Eureka Midstream Confirms MDN Article on New Ownership

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In late September MDN connected the dots and was the first to tell you that Blue Ridge Mountain Resources, the renamed Magnum Hunter Resources, had sold its ownership stake in Eureka Midstream (formerly Eureka Resources) to South Korean conglomerate SK Group (see Former Magnum Hunter Sells Remaining Stake in Eureka Midstream). 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 Blue Ridge still owned a slice of Eureka–until a few weeks ago. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Eureka Midstream officially acknowledged that the company’s ownership has changed. Morgan Stanley is still a major shareholder in the company, but now SK Group is in the mix too. Whether Blue Ridge sold its shares directly to SK Group, or whether Blue Ridge sold to Morgan Stanley which then turned around and sold to SK, the result is the same. Blue Ridge is gone, SK is here, and Eureka now answers to a different board of directors…

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