Partnership Distributions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]

The Board of Directors of WGP GP (the “Board of Directors”) declared the following cash distributions to WGP unitholders for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2016
March 31	$	0.42375	$	92,767	May 2016
June 30	0.43375		94,958		August 2016
September 30	0.44750		97,968		November 2016
December 31	0.46250		101,254		February 2017
2017
March 31 ⁽¹⁾	$	0.49125	$	107,549	May 2017


⁽¹⁾	The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders for the first quarter of 2017 of $0.49125 per unit, or $107.5 million in aggregate. The cash distribution is payable on May 22, 2017, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2017.

Western Gas Partners, LP [Member]

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]

Cash Distributions Tables

The Board of Directors of WES GP declared the following cash distributions to WES’s common and general partner unitholders for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2016
March 31	$	0.815	$	158,905	May 2016
June 30	0.830		162,827		August 2016
September 30	0.845		166,742		November 2016
December 31	0.860		170,657		February 2017
2017
March 31⁽¹⁾	$	0.875	$	188,753	May 2017

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The Board of Directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders for the first quarter of 2017 of $0.875 per unit, or $188.8 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions, but excluding distributions on WES Class C units (see WES Class C unit distributions below) and WES Series A Preferred units (see WES Series A Preferred unit distributions below). The cash distribution is payable on May 12, 2017, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2017.

Western Gas Partners, LP [Member] | Series A Preferred Units [Member]

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]

Cash Distributions Tables

The following table summarizes the Series A Preferred unitholders’ cash distributions for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2016
March 31 ⁽¹⁾	$	0.68	$	1,887	May 2016
June 30 ⁽²⁾	0.68		14,082		August 2016
September 30	0.68		14,908		November 2016
December 31	0.68		14,908		February 2017
2017
March 31 ⁽³⁾	$	0.68	$	7,454	May 2017


⁽¹⁾	Quarterly per unit distribution prorated for the 18-day period during which 14,030,611 WES Series A Preferred units were outstanding during the first quarter of 2016.


⁽²⁾	Full quarterly per unit distribution on 14,030,611 WES Series A Preferred units and quarterly per unit distribution prorated for the 77-day period during which 7,892,220 WES Series A Preferred units were outstanding during the second quarter of 2016.


⁽³⁾	On March 1, 2017, 50% of the outstanding WES Series A Preferred units converted into WES common units on a one-for-one basis. Such converted WES common units were entitled only to distributions made to WES common unitholders with respect to the first quarter of 2017. See Note 4.