CONSULTANT’S INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS. The Company and Consultant mutually intend that this Agreement establish between them an independent contractor relationship. All of the terms and conditions of this Agreement will be interpreted in light of that relationship. There is no intention to create by this Agreement an employer-employee relationship. Consultant will have no authority to bind the Company to any obligation or liability. The Company agrees that it will have no right to control or direct the details, manner or means by which Consultant accomplishes the results of the Services he performs under this Agreement. Consultant will use his own means and methods to perform the Services covered by this Agreement. However, on the projects accepted by Consultant, Consultant agrees to perform services according to the format that may be prescribed by regulations applicable to the project and according to ordinary business customs in the oil and gas/oilfield services industries. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, the Company does not have the exclusive right to Consultant’s services. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, Consultant may accept assignments from other companies or persons during the time Consultant is performing the Services for the Company, provided that such assignments do not represent a conflict of interest as to Consultant’s duties to the Company and would not create a situation in which it would be likely to breach Consultant’s obligations to protect the Company’s Confidential Information (as defined below), and as long as Consultant informs the Company of any assignments undertaken in the same general business area as that engaged in by the Company.

CONSULTANT’S INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS. TheIndependent Contractor. This Agreement does not create an employer-employee relationship between the Company and Consultant. It is the parties’ intention that Consultant mutually intend that this Agreement establish between themwill be an independent contractor relationship. Alland not the Company’s employee for any purpose. Consultant will retain sole and absolute discretion and judgment in the manner and means of carrying out Consultant’s activities and responsibilities hereunder. Consultant and Company agree that Consultant’s business is a separate and independent enterprise from that of the termsCompany, that Consultant has a full opportunity to find other business, and conditions of this Agreement will be interpreted in light of that relationship. There is no intention to create by this Agreement an employer-employee relationship. Consultant will utilize a high level of skill necessary to perform Consultant’s Duties. Consultant does not have nothe authority to enter into any contract on behalf of the Company or otherwise to bind the Company to any agreement unless expressly authorized in writing to do so, and the Company will not be liable for any obligation or liability. The Company agrees that it will have no right to control or direct the details, manner or means by which Consultant accomplishes the results of the Services he performs under this Agreement. Consultant will use his own means and methods to perform the Services covered by this Agreement. However, on the projects acceptedincurred by Consultant, Consultant agrees to perform services according to the format that may be prescribed by regulations applicable to the project and according to ordinary business customs in the oil and gas/oilfield services industries. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, the Company does not have the exclusive right to Consultant’s services. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, Consultant may accept assignments from other companies or persons during the time Consultant is performing the Services for the Company,except as otherwise provided that such assignments do not represent a conflict of interest as to Consultant’s duties to the Company and would not create a situation in which it would be likely to breach Consultant’s obligations to protect the Company’s Confidential Information (as defined below), and as long as Consultant informs the Company of any assignments undertaken in the same general business area as that engaged in by the Company.herein.

CONSULTANT’S INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS. The Company andIndependent Contractor. Consultant mutually intend that this Agreement establish between themis an independent contractor relationship. All of the terms and conditions ofnothing in this Agreement will be interpreted in light of that relationship. There is no intention to create by this Agreementconstrued as establishing an employer-employee relationship.employment or agency relationship between Company and Consultant. Consultant will havehas no authority to bind Company by contract or otherwise. Consultant will perform Services under the Company to any obligation or liability. The Company agrees that itgeneral direction of Company, but Consultant will have no right to control or directdetermine, in Consultant’s sole discretion, the details, manner orand means by which Consultant accomplishesServices are accomplished, subject to the results of the Services he performs under this Agreement.requirement that Consultant will use his own means and methods to perform the Services covered by this Agreement. However, on the projects accepted by Consultant, Consultant agrees to perform services according to the format that may be prescribed by regulationsat all times comply with applicable to the project and according to ordinary business customs in the oil and gas/oilfield services industries. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, the Company does not have the exclusive right to Consultant’s services. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, Consultant may accept assignments from other companies or persons during the time Consultant is performing the Services for the Company, provided that such assignments do not represent a conflict of interest as to Consultant’s duties to the Company and would not create a situation in which it would be likely to breach Consultant’s obligations to protect the Company’s Confidential Information (as defined below), and as long as Consultant informs the Company of any assignments undertaken in the same general business area as that engaged in by the Company.law.

CONSULTANT’S INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS. The Company andIndependent Contractor Status. Consultant mutually intend that this Agreement establish between themwill at all times be an independent contractor relationship. All of the terms and conditions ofnothing in this Agreement will be interpreted in lightconstrued as creating the relationship of that relationship. There is no intentionprincipal and agent, or employer and employee, between the Company and Consultant. Except as otherwise agreed to create by this Agreement an employer-employee relationship.the Company, Consultant will have no authority to bindhire any persons on behalf of the CompanyCompany, and any and all persons whom Consultant may employ will be deemed to any obligation or liability. The Company agrees that itbe solely the employees of Consultant. Consultant will have no right to control or direct the details, manner or means by which Consultant accomplishes the resultsand management of the Services he performs underservices provided pursuant to this Agreement. Consultant will use his own means and methods to perform the Services covered by this Agreement. However, on the projects accepted by Consultant, Consultant agrees to perform services according to the format that may be prescribed by regulations applicable to the project and according to ordinary business customs in the oil and gas/oilfield services industries. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, the Company does not have the exclusive right to Consultant’s services. Subject to the restrictions in Section 9 of this Agreement, Consultant may accept assignments from other companies or persons during the time Consultant is performing the Services for the Company, provided that such assignments do not represent a conflict of interest as to Consultant’s duties to the Company and would not create a situation in which it would be likely to breach Consultant’s obligations to protect the Company’s Confidential Information (as defined below), and as long as Consultant informs the Company of any assignments undertaken in the same general business area as that engaged in by the Company.