Oracle Mining Corp. (TSX:OMN)(OTCQX:OMCCF)(FRANKFURT:OMC) announces the resignation of Mr. Alan Edwards as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

Partnership Broadens Bridger’s Growth Objectives

Bridger, LLC, formerly Bridger Group, LLC, a crude oil marketing and midstream logistics company based in Dallas, Texas, announced that it has partnered with Riverstone Holdings LLC, an energy and power-focused private equity firm. Bridger’s management team and Riverstone have jointly committed to invest up to $300 million, building on Bridger’s operational and financial success and further fueling the company’s growth strategy. Bridger’s experienced management team consists of its founders, James Ballengee, Julio Rios and Jeremy Gamboa.

Statoil announced that the company as of 1 July has assumed operatorship for all activities in the eastern part of its Eagle Ford asset in Texas.

"This is an important milestone for Statoil's development as an operator in the US," says senior vice president for US Onshore, Torstein Hole.

"We now have operational activities in all of our onshore assets—Bakken, Marcellus and Eagle Ford. Our organization in Houston is eager to further develop our Eagle Ford holding as operator and we look forward to engaging with communities and landowners in the eastern part of our joint venture acreage," he underlines.

GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Lufkin Industries, Inc., a leading provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry and a manufacturer of industrial gears based in Lufkin, Texas, for approximately $3.3 billion. The move broadens GE Oil & Gas’ artificial lift capabilities with solutions for a wider variety of well types and technology for production automation and optimization in the drilling industry.

Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) announced that its Cumberland River Coal Company's Pine Branch No. 1 mine earned the distinction of Virginia's safest large underground mine for working more than 168,000 employee-hours without a lost-time safety incident in 2012.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and OJSC RUSNANO will produce technologically advanced oil and gas aluminum drill pipe finished with a life-extending antiwear coating under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the companies today. With the help of the Alcoa Technical Center, the parties intend to pursue the potential application of a nanotechnology-based coating for the aluminum drill pipe to enhance its wear resistance in harsh corrosive drilling environments.

Victaulic, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, introduces AGS Full Flow Fittings with Vic-Rings, a line of grooved carbon steel pipe fittings for abrasive applications in the mining industry. The fittings are designed for use with the AGS (Advanced Groove System) Vic-Ring System, which simplifies the installation and extends the service life of large-diameter abrasive service piping systems.

New D61i-23 equipped with first fully automatic blade control

Komatsu America Corp. introduced the D61EXi/PXi-23, Komatsu’s first intelligent Machine Control model to the North American market.

Recently members of the National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG) Board of Directors approved a 2.7 percent increase in the dividend on the Company’s common stock, raising the quarterly rate from 36.5 cents per share as approved in June 2012 to 37.5 cents per share for an annual rate of $1.50 per share.

- Zinssatz 8,00 Prozent/Zeichnungsstart am 26. Juni

Die Deutsche Rohstoff AG hat heute die Details zu ihrer geplanten Anleihe im Segment Entry Standard der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse bekanntgegeben. Die Anleihe (WKN A1R07G, ISIN: DE000A1R07G4) hat ein Volumen von bis zu EUR 100 Millionen bei einer Laufzeit von fünf Jahren. Sie wird fest mit 8,00 %/Jahr verzinst. Die Zinszahlungen erfolgen halbjährlich, erstmals voraussichtlich am 11. Januar 2014. Creditreform Rating hat der Deutsche Rohstoff die Ratingnote BB+ erteilt.

Schlumberger announced the release of the 2013 Petrel* E&P software platform delivering integrated analysis from exploration to production.

The year 2012 was a period of growth for STEINERT, a full-range supplier of magnet- and sensor-based sorting solutions for the recycling and mineral industries. Group turnover, employee numbers and the degree of global networking all continued to increase.

BP announced the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plant at its 234,000 barrel per day Cherry Point Refinery located in Blaine, Washington.

Deutsche Rohstoff AG’s US-Oil subsidiary Tekton Energy recently reported that it has already started producing from its first horizontal well, two weeks earlier than scheduled.

Driven by the demand to continuously lower overall operating costs, manufacturers around the world are striving to improve process reliability and uptime. One way they are achieving this is by employing advanced filtration technologies such as Pall Ultipleat® SRT filters to improve the fluid cleanliness levels of their systems.

The Product Area of Surface Drilling at Sandvik Construction has selected Caterpillar as one of its preferred suppliers at EU Stage IV, U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final citing the company's innovative and durable diesel engine range and its worldwide dealer network among the key reasons behind its decision.

Runge LLC change to RungePincockMinarco LLC, a change that forms part of the company’s global rebrand.
RungePincockMinarco CEO, Richard Mathews said, “This name change sees Runge, the leader in mining software technology solutions; Pincock Allen & Holt, the leader in mining advisory in the Americas; and Minarco-MineConsult, Asia-Pacific’s leading independent advisor in capital markets all uniting under a single global brand.”

Walter Energy, Inc. on April 5, filed a presentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it used in a meeting with the proxy advisory service Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and will be using with Walter Energy shareholders in advance of its Annual Meeting to be held on April 25, 2013.

Smico/Symons Screens recently named Alan Odgers as vice president of the Oklahoma City-based manufacturer that specializes in custom vibratory screens, feeders, conveyors, and wear parts for the mining, aggregate, processing, milling, oil drilling, recycling, bulk handling, and food processing markets.