5 Weeks Later and Still No Word on Buyer for Eureka Hunter

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over promise under deliverSomething we've noticed for some time: When Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) and its subsidiaries (like GreenHunter and Eureka Hunter) make a pronouncement like "such and such will be online next month" or "so and so asset will be sold this quarter" the timing rarely matches the pronouncement. For Magnum Hunter "the next few weeks" turns into "the next few months" and "sometime this quarter, maybe next" turns into "next year." Somebody else has noticed MHR's timeline peculiarity too--and has written about it on the Seeking Alpha investors website. This particular post notes that MHR's CEO Gary Evans announced he would name the winning bidder in the "next week to 10 days" for the Eureka Hunter midstream subsidiary, a deal that will bring in something like $600-$700 million (see 3 Potential Buyers Identified for Eureka Hunter Pipeline Deal). That announcement by Evans was on August 14, some five weeks ago, and still no word on who the buyer is, and for how much...

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