Partnership Distributions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

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
2017
March 31	$	0.49125	$	107,549	May 2017
June 30	0.52750		115,487		August 2017
September 30	0.53750		117,677		November 2017
December 31	0.54875		120,140		February 2018
2018
March 31	$	0.56875	$	124,518	May 2018
June 30 ⁽¹⁾	0.58250		127,531		August 2018


⁽¹⁾	The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders for the second quarter of 2018 of $0.58250 per unit, or $127.5 million in aggregate. The cash distribution is payable on August 23, 2018, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2018.

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
2017
March 31	$	0.875	$	188,753	May 2017
June 30	0.890		207,491		August 2017
September 30	0.905		212,038		November 2017
December 31	0.920		216,586		February 2018
2018
March 31	$	0.935	$	221,133	May 2018
June 30 ⁽¹⁾	0.950		225,691		August 2018

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The Board of Directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders for the second quarter of 2018 of $0.950 per unit, or $225.7 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions, but excluding distributions on WES Class C units (see WES Class C unit distributions below). The cash distribution is payable on August 13, 2018, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2018.