Magnum Hunter Sells 5K Acres for $41M in Tyler County, WV

Magnum Hunter Resources' drilling subsidiary, Triad Hunter, is selling 5,210 net acres of leases in Tyler County, WV to an undisclosed competitor for $40.8 million, the company announced yesterday. The sale will take place tomorrow. According to MHR, the acreage is "non-core," "undeveloped," and "unproven." The leases on the acreage are also set to expire soon, so it's drill now or never--and for MHR, it was never. Why not convert that acreage into some cold, hard cash? Incidentally, if you do the math, it works out to be a sale price of $7,831 per acre...

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