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Westlake Chemical Partners LP (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Partners' Capital [Abstract]  
Westlake Chemical Partners LP
Westlake Chemical Partners LP
The Company has an 81.7% limited partner interest in Westlake Chemical OpCo LP ("OpCo"), a 43.8% limited partner interest in Westlake Chemical Partners LP ("Westlake Partners"), a general partner interest in Westlake Partners and incentive distribution rights ("IDRs"). On July 27, 2018, the Westlake Partners' partnership agreement was amended to revise the minimum quarterly distribution thresholds for Westlake Partners' IDRs. The amended agreement provides that Westlake Partners will distribute cash each quarter to all the unitholders, pro rata, until each unit has received a distribution of $1.2938. If cash distributions to Westlake Partners' unitholders exceed $1.2938 per unit in any quarter, Westlake Partners' unitholders and Westlake, as the holder of the Westlake Partners' incentive distribution rights, will receive distributions according to the following percentage allocations per the amendment:
 
 
Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Unit
 
Unitholders
 
IDR Holders
Above $1.2938 up to $1.4063
 
85.0
%
 
15.0
%
Above $1.4063 up to $1.6875
 
75.0
%
 
25.0
%
Above $1.6875
 
50.0
%
 
50.0
%

The Westlake Partners' distribution for the three months ended September 30, 2018 did not exceed the $1.2938 per unit threshold, and, as a result of the amendment, no distribution was made with respect to Westlake Partners' IDRs to Westlake, as the holder of the Westlake Partners' IDRs.
Prior to the amendment, Westlake Partners' partnership agreement provided that Westlake Partners' unitholders and Westlake, as the holder of Westlake Partners' IDRs, would receive distributions according to the following percentage allocations:
 
 
Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Unit
 
Unitholders
 
IDR Holders
Above $0.3163 up to $0.3438
 
85.0
%
 
15.0
%
Above $0.3438 up to $0.4125
 
75.0
%
 
25.0
%
Above $0.4125
 
50.0
%
 
50.0
%