Magnum Hunter Resources Completes Testing of New Wells on WVDNR Pad Located in Wetzel County, West Virginia

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2015) - Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE: MHR) (NYSE MKT: MHR.PRC) (NYSE MKT: MHR.PRD) (NYSE MKT: MHR.PRE) ("Magnum Hunter" or the "Company") announced today that the Company's four new 100% owned WVDNR Pad wells (#1410, #1411, #1412 and #1413) located in Wetzel County, West Virginia have all been recently placed on production after several weeks of testing. Currently, all seven of the Company's 100% owned Marcellus Shale wells, which included three previously shut-in wells, on the WVDNR Pad are flowing to sales. The WVDNR Pad is currently producing approximately 35 MMcfe per day.

The WVDNR #1410 well was drilled and cased to a true vertical depth of 7,500 feet with a 4,350 foot horizontal lateral, and successfully fraced with 23 stages. The well tested at a peak rate of 12,966 MMcfe (17% NGLs and 3% condensate) per day with an energy content of 1,175 BTU on an adjustable choke with 2,250 PSI flowing casing pressure.

The WVDNR #1411 well was drilled and cased to a true vertical depth of 7,500 feet with a 4,048 foot horizontal lateral, and successfully fraced with 21 stages. The well tested at a peak rate of 10,761 MMcfe (18% NGLs and 1% condensate) per day with an energy content of 1,175 BTU on an adjustable choke with 1,493 PSI flowing casing pressure.

The WVDNR #1412 well was drilled and cased to a true vertical depth of 7,500 feet with a 4,842 foot horizontal lateral, and successfully fraced with 24 stages. The well tested at a peak rate of 12,992 MMcfe (17% NGLs and 3% condensate) per day with an energy content of 1,175 BTU on an adjustable choke with 1,984 PSI flowing casing pressure.

The WVDNR #1413 well was drilled and cased to a true vertical depth of 7,500 feet with a 5,807 foot horizontal lateral, and successfully fraced with 29 stages. The well tested at a peak rate of 13,321 MMcfe (17% NGLs and 3% condensate) per day with an energy content of 1,175 BTU on an adjustable choke with 2,456 PSI flowing casing pressure.

The Company's other three 100% owned Marcellus Shale wells on the WVDNR Pad (#1207, #1208 and #1209) were previously tested at a combined peak rate of approximately 29.1 MMcfe per day.

Management Comments

Mr. Gary C. Evans, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter, commented, "Due to inclement weather experienced in the Northeast, our complete testing of these new wells was somewhat delayed. This production pad is very meaningful to our Company and further exemplifies the high quality production characteristics of the southern Marcellus formation in West Virginia."

About Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation and subsidiaries are a Houston, 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.

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