected at the user's expense, shall be its property, and pursuant to the provisions of the law of the Russian Federation "On Subsurface Resources" shall be made available by it to federal and territorial geological data funds, specifying the terms for its use, including without limitation its commercial use. 7.3. The License Holder shall preserve the core material, recovered during well drilling operations, or upon approval of a territorial body of the Subsoil Manager for Saratov Region deliver it to a data storing organization on a free of charge basis. 7.4. The degree of confidentiality of such data, as well as the procedures and terms and conditions of its use shall be determined by the owner of such data in compliance with the applicable law. 7.5. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Rosnedra (Federal Agency for Subsurface Use) and its territorial bodies shall be entitled to use such data on a free of charge basis provided that such data is used solely to the benefit of the state, while developing federal and territorial geological surveys and subsurface use programs, as well as mineral resource base recovery programs.

Subsurface Data. 7.1. Geological and other subsurface data, collection of which is funded from the State budget, is the property of the State. The Subsurface User shall pursuant to the provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation "On Subsurface Resources", Article 41, pay a fee for using such data. 7.2. Geological and other subsurface data, collected at the user's expense, shall be its property, and pursuant to the provisions of the law of the Russian Federation "On Subsurface Resources" shall be made available by it to federal and territorial geological data funds, specifying the terms for its use, including without limitation its commercial use. 7.3. The License Holder shall preserve the core material, material recovered during well drilling operations, operations or upon approval of a territorial body of the Subsoil Manager for Saratov Region deliver it to a data storing organization on a free of charge basis. 7.4. The degree of confidentiality of such data, as well as the procedures and terms and conditions of its use shall be determined by the owner of such data in compliance with the applicable law. 7.5. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Rosnedra (Federal Agency for Subsurface Use) and its territorial bodies shall be entitled to use such data on a free of charge basis provided that such data is used solely to the benefit of the state, state while developing federal and territorial geological surveys and subsurface use programs, as well as mineral resource base recovery programs. 7.6. A subsurface user obtaining topo-geodesic areal data and geologic data on subsurface resources within a licensed area, whether at its own cost or funded out of the budget, shall not disclose it to third-party organizations, legal entities and individuals without prior consent of the General Staff.