We love to connect the dots and reveal information (news) that others miss. Sometimes we get it wrong–but more often we get it right. Here’s another connect-the-dots story. Yesterday we brought you the news that a huge South Korean conglomerate, SK Group, had purchased itself a $100 million slice of ownership in Marcellus/Utica midstream company Eureka Midstream (see South Korean SK Group Buys a Piece of Eureka Midstream for $100M). Eureka Midstream was once a subsidiary of Magnum Hunter Resources. Magnum Hunter spun Eureka out into a standalone company prior to Magnum Hunter going through bankruptcy. Not long after Magnum Hunter exited bankruptcy, they changed their name to Blue Ridge Mountain Resources (see Magnum Hunter Changes Its Name, Leaves the Bankrupt Past Behind). The newly named company still owned a slice of Eureka, but Eureka was/is its own company, not controlled by Blue Ridge Mountain Resources. How big a slice does Blue Ridge own? We don’t know, but we’re guessing around $100 million worth, because yesterday Blue Ridge Mountain Resources coincidentally issued a press release to say it had sold the remaining shares of stock it owned in Eureka to “an undisclosed buyer.” Well isn’t that interesting. The day before SK Group bought a large slice of Eureka–for $100 million. Want to bet the “undisclosed buyer” is SK Group?…
