Magnum Hunter Resources Announces New Record Throughput Volumes at Eureka Hunter of ~835,000 MMBtu per Day

IRVING, TX--(Marketwired - Dec 14, 2015) - Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (OTC PINK: MHRC) ("Magnum Hunter" or the "Company") announced today that throughput volumes on Eureka Hunter Pipeline, LLC's gas gathering pipeline system located in West Virginia and Ohio reached a new record high throughput volume of approximately 835,000 MMBtu per day on the first of December. Magnum Hunter owns a substantial equity interest in Eureka Hunter Pipeline, LLC ("Eureka Hunter") of approximately 45 percent. Eureka Hunter's current throughput volumes represent an approximate 16% increase from reported volumes in July 2015. 

Magnum Hunter Management Comments

Mr. Gary C. Evans, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter and Eureka Hunter commented, "These new record throughput volumes on the Eureka Hunter pipeline system, during this period of unprecedented declines in overall drilling activity due to extremely low commodity prices, are a testimony to the resource value not only of this region, but what has been created by the hard work of our management team over the past couple of years. The results from the combination of new interconnects with other pipelines, operational superiority, and exceptional service to existing customers, have allowed for this substantial growth being experienced at Eureka Hunter to continue."

About Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation and subsidiaries are an Irving, Texas based independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, primarily in the states of West Virginia and Ohio. The Company is presently active in two of the most prolific unconventional shale resource plays in North America, the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale located in Northwest West Virginia and Southeast Ohio.

Forward-Looking Statements

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