Magnum Hunter Resources Celebrates Groundbreaking for the Eureka Hunter Gas Pipeline


HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - September 17, 2010) -  Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE Amex: MHR) (NYSE Amex: MHR-PC) ("Magnum Hunter", or the "Company") announced today the Company will be holding a Press Conference and official Groundbreaking Ceremony for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eureka Hunter Gas Pipeline at 10:30 AM (EDT) in Middlebourne, West Virginia. Invitees include Dottie M. Underwood, Regional Representative for the Honorable Joe Manchin, Governor of West Virginia, lawmakers, local leaders, industry veterans, local property owners and Magnum Hunter officials.

The creation of this new pipeline gathering system with ultimate capacity to move 200 million cubic feet per day is expected to create a multi-million dollar impact for the state of West Virginia by providing an economic way to gather and distribute natural gas more efficiently which will create numerous new drilling opportunities for the region. The construction of the first phase of this system is underway and currently on schedule to be completed in November 2010.

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 of exploratory leases and producing properties, secondary enhanced oil recovery projects, exploratory drilling, and production of oil and natural gas in the United States. The Company is presently active in three of the "big four" emerging shale plays in the United States.

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Contact Information:

Contact:
M. Bradley Davis
Senior Vice President of Capital Markets
bdavis@magnumhunterresources.com
(832) 203-4545