How it works
Describe the records first. Agree before anything moves.
Five steps, in order. You start by describing the records, not by uploading them. Anything that moves does so only after you review the agreement.
Step 1
The 4-minute overview
Step 2
How Data Licensing Works: A 3-Minute Walkthrough
Provider explainer · Source: Cloudwrx
3:263-Minute Video
Cloudwrx’s explainer walks through the application, offer review, data preparation, and payment process.
Watching is optional.
The video describes Cloudwrx’s process. Eligibility, offers, timing, and data protections depend on the provider’s review and written terms. Payment isn’t guaranteed, and de-identification doesn’t replace permission or privilege review.
Step 3
A suggested order, not a requirement. Open the fit check whenever you’re ready.
Check Your Company's Fit
01
Describe the records, before any files
The first conversation describes the business and the everyday work its people created in software they already use: email, customer support, spreadsheets, land systems, GIS maps, accounting, shared files, meetings, project boards, team chat, and a CRM. Where the company does that work, the description can include drilling and completion reports, well tests it owns, production and plant records, pipeline files, offshore coordination, and right-of-way tracking. Zendesk and Freshdesk are examples of where a support history can live, alongside the other programs named on this site. Those names aren't connected products, and using one doesn't make its contents eligible. A company-made map layer isn't the same thing as a licensed base map. This step doesn't start with an upload. Black Gold Data doesn't collect raw files, passwords, client examples, or exports on this website.
02
Scope, eligibility, and rights
Oil and gas files are often touched by someone else's rights. A joint operating agreement, a client's engagement, a vendor contract, or a confidentiality clause can keep a category out. Title-opinion firms separate material the firm owns from client matters. Privilege and confidentiality are reviewed here. They aren't assumed to disappear because a name could be removed.
03
Offer and agreement review
An interested provider puts the commercial terms in writing. You read them. Counsel can read them with you. A good call isn't permission to transfer anything. What may be included, how it may be used, how long a copy is kept, and how personal details are handled belong in that agreement. This site doesn't invent those clauses.
04
Approved processing and transfer
If you sign, the agreed material is prepared and transferred under that document. Terms, scope, and permitted uses are reviewed before any transfer. It's not an open door to every drive, inbox, or matter file.
05
Acceptance and payment
Payment, if any, follows acceptance under the actual agreement. This site doesn't state an amount or a fixed timetable. A timeline you hear on a fit check is that provider's description. It's not a promise from Black Gold Data.
Not collected on this website
- Raw files or exports
- Passwords or system access
- Client examples, matter files, or sample opinions
Left to the agreement
What the company keeps, what may be licensed, which uses are permitted, how long a copy is kept, how confidentiality is handled, and what is done with personal details. Those are contract terms to read before any transfer. They aren’t terms this page invents.
Next step
See whether the records you already keep are in scope.
The button opens the fit check on historypays.com. No files are collected on this site, and no price or date is offered.
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