WES 10-Q Quarterly Report March 31, 2017

WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


þ	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017


¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-35753

WESTERN GAS EQUITY PARTNERS, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware		46-0967367
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1201 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, Texas		77380
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(832) 636-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer þ	Accelerated filer ¨	Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company ¨	Emerging growth company ¨
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No þ

There were 218,928,570 common units outstanding as of May 1, 2017 .

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PART I		FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
	Item 1.	Financial Statements
		Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	6
		Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016	7
		Consolidated Statement of Equity and Partners’ Capital for the three months ended March 31, 2017	8
		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016	9
		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	10
		Note 1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation	10
		Note 2. Acquisitions and Divestitures	15
		Note 3. Partnership Distributions	17
		Note 4. Equity and Partners’ Capital	19
		Note 5. Transactions with Affiliates	21
		Note 6. Property, Plant and Equipment	26
		Note 7. Equity Investments	26
		Note 8. Components of Working Capital	27
		Note 9. Debt and Interest Expense	28
		Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies	29
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
		Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	30
		Executive Summary	32
		Acquisitions and Divestitures	33
		Equity Offerings	34
		Items Affecting the Comparability of Financial Results	35
		Results of Operations	38
		Operating Results	38
		Key Performance Metrics	44
		Liquidity and Capital Resources	49
		Contractual Obligations	53
		Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements	54
		Recent Accounting Developments	54
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	54
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	55
PART II		OTHER INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	55
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	55
	Item 6.	Exhibits	56

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COMMONLY USED TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (“WGP”) is a Delaware master limited partnership formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to own three types of partnership interests in Western Gas Partners, LP and its subsidiaries (“WES”). For purposes of this Form 10-Q , “WGP,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “Western Gas Equity Partners,” or like terms refers to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP in its individual capacity or to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and its subsidiaries, including the general partner of WES, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, and WES, as the context requires. As used in this Form 10-Q , the identified terms and definitions below have the following meanings:

Additional DBJV System Interest: WES’s additional 50% interest in the DBJV system acquired from a third party in March 2017.

Affiliates: Subsidiaries of Anadarko, excluding us, but including equity interests in Fort Union, White Cliffs, Rendezvous, the Mont Belvieu JV, TEP, TEG, and FRP.

Anadarko: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries, excluding us and WGP GP.

Barrel or Bbl: 42 U.S. gallons measured at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bbls/d: Barrels per day.

Board of Directors or Board: The board of directors of WGP GP.

Btu: British thermal unit; the approximate amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.

Chipeta: Chipeta Processing, LLC.

Condensate: A natural gas liquid with a low vapor pressure mainly composed of propane, butane, pentane and heavier hydrocarbon fractions.

COP: Continuous offering programs.

Cryogenic: The process in which liquefied gases are used to bring natural gas volumes to very low temperatures (below approximately -238 degrees Fahrenheit) to separate natural gas liquids from natural gas. Through cryogenic proc essing, more natural gas liquids are extracted than when traditional refrigeration methods are used.

DBJV: Delaware Basin JV Gathering LLC.

DBJV system: A gathering system and related facilities located in the Delaware Basin in Loving, Ward, Winkler and Reeves Counties in West Texas.

DBM: Delaware Basin Midstream, LLC.

DBM complex: The cryogenic processing plants, gas gathering system, and related facilities and equipment in West Texas that serve production from Reeves, Loving and Culberson Counties, Texas and Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico.

DJ Basin complex: The Platte Valley system, Wattenberg system and Lancaster plant, all of which were combined into a single complex in the first quarter of 2014.

EBITDA: Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. For a definition of “Adjusted EBITDA,” see the caption Key Performance Metrics under Part I , Item 2 of this Form 10-Q .

Equity investment throughput: WES’s 14.81% share of average Fort Union throughput, 22% share of average Rendezvous throughput, 10% share of average White Cliffs throughput, 25% share of average Mont Belvieu JV throughput, 20% share of average TEP and TEG throughput and 33.33% share of average FRP throughput.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fort Union: Fort Union Gas Gathering, LLC.

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Fractionation: The process of applying various levels of higher pressure and lower temperature to separate a stream of natural gas liquids into ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane and natural gasoline for end-use sale.

FRP: Front Range Pipeline LLC.

GAAP: Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Hydraulic fracturing: The injection of fluids into the wellbore to create fractures in rock formations, stimulating the production of oil or gas.

Imbalance: Imbalances result from (i) differences between gas and NGL volumes nominated by customers and gas and NGL volumes received from those customers and (ii) differences between gas and NGL volumes received from customers and gas and NGL volumes delivered to those customers.

IPO: Initial public offering.

LIBOR: London Interbank Offered Rate.

Marcellus Interest: WES’s 33.75% interest in the Larry’s Creek, Seely and Warrensville gas gathering systems and related facilities located in northern Pennsylvania. Formerly defined as the “Anadarko-Operated Marcellus Interest”.

MBbls/d: One thousand barrels per day.

MGR: Mountain Gas Resources, LLC.

MGR assets: The Red Desert complex and the Granger straddle plant.

MLP: Master limited partnership.

MMBtu: One million British thermal units.

MMcf: One million cubic feet.

MMcf/d: One million cubic feet per day.

Mont Belvieu JV: Enterprise EF78 LLC.

Natural gas liquid(s) or NGL(s): The combination of ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane and natural gasolines that, when removed from natural gas, become liquid under various levels of higher pressure and lower temperature.

Non-Operated Marcellus Interest: The 33.75% interest in the Liberty and Rome gas gathering systems and related facilities located in northern Pennsylvania that was transferred to a third party in March 2017 pursuant to the Property Exchange.

Produced water: Byproduct associated with the production of crude oil and natural gas that often contains a number of dissolved solids and other materials found in oil and gas reservoirs.

Property Exchange : WES’s acquisition of the Additional DBJV System Interest from a third party in exchange for the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest and $155.0 million of cash consideration, as further described in our Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2017, and March 23, 2017.

Red Desert complex : The Patrick Draw processing plant, the Red Desert processing plant, associated gathering lines, and related facilities.

Rendezvous: Rendezvous Gas Services, LLC.

Residue: The natural gas remaining after the unprocessed natural gas stream has been processed or treated.

SEC: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Springfield: Springfield Pipeline LLC.

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Springfield interest: Springfield’s 50.1% interest in the Springfield system.

Springfield gas gathering system: A gas gathering system and related facilities located in Dimmit, La Salle, Maverick and Webb Counties in South Texas.

Springfield oil gathering system: An oil gathering system and related facilities located in Dimmit, La Salle, Maverick and Webb Counties in South Texas.

Springfield system: The Springfield gas gathering system and Springfield oil gathering system.

TEFR Interests: The interests in TEP, TEG and FRP.

TEG: Texas Express Gathering LLC.

TEP: Texas Express Pipeline LLC.

TEUs: 7.50% Tangible equity units.

WES: Western Gas Partners, LP.

WES GP: Western Gas Holdings, LLC, the general partner of WES.

WES RCF: WES’s senior unsecured revolving credit facility.

WGP: Western Gas Equity Partners, LP.

WGP GP or general partner: Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC, the general partner of WGP.

WGP RCF: The WGP senior secured revolving credit facility.

WGP LTIP: Western Gas Equity Partners, LP 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

WGP WCF: The WGP working capital facility.

White Cliffs: White Cliffs Pipeline, LLC.

2018 Notes: WES’s 2.600% Senior Notes due 2018.

2021 Notes: WES’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2021.

2022 Notes: WES’s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2022.

2025 Notes: WES’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2025.

2026 Notes: WES’s 4.650% Senior Notes due 2026.

2044 Notes: WES’s 5.450% Senior Notes due 2044.

$500.0 million COP: WES’s COP contemplated by the registration statement filed with the SEC in August 2014 authorizing the issuance of up to an aggregate of $500.0 million of WES common units.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

Item 1. Financial Statements

WESTERN GAS EQUITY PARTNERS, LP

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except per-unit amounts	2017			2016
Revenues and other – affiliates
Gathering, processing and transportation	$	172,314		$	187,718
Natural gas and natural gas liquids sales	142,841			84,866
Total revenues and other – affiliates	315,155			272,584
Revenues and other – third parties
Gathering, processing and transportation	135,500			106,286
Natural gas and natural gas liquids sales	63,684			3,690
Other	1,854			581
Total revenues and other – third parties	201,038			110,557
Total revenues and other	516,193			383,141
Equity income, net – affiliates	19,461			16,814
Operating expenses
Cost of product ⁽¹⁾	189,359			76,467
Operation and maintenance ⁽¹⁾	73,760			76,213
General and administrative ⁽¹⁾	13,476			12,515
Property and other taxes	12,294			10,350
Depreciation and amortization	69,702			65,095
Impairments	164,742			6,518
Total operating expenses	523,333			247,158
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net	119,487			(632		)
Proceeds from business interruption insurance claims	5,767			—
Operating income (loss)	137,575			152,165
Interest income – affiliates	4,225			4,225
Interest expense ⁽²⁾	(36,033		)	(32,139		)
Other income (expense), net	446			141
Income (loss) before income taxes	106,213			124,392
Income tax (benefit) expense	3,552			6,633
Net income (loss)	102,661			117,759
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	26,721			35,943
Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP	$	75,940		$	81,816
Limited partners’ interest in net income (loss):
Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP	$	75,940		$	81,816
Pre-acquisition net (income) loss allocated to Anadarko	—			(11,326		)
Limited partners’ interest in net income (loss) ⁽³⁾	75,940			70,490
Net income (loss) per common unit – basic and diluted	$	0.35		$	0.32
Weighted-average common units outstanding – basic and diluted	218,929			218,919

⁽¹⁾

Cost of product includes product purchases from Anadarko (as defined in Note 1 ) of $16.0 million and $24.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. Operation and maintenance includes charges from Anadarko of $17.1 million and $18.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. General and administrative includes charges from Anadarko of $9.7 million and $9.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. See Note 5 .


⁽²⁾	Includes affiliate (as defined in Note 1 ) amounts of $(0.1) million and $(4.5) million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. See Note 2 and Note 9 .


⁽³⁾	Represents net income (loss) earned on and subsequent to the date of acquisition of WES assets (as defined in Note 1 ). See Note 4 .

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WESTERN GAS EQUITY PARTNERS, LP

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)



thousands except number of units	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	122,653	$	359,072
Accounts receivable, net ⁽¹⁾	152,544		223,021
Other current assets	11,038		13,498
Total current assets	286,235		595,591
Note receivable – Anadarko	260,000		260,000
Property, plant and equipment
Cost	7,240,894		6,861,942
Less accumulated depreciation	1,974,081		1,812,010
Net property, plant and equipment	5,266,813		5,049,932
Goodwill	417,610		417,610
Other intangible assets	796,591		803,698
Equity investments	591,102		594,208
Other assets	16,431		15,058
Total assets	$	7,634,782	$	7,736,097
LIABILITIES, EQUITY AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL
Current liabilities
Accounts and imbalance payables	$	186,882	$	247,076
Accrued ad valorem taxes	35,185		23,121
Accrued liabilities ⁽²⁾	58,083		45,190
Total current liabilities	280,150		315,387
Long-term debt	3,120,257		3,119,461
Deferred income taxes	9,529		6,402
Asset retirement obligations and other	145,342		142,641
Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko ⁽³⁾	37,346		41,440
Total long-term liabilities	3,312,474		3,309,944
Total liabilities	3,592,624		3,625,331
Equity and partners’ capital
Common units (218,928,570 units issued and outstanding at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016)	1,042,403		1,048,143
Total partners’ capital	1,042,403		1,048,143
Noncontrolling interests	2,999,755		3,062,623
Total equity and partners’ capital	4,042,158		4,110,766
Total liabilities, equity and partners’ capital	$	7,634,782	$	7,736,097


⁽¹⁾	Accounts receivable, net includes amounts receivable from affiliates (as defined in Note 1 ) of $60.2 million and $76.4 million as of March 31, 2017 , and December 31, 2016 , respectively. Accounts receivable, net as of December 31, 2016 , also includes an insurance claim receivable related to an incident at the DBM complex. See Note 1 .


⁽²⁾	Accrued liabilities includes affiliate amounts of $0.4 million and zero as of March 31, 2017 , and December 31, 2016 , respectively.


⁽³⁾	S ee Note 2 .

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

(UNAUDITED)



	Partners’ Capital
thousands	Net Investment by Anadarko			Common Units			Noncontrolling Interests			Total
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	—		$	1,048,143		$	3,062,623		$	4,110,766
Net income (loss)	—			75,940			26,721			102,661
Above-market component of swap extensions with Anadarko ⁽¹⁾	—			12,297			—			12,297
WES equity transactions, net ⁽²⁾	—			1,947			(2,129		)	(182		)
Distributions to Chipeta noncontrolling interest owner	—			—			(3,370		)	(3,370		)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest owners of WES	—			—			(84,172		)	(84,172		)
Distributions to WGP unitholders	—			(101,254		)	—			(101,254		)
Acquisitions from affiliates	14			(14		)	—			—
Revision to Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko ⁽³⁾	—			4,165			—			4,165
Contributions of equity-based compensation to WES by Anadarko	—			1,125			—			1,125
Net pre-acquisition contributions from (distributions to) Anadarko	(14		)	—			—			(14		)
Other	—			54			82			136
Balance at March 31, 2017	$	—		$	1,042,403		$	2,999,755		$	4,042,158


⁽¹⁾	See Note 5 .


⁽²⁾	Includes the impact of WES’s (as defined in Note 1 ) equity offerings as described in Note 4 . The $1.9 million increase to partners’ capital, together with net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP, totaled $77.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 .


⁽³⁾	See Note 2 .

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)	$	102,661		$	117,759
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	69,702			65,095
Impairments	164,742			6,518
Non-cash equity-based compensation expense	1,269			1,291
Deferred income taxes	3,128			1,852
Accretion and amortization of long-term obligations, net	1,268			5,496
Equity income, net – affiliates	(19,461		)	(16,814		)
Distributions from equity investment earnings – affiliates	19,114			19,855
(Gain) loss on divestiture and other, net	(119,487		)	632
Lower of cost or market inventory adjustments	45			—
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable, net	(1,530		)	12,513
Increase (decrease) in accounts and imbalance payables and accrued liabilities, net	(29,935		)	18,446
Change in other items, net	157			3,240
Net cash provided by operating activities	191,673			235,883
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(125,944		)	(136,987		)
Contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates	1,310			2,369
Acquisitions from affiliates	—			(713,596		)
Acquisitions from third parties	(155,287		)	—
Investments in equity affiliates	—			474
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – affiliates	3,453			4,784
Proceeds from the sale of assets to third parties	34			138
Proceeds from property insurance claims	24,000			—
Net cash used in investing activities	(252,434		)	(842,818		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Borrowings, net of debt issuance costs	(11		)	356,162
Increase (decrease) in outstanding checks	1,024			(994		)
Proceeds from the issuance of WES common units, net of offering expenses	(158		)	—
Proceeds from the issuance of WES Series A Preferred units, net of offering expenses	—			440,000
Distributions to WGP unitholders ⁽¹⁾	(101,254		)	(88,389		)
Distributions to Chipeta noncontrolling interest owner	(3,370		)	(3,838		)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest owners of WES	(84,172		)	(63,425		)
Net contributions from (distributions to) Anadarko	(14		)	(27,632		)
Above-market component of swap extensions with Anadarko ⁽¹⁾	12,297			6,813
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(175,658		)	618,697
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(236,419		)	11,762
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	359,072			99,694
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	122,653		$	111,456
Supplemental disclosures
Accretion expense and revisions to the Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko ⁽²⁾	$	(4,094	)	$	4,537
Net distributions to (contributions from) Anadarko of other assets	—			714
Interest paid, net of capitalized interest	29,014			18,223
Taxes paid (reimbursements received)	189			67
Accrued capital expenditures	85,280			68,152
Fair value of properties and equipment from non-cash third party transactions ⁽²⁾	548,628			—


⁽¹⁾	See Note 5 .


⁽²⁾	See Note 2 .

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WESTERN GAS EQUITY PARTNERS, LP

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

General. Western Gas Equity Partners, LP is a Delaware master limited partnership (“MLP”) formed in September 2012 to own three types of partnership interests in Western Gas Partners, LP. Western Gas Equity Partners, LP was formed by converting WGR Holdings, LLC into a limited partnership and changing its name. Western Gas Partners, LP (together with its subsidiaries, “WES”) is a Delaware MLP formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in 2007 to acquire, own, develop and operate midstream energy assets.

For purposes of these consolidated financial statements, “WGP” refers to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP in its individual capacity or to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and its subsidiaries, including Western Gas Holdings, LLC and WES, as the context requires. “WES GP” refers to Western Gas Holdings, LLC, individually as the general partner of WES, and excludes WES. WGP’s general partner, Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC (“WGP GP”), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. WES GP owns all of the general partner interest in WES, which constitutes substantially all of its business, which primarily is to manage the affairs and operations of WES. Refer to Note 4 for a discussion of WGP’s holdings of WES equity. “Anadarko” refers to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries, excluding WGP and WGP GP, and “affiliates” refers to subsidiaries of Anadarko, excluding WGP, but including equity interests in Fort Union Gas Gathering, LLC (“Fort Union”), White Cliffs Pipeline, LLC (“White Cliffs”), Rendezvous Gas Services, LLC (“Rendezvous”), Enterprise EF78 LLC (the “Mont Belvieu JV”), Texas Express Pipeline LLC (“TEP”), Texas Express Gathering LLC (“TEG”) and Front Range Pipeline LLC (“FRP”). The interests in TEP, TEG and FRP are referred to collectively as the “TEFR Interests.” “MGR assets” refers to the Red Desert complex and the Granger straddle plant.

WES is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, treating, processing and transporting natural gas, and gathering, stabilizing and transporting condensate, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and crude oil. WES is also currently constructing two produced-water disposal systems in West Texas, which are expected to be placed in service during the second quarter of 2017. WES provides these midstream services for Anadarko, as well as for third-party producers and customers. As of March 31, 2017 , WES’s assets and investments consisted of the following:



	Owned and Operated	Operated Interests	Non-Operated Interests	Equity Interests
Gathering systems	12	3	3	2
Treating facilities	21	3	—	3
Natural gas processing plants/trains	20	5	—	2
NGL pipelines	2	—	—	3
Natural gas pipelines	5	—	—	—
Oil pipelines	—	1	—	1

These assets and investments are located in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Utah and Wyoming), North-central Pennsylvania and Texas.

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Basis of presentation. The following table outlines WES’s ownership interests and the accounting method of consolidation used in WES’s consolidated financial statements:



	Percentage Interest
Equity investments ⁽¹⁾
Fort Union	14.81	%
White Cliffs	10	%
Rendezvous	22	%
Mont Belvieu JV	25	%
TEP	20	%
TEG	20	%
FRP	33.33	%
Proportionate consolidation ⁽²⁾
Marcellus Interest systems	33.75	%
Newcastle system	50	%
Springfield system	50.1	%
Full consolidation
Chipeta ⁽³⁾	75	%
DBJV system ⁽⁴⁾	100	%


⁽¹⁾	Investments in non-controlled entities over which WES exercises significant influence are accounted for under the equity method. “Equity investment throughput” refers to WES’s share of average throughput for these investments.


⁽²⁾	WGP proportionately consolidates WES’s associated share of the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses attributable to these assets.


⁽³⁾	The 25% interest in Chipeta Processing LLC (“Chipeta”) held by a third-party member is reflected within noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements, in addition to the noncontrolling interests noted below.


⁽⁴⁾	WES acquired an additional 50% interest in the DBJV system (the “Additional DBJV System Interest”) from a third party on March 17, 2017. See Note 2 .

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of WGP and entities in which it holds a controlling financial interest, including WES and WES GP. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Certain information and note disclosures commonly included in annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with WGP’s 2016 Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 23, 2017. Management believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading.

The consolidated financial results of WES are included in WGP’s consolidated financial statements due to WGP’s 100% ownership interest in WES GP and WES GP’s control of WES. Throughout these notes to consolidated financial statements, and to the extent material, any differences between the consolidated financial results of WGP and WES are discussed separately. WGP has no independent operations or material assets other than its partnership interests in WES. WGP’s consolidated financial statements differ from those of WES primarily as a result of (i) the presentation of noncontrolling interest ownership (attributable to the limited partner interests in WES held by the public, other subsidiaries of Anadarko and private investors, see Note 4 ), (ii) the elimination of WES GP’s investment in WES with WES GP’s underlying capital account, (iii) the general and administrative expenses incurred by WGP, which are separate from, and in addition to, those incurred by WES, (iv) the inclusion of the impact of WGP equity balances and WGP distributions, and (v) WGP’s senior secured revolving credit facility (“WGP RCF”). See Note 9 .

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Variable interest entity. WES is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) because the partners in WES with equity at risk lack the power, through voting or similar rights, to direct the activities that most significantly impact WES’s economic performance. A reporting entity that concludes it has a variable interest in a VIE must evaluate whether it has a controlling financial interest in the VIE, such that it is the VIE’s primary beneficiary and should consolidate. WGP is the primary beneficiary of WES and therefore should consolidate because (i) WGP has the power to direct the activities of WES that most significantly affect its economic performance and (ii) WGP has the right to receive benefits or the obligation to absorb losses that could be potentially significant to WES. As noted above, WGP has no independent operations or material assets other than its partnership interests in WES. The assets of WES cannot be used by WGP for general partnership purposes. WES’s long-term debt is recourse to WES GP, which is wholly owned by WGP. In turn, WES GP is indemnified by wholly owned subsidiaries of Anadarko for any claims made against WES GP under the indentures governing WES’s outstanding notes or borrowings under WES’s senior unsecured revolving credit facility (“WES RCF”). WES’s sources of liquidity include cash and cash equivalents, cash flows generated from operations, interest income on its $260.0 million note receivable from Anadarko, available borrowing capacity under the WES RCF, and issuances of additional equity or debt securities. As further discussed in Note 2 , WGP purchased WES common units in connection with WES’s financing of an acquisition from Anadarko in March 2016.

Noncontrolling interests. WGP’s noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements consist of the following for all periods presented: (i) the 25% interest in Chipeta held by a third-party member, (ii) the publicly held limited partner interests in WES, (iii) the 2,011,380 WES common units issued by WES to other subsidiaries of Anadarko as part of the consideration paid for the acquisitions of the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest, the TEFR Interests and Springfield, (iv) the WES Class C units issued by WES to a subsidiary of Anadarko as part of the funding for the acquisition of Delaware Basin Midstream, LLC (“DBM”) and (v) the WES Series A Preferred units issued to private investors as part of the funding of the Springfield acquisition. See Note 2 , Note 3 and Note 4 .

When WES issues equity, the carrying amount of the noncontrolling interest reported by WGP is adjusted to reflect the noncontrolling ownership interest in WES. The resulting impact of such noncontrolling interest adjustment on WGP’s interest in WES is reflected as an adjustment to WGP’s partners’ capital.

Presentation of WES assets. The term “WES assets” refers to the assets indirectly owned and interests accounted for under the equity method (see Note 7 ) by WGP through its partnership interests in WES as of March 31, 2017 . Because WGP owns the entire interest in and controls WES GP, and WGP GP is owned and controlled by Anadarko, each of WES’s acquisitions of WES assets from Anadarko has been considered a transfer of net assets between entities under common control. As such, WES assets acquired from Anadarko were initially recorded at Anadarko’s historic carrying value, which did not correlate to the total acquisition price paid by WES. Further, after an acquisition of WES assets from Anadarko, WES and WGP (by virtue of its consolidation of WES) may be required to recast their financial statements to include the activities of such WES assets from the date of common control.

For those periods requiring recast, the consolidated financial statements for periods prior to the acquisition of WES assets from Anadarko are prepared from Anadarko’s historical cost-basis accounts and may not necessarily be indicative of the actual results of operations that would have occurred if WES had owned the WES assets during the periods reported. Net income (loss) attributable to the WES assets acquired from Anadarko for periods prior to WES’s acquisition of the WES assets is not allocated to the limited partners.

Use of estimates. In preparing financial statements in accordance with GAAP, management makes informed judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Management evaluates its estimates and related assumptions regularly, using historical experience and other methods considered reasonable. Changes in facts and circumstances or additional information may result in revised estimates and actual results may differ from these estimates. Effects on the business, financial condition and results of operations resulting from revisions to estimates are recognized when the facts that give rise to the revisions become known. The information furnished herein reflects all normal recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements, and certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation.

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Insurance recoveries. Involuntary conversions result from the loss of an asset because of some unforeseen event (e.g., destruction due to fire). Some of these events are insurable and result in property damage insurance recovery. Amounts that are received from insurance carriers are net of any deductibles related to the covered event. A receivable is recorded from insurance to the extent a loss is recognized from an involuntary conversion event and the likelihood of recovering such loss is deemed probable. To the extent that any insurance claim receivables are later judged not probable of recovery (e.g., due to new information), such amounts are expensed. A gain on involuntary conversion is recognized when the amount received from insurance exceeds the net book value of the retired asset(s). In addition, gains related to insurance recoveries are not recognized until all contingencies related to such proceeds have been resolved, that is, a cash payment is received from the insurance carrier or there is a binding settlement agreement with the carrier that clearly states that a payment will be made. To the extent that an asset is rebuilt, the associated expenditures are capitalized, as appropriate, in the consolidated balance sheets and presented as capital expenditures in the consolidated statements of cash flows. With respect to business interruption insurance claims, income is recognized only when cash proceeds are received from insurers, which are presented in the consolidated statements of operations as a component of Operating income (loss).

On December 3, 2015, there was an initial fire and secondary explosion at the processing facility within the DBM complex. The majority of the damage from the incident was to the liquid handling facilities and the amine treating units at the inlet of the complex. Train II (with capacity of 100 MMcf/d) sustained the most damage of the processing trains and returned to service in December 2016. Train III (with capacity of 200 MMcf/d) experienced minimal damage and returned to full service in May 2016. For the quarter ended March 31, 2017 , a $5.7 million loss was recorded in Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations, related to a change in WES’s estimate of the amount that will be recovered under the property insurance claim based on further discussions with insurers. As of March 31, 2017 , and December 31, 2016 , the consolidated balance sheets include receivables of zero and $30.0 million , respectively, for a property insurance claim related to the incident at the DBM complex. For the quarter ended March 31, 2017 , WES received $29.8 million in cash proceeds from insurers related to the incident at the DBM complex, including $5.8 million in proceeds from business interruption insurance claims and $24.0 million in proceeds from property insurance claims.

Recently adopted accounting standards. Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business assists in determining whether a transaction should be accounted for as an acquisition or disposal of assets or as a business. This ASU provides a screen that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired, or disposed of, are concentrated in a single identifiable asset, or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set will not be considered a business. If the screen is not met, a set must include an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create an output to be considered a business. WGP’s adoption of this ASU on January 1, 2017, using a prospective approach, could have a material impact on future consolidated financial statements as goodwill will not be allocated to divestitures or recorded on acquisitions that are not considered to be a business.

ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs and eliminates the exception for an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory. WGP adopted this ASU on January 1, 2017, using a modified retrospective approach, with no impact to its consolidated financial statements.

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New accounting standards issued but not yet adopted. ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash requires an entity to explain the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents on the statement of cash flows and to provide a reconciliation of the totals in that statement to the related captions in the balance sheet when the cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents are presented in more than one line item on the balance sheet. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and is required to be adopted using a retrospective approach, with early adoption permitted. WGP is evaluating the impact of the adoption of this ASU on its consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments provides clarification on how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified on the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and is required to be adopted using a retrospective approach if practicable, with early adoption permitted. WGP does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated statement of cash flows.

ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases, including operating leases, with a term greater than 12 months on the balance sheet. The provisions of ASU 2016-02 also modify the definition of a lease and outline the requirements for recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leasing arrangements by both lessees and lessors. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. WGP is currently analyzing its portfolio of contracts to assess the impact future adoption of this ASU may have on its consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) supersedes current revenue recognition requirements and requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Additional disclosures will be required to describe the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows from contracts with customers. WGP has completed an initial review of contracts in each of its revenue streams and is developing accounting policies to address the provisions of the ASU. WGP is currently analyzing whether total revenues and total expenses may increase as a result of recognizing both revenue for noncash consideration for services provided and revenue and associated cost of product for the subsequent sale of commodities received as such noncash consideration. WGP continues to evaluate the impact of this and other provisions of the ASU on accounting policies, internal controls and consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, and has not finalized any estimates of the potential impacts. WGP will adopt the new standard on January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method with a cumulative adjustment to equity and partners’ capital.

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2. ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

The following table presents the acquisitions completed by WES during 2017 and 2016 , and identifies the funding sources for such acquisitions:



thousands except unit and percent amounts	Acquisition Date	Percentage Acquired		Borrowings		Cash On Hand		WES Common Units Issued	WES Series A Preferred Units Issued
Springfield system ⁽¹⁾	03/14/2016	50.1	%	$	247,500	$	—	2,089,602	14,030,611
DBJV system ⁽²⁾	03/17/2017	50	%	—		155,000		—	—

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WES acquired Springfield Pipeline LLC (“Springfield”) from Anadarko for $750.0 million , consisting of $712.5 million in cash and the issuance of 1,253,761 of WES common units. Springfield owns a 50.1% interest in an oil gathering system and a gas gathering system, such interest being referred to in this report as the “Springfield interest.” The Springfield oil and gas gathering systems (collectively, the “Springfield system”) are located in Dimmit, La Salle, Maverick and Webb Counties in South Texas. WES financed the cash portion of the acquisition through: (i) borrowings of $247.5 million on the WES RCF, (ii) the issuance of 835,841 of WES common units to WGP and (iii) the issuance of WES Series A Preferred units to private investors. See Note 4 for further information regarding WES’s Series A Preferred units. WGP financed the purchase of the WES common units by borrowing $25.0 million under the WGP RCF. See Note 9 .


⁽²⁾	WES acquired the Additional DBJV System Interest from a third party. See Property exchange below.

Property exchange. On March 17, 2017, WES acquired the Additional DBJV System Interest from a third party in exchange for (a) WES’s 33.75% non-operated interest in two natural gas gathering systems located in northern Pennsylvania (the “Non-Operated Marcellus Interest”), commonly referred to as the Liberty and Rome systems, and (b) $155.0 million of cash consideration (collectively, the “Property Exchange”). WES previously held a 50% interest in, and operated, the DBJV system.

The Property Exchange is reflected as a nonmonetary transaction whereby the acquired Additional DBJV System Interest is recorded at the fair value of the divested Non-Operated Marcellus Interest plus the $155.0 million of cash consideration. The Property Exchange resulted in a net gain of $125.4 million recorded as Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations. Results of operations attributable to the Property Exchange were included in the consolidated statement of operations beginning on the acquisition date in the first quarter of 2017.

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DBJV acquisition - Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko. The consideration to be paid by WES for the March 2015 acquisition of Delaware Basin JV Gathering LLC (“DBJV”) from Anadarko, consists of a cash payment to Anadarko due on March 31, 2020. The cash payment will be equal to (a) eight multiplied by the average of WES’s share in the Net Earnings (see definition below) of DBJV for the calendar years 2018 and 2019, less (b) WES’s share of all capital expenditures incurred for DBJV between March 1, 2015, and February 29, 2020. Net Earnings is defined as all revenues less cost of product, operating expenses and property taxes, in each case attributable to DBJV on an accrual basis. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 , WES recognized an aggregate $6.8 million decrease in the estimated future payment obligation (based on management’s estimate of WES’s share of forecasted Net Earnings and capital expenditures for DBJV), resulting in a net present value of $37.3 million for this obligation at March 31, 2017 , calculated using a discounted cash flow model with a 10% discount rate. The reduction in the value of the deferred purchase price obligation is primarily due to revisions reflecting a decrease in WES’s estimate of the average of 2018 and 2019 Net Earnings, partially offset by a decrease in WES’s estimate of aggregate capital expenditures to be incurred by DBJV through February 29, 2020.

The following table summarizes the financial statement impact of the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko:



	Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko			Estimated future payment obligation ⁽¹⁾
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	41,440		$	56,455
Accretion expense ⁽²⁾	71
Revision to Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko ⁽³⁾	(4,165		)
Balance at March 31, 2017	$	37,346		$	49,694


⁽¹⁾	Calculated using Level 3 inputs.


⁽²⁾	Accretion expense was recorded as a charge to Interest expense on the consolidated statements of operations.


⁽³⁾	Recorded as revisions within Common units on the consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of equity and partners’ capital.

Hugoton system divestiture. During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Hugoton system, located in Southwest Kansas and Oklahoma, was sold to a third party, resulting in a net loss on sale of $12.0 million recorded as Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations. WES allocated $1.6 million in goodwill to this divestiture.

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3. PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS

WGP partnership distributions. WGP’s partnership agreement requires WGP to distribute all of its available cash (as defined in its partnership agreement) to WGP unitholders of record on the applicable record date within 55 days of the end of each quarter. 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 .

WES partnership distributions. WES’s partnership agreement requires WES to distribute all of its available cash (as defined in WES’s partnership agreement) to WES unitholders of record on the applicable record date within 45 days of the end of each quarter. 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 .

WES’s available cash. The amount of available cash (as defined in WES’s partnership agreement) generally is all cash on hand at the end of the quarter, plus, at the discretion of WES GP, working capital borrowings made subsequent to the end of such quarter, less the amount of cash reserves established by WES GP to provide for the proper conduct of WES’s business, including reserves to fund future capital expenditures; to comply with applicable laws, debt instruments or other agreements; or to provide funds for distributions to WES unitholders, and to WES GP for any one or more of the next four quarters. Working capital borrowings generally include borrowings made under a credit facility or similar financing arrangement. Working capital borrowings may only be those that, at the time of such borrowings, were intended to be repaid within 12 months. In all cases, working capital borrowings are used solely for working capital purposes or to fund distributions to partners.

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WES Class C unit distributions. WES’s Class C units receive quarterly distributions at a rate equivalent to WES’s common units. The distributions are paid in the form of additional Class C units (“PIK Class C units”) until the scheduled conversion date on March 1, 2020 (unless earlier converted), and the Class C units are disregarded with respect to WES’s distributions of WES’s available cash until they are converted to WES common units. The number of additional PIK Class C units to be issued in connection with a distribution payable on the Class C units is determined by dividing the corresponding distribution attributable to the Class C units by the volume-weighted-average price of WES’s common units for the ten days immediately preceding the payment date for the WES common unit distribution, less a 6% discount. WES records the PIK Class C unit distributions at fair value at the time of issuance. This Level 2 fair value measurement uses WES’s unit price as a significant input in the determination of the fair value. See Note 4 for further discussion of the WES Class C units.

WES Series A Preferred unit distributions. As further described in Note 4 , WES issued Series A Preferred units representing limited partner interests in WES to private investors in 2016. The Series A Preferred unitholders receive quarterly distributions in cash equal to $0.68 per Series A Preferred unit, subject to certain adjustments. 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 .

WES’s general partner interest and incentive distribution rights. As of March 31, 2017 , WES GP was entitled to 1.5% of all quarterly distributions that WES makes prior to its liquidation and, as the holder of the incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”), was entitled to incentive distributions at the maximum distribution sharing percentage of 48.0% for all periods presented, after the minimum quarterly distribution and the target distribution levels had been achieved. The maximum distribution sharing percentage of 49.5% does not include any distributions that WES GP may receive on common units that it may acquire.

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4. EQUITY AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

Holdings of WGP equity. WGP’s common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WGP.” As of March 31, 2017 , Anadarko held 178,587,365 of WGP’s common units, representing an 81.6% limited partner interest in WGP, and, through its ownership of WGP GP, Anadarko indirectly held the entire non-economic general partner interest in WGP. The public held 40,341,205 WGP common units, representing an 18.4% limited partner interest in WGP.

In June 2016, Anadarko sold 12,500,000 of its WGP common units to the public through an underwritten offering. WGP did not receive any proceeds from, or incur any expense in, the public offering.

Tangible equity units. In June 2015, Anadarko completed the public issuance of 9,200,000 7.50% tangible equity units (“TEUs”), including 1,200,000 TEUs pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at a price to the public of $50.00 per TEU. Each TEU that Anadarko issued consists of (1) a prepaid equity purchase contract for WGP common units owned by Anadarko (subject to Anadarko’s right to elect to deliver shares of its common stock in lieu of such WGP common units) and (2) a senior amortizing note due June 7, 2018 . WGP did not receive any proceeds from, or incur any expense in, the public offering.

Net income (loss) per common unit. For WGP, basic net income (loss) per common unit is calculated by dividing the limited partners’ interest in net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common units outstanding during the period. Dilutive net income (loss) per common unit is calculated by dividing the limited partners’ interest in net income (loss) adjusted for distributions on the WES Series A Preferred units and a reallocation of the limited partners’ interest in net income (loss) assuming conversion of the WES Series A Preferred units into WES common units by the weighted-average number of WGP common units outstanding during the period. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 , the impact of the Series A Preferred units assuming conversion to WES common units would be anti-dilutive. Net income (loss) per common unit is calculated assuming that cash distributions are equal to the net income attributable to WGP. Net income (loss) attributable to the WES assets (as defined in Note 1 ) acquired from Anadarko for periods prior to WES’s acquisition of the WES assets is not allocated to the limited partners when calculating net income (loss) per common unit. Net income equal to the amount of available cash (as defined by WGP’s partnership agreement) is allocated to WGP common unitholders consistent with actual cash distributions.

Holdings of WES equity. As of March 31, 2017 , WGP held 50,132,046 WES common units, representing a 29.9% limited partner interest in WES, and, through its ownership of WES GP, WGP indirectly held 2,583,068 general partner units, representing a 1.5% general partner interest in WES, and 100% of WES’s incentive distribution rights. As of March 31, 2017 , (i) other subsidiaries of Anadarko collectively held 2,011,380 WES common units and 12,537,100 Class C units, representing an aggregate 8.7% limited partner interest in WES, (ii) the public held 89,489,959 WES common units, representing a 53.4% limited partner interest in WES, and (iii) private investors held 10,961,416 WES Series A Preferred units, representing a 6.5% limited partner interest in WES, which are all reflected as noncontrolling interests within the consolidated financial statements of WGP (see Note 1 and Note 2 ).

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WES Class C units. In November 2014, WES issued 10,913,853 Class C units to Anadarko Midstream Holdings (“AMH”), pursuant to a Unit Purchase Agreement with Anadarko and AMH. The Class C units were issued to partially fund WES’s acquisition of DBM.

When issued, the WES Class C units were scheduled to convert into WES common units on a one -for-one basis on December 31, 2017. In February 2017, Anadarko elected to extend the conversion date of the WES Class C units to March 1, 2020. WES can elect to convert the Class C units earlier or Anadarko can extend the conversion date again.

WES Series A Preferred units. In 2016, WES issued 21,922,831 WES Series A Preferred units to private investors. Pursuant to an agreement between WES and the holders of the WES Series A Preferred units, 50% of the WES Series A Preferred units converted into WES common units on a one -for-one basis on March 1, 2017, with the remaining Series A Preferred units to be converted in May 2017. WES has an effective registration statement with the SEC relating to the public resale of the WES common units issued or to be issued upon conversion of the WES Series A Preferred units.

WES interests . The following table summarizes WES’s common, Class C, Series A Preferred and general partner units issued during the three months ended March 31, 2017 :



	WES Common Units	WES Class C Units	WES Series A Preferred Units		WES General Partner Units	Total
Balance at December 31, 2016	130,671,970	12,358,123	21,922,831		2,583,068	167,535,992
PIK Class C units	—	178,977	—		—	178,977
Conversion of Series A Preferred units	10,961,415	—	(10,961,415	)	—	—
Balance at March 31, 2017	141,633,385	12,537,100	10,961,416		2,583,068	167,714,969

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5. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Affiliate transactions. Revenues from affiliates include amounts earned by WES from services provided to Anadarko as well as from the sale of residue and NGLs to Anadarko. In addition, WES purchases natural gas from an affiliate of Anadarko pursuant to gas purchase agreements. Operation and maintenance expense includes amounts accrued for or paid to affiliates for the operation of WES assets, whether in providing services to affiliates or to third parties, including field labor, measurement and analysis, and other disbursements. A portion of general and administrative expenses is paid by Anadarko, which results in affiliate transactions pursuant to the reimbursement provisions of the omnibus agreements of WES and WGP. Affiliate expenses do not bear a direct relationship to affiliate revenues, and third-party expenses do not bear a direct relationship to third-party revenues. See Note 2 for further information related to contributions of assets to WES by Anadarko.

Cash management. Anadarko operates a cash management system whereby excess cash from most of its subsidiaries’ separate bank accounts is generally swept to centralized accounts. Prior to the acquisition of WES assets, third-party sales and purchases related to such assets were received or paid in cash by Anadarko within its centralized cash management system. The outstanding affiliate balances were entirely settled through an adjustment to net investment by Anadarko in connection with the acquisition of WES assets. Subsequent to the acquisition of WES assets from Anadarko, transactions related to such assets are cash-settled directly with third parties and with Anadarko affiliates. Chipeta cash settles its transactions directly with third parties and Anadarko, as well as with the other subsidiaries of WES.

Note receivable - Anadarko and Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko. Concurrently with the closing of WES’s May 2008 initial public offering, WES loaned $260.0 million to Anadarko in exchange for a 30-year note bearing interest at a fixed annual rate of 6.50% , payable quarterly. The fair value of the note receivable from Anadarko was $311.0 million and $313.3 million at March 31, 2017 , and December 31, 2016 , respectively. The fair value of the note reflects consideration of credit risk and any premium or discount for the differential between the stated interest rate and quarter-end market interest rate, based on quoted market prices of similar debt instruments. Accordingly, the fair value of the note receivable from Anadarko is measured using Level 2 inputs.

The consideration to be paid by WES to Anadarko for the March 2015 acquisition of DBJV consists of a cash payment due on March 31, 2020. See Note 2 and Note 9 .

WGP working capital facility. On November 1, 2012, WGP entered into a $30.0 million working capital facility (the “WGP WCF”) with Anadarko as the lender. The WGP WCF is available exclusively to fund WGP’s working capital borrowings. Borrowings under the WGP WCF will mature on November 1, 2017 , and bear interest at the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.50% . See Note 9 .

Commodity price swap agreements. WES has commodity price swap agreements with Anadarko to mitigate exposure to a majority of the commodity price risk inherent in its percent-of-proceeds and keep-whole contracts. Notional volumes for each of the commodity price swap agreements are not specifically defined. Instead, the commodity price swap agreements apply to the actual volume of natural gas, condensate and NGLs purchased and sold. The commodity price swap agreements do not satisfy the definition of a derivative financial instrument and, therefore, are not required to be measured at fair value.

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The following table summarizes gains and losses upon settlement of commodity price swap agreements recognized in the consolidated statements of operations:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements related to sales: ⁽¹⁾
Natural gas sales	$	1,082		$	7,041
Natural gas liquids sales	(4,307		)	20,070
Total	(3,225		)	27,111
Gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements related to purchases ⁽²⁾	2,696			(18,871		)
Net gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements	$	(529	)	$	8,240


⁽¹⁾	Reported in affiliate Natural gas and natural gas liquids sales in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the related sale is recorded.


⁽²⁾	Reported in Cost of product in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the related purchase is recorded.

Revenues or costs attributable to volumes settled during 2016 and 2017 for the DJ Basin complex and 2017 for the MGR assets are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at the applicable market price in the tables below. WES also records a capital contribution from Anadarko in its consolidated statement of equity and partners’ capital for the amount by which the swap price exceeds the applicable market price in the tables below. The commodity price swap agreement for the Hugoton system was in place until its divestiture in October 2016. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 , the capital contribution from Anadarko was $12.3 million . The tables below summarize the swap prices compared to the forward market prices:



	DJ Basin Complex
per barrel except natural gas	2016 - 2017 Swap Prices		2016 Market Prices ⁽¹⁾		2017 Market Prices ⁽¹⁾
Ethane	$	18.41	$	0.60	$	5.09
Propane	47.08		10.98		18.85
Isobutane	62.09		17.23		26.83
Normal butane	54.62		16.86		26.20
Natural gasoline	72.88		26.15		41.84
Condensate	76.47		34.65		45.40
Natural gas (per MMBtu)	5.96		2.11		3.05


⁽¹⁾	Represents the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) forward strip price as of December 8, 2015 and December 1, 2016, for the 2016 Market Prices and 2017 Market Prices, respectively, adjusted for product specification, location, basis and, in the case of NGLs, transportation and fractionation costs.

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	MGR Assets
per barrel except natural gas	2016 - 2017 Swap Prices		2017 Market Prices ⁽¹⁾
Ethane	$	23.11	$	4.08
Propane	52.90		19.24
Isobutane	73.89		25.79
Normal butane	64.93		25.16
Natural gasoline	81.68		45.01
Condensate	81.68		53.55
Natural gas (per MMBtu)	4.87		3.05


⁽¹⁾	Represents the NYMEX forward strip price as of December 1, 2016, adjusted for product specification, location, basis and, in the case of NGLs, transportation and fractionation costs.

Gathering and processing agreements. WES has significant gathering and processing arrangements with affiliates of Anadarko on a majority of its systems. WES’s natural gas gathering, treating and transportation throughput (excluding equity investment throughput) attributable to production owned or controlled by Anadarko was 32% and 37% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. WES’s natural gas processing throughput (excluding equity investment throughput) attributable to production owned or controlled by Anadarko was 49% and 61% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. WES’s crude/NGL gathering, treating and transportation throughput (excluding equity investment throughput) attributable to production owned or controlled by Anadarko was 56% and 64% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

Commodity purchase and sale agreements. WES sells a significant amount of its natural gas, condensate and NGLs to Anadarko Energy Services Company (“AESC”), Anadarko’s marketing affiliate. In addition, WES purchases natural gas, condensate and NGLs from AESC pursuant to purchase agreements. WES’s purchase and sale agreements with AESC are generally one-year contracts, subject to annual renewal.

Acquisitions from Anadarko. On March 14, 2016, WES acquired Springfield from Anadarko (see Note 2 ).

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WGP LTIP. WGP GP awards phantom units under the Western Gas Equity Partners, LP 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“WGP LTIP”) to its independent directors and executive officers. The phantom units awarded to the independent directors vest one year from the grant date, while awards granted to executive officers are subject to graded vesting over a three -year service period. Compensation expense under the WGP LTIP is recognized over the vesting period and was $55,000 and $56,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

WGP LTIP and Anadarko Incentive Plan. For each of the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , general and administrative expenses included $1.2 million of equity-based compensation expense, allocated to WES by Anadarko, for awards granted to the executive officers of WES GP and other employees under the WGP LTIP and the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (“Anadarko Incentive Plan”). Of this amount, $1.1 million is reflected as contributions to partners’ capital in the consolidated statement of equity and partners’ capital for the three months ended March 31, 2017 .

WES LTIP. WES GP awards phantom units under the Western Gas Partners, LP 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“WES LTIP”) primarily to its independent directors, but also from time to time to its executive officers and Anadarko employees performing services for WES. The phantom units awarded to the independent directors vest one year from the grant date, while all other awards are subject to graded vesting over a three -year service period. Compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period and was $0.1 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 .

Equipment purchases. The following table summarizes WES’s purchases from Anadarko of pipe and equipment:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
thousands	Purchases
Cash consideration	$	—	$	1,096
Payable to affiliate	—		990
Net carrying value	—		(1,372		)
Partners’ capital adjustment	$	—	$	714

Contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates. On certain of WES’s capital projects, Anadarko is obligated to reimburse WES for all or a portion of project capital expenditures. The majority of such arrangements are associated with projects related to pipeline construction activities and production well tie-ins. The cash receipts resulting from such reimbursements are presented as “Contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates” within the investing section of the consolidated statements of cash flows.

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Summary of affiliate transactions. The following table summarizes material affiliate transactions. See Note 2 for discussion of affiliate acquisitions and related funding.



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017		2016
Revenues and other ⁽¹⁾	$	315,155	$	272,584
Equity income, net – affiliates ⁽¹⁾	19,461		16,814
Cost of product ⁽¹⁾	15,988		24,580
Operation and maintenance ⁽²⁾	17,089		17,975
General and administrative ⁽³⁾	9,734		9,150
Operating expenses	42,811		51,705
Interest income ⁽⁴⁾	4,225		4,225
Interest expense ⁽⁵⁾	71		4,537
Distributions to WGP unitholders ⁽⁶⁾	82,597		77,152
Distributions to WES unitholders ⁽⁷⁾	1,730		606
Above-market component of swap extensions with Anadarko	12,297		6,813


⁽¹⁾	Represents amounts earned or incurred on and subsequent to the date of the acquisition of WES assets, as well as amounts earned or incurred by Anadarko on a historical basis related to WES assets prior to the acquisition of such assets by WES, recognized under gathering, treating or processing agreements, and purchase and sale agreements.


⁽²⁾	Represents expenses incurred on and subsequent to the date of the acquisition of WES assets, as well as expenses incurred by Anadarko on a historical basis related to WES assets prior to the acquisition of such assets by WES.

⁽³⁾

Represents general and administrative expense incurred on and subsequent to the date of WES’s acquisition of WES assets, as well as a management services fee for reimbursement of expenses incurred by Anadarko for periods prior to the acquisition of WES assets by WES. These amounts include equity-based compensation expense allocated to WES and WGP by Anadarko (see WES LTIP and WGP LTIP and Anadarko Incentive Plan within this Note 5 ) and amounts charged by Anadarko under the WGP and WES omnibus agreements.


⁽⁴⁾	Represents interest income recognized on the note receivable from Anadarko.


⁽⁵⁾	Includes amounts related to WES’s Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko (see Note 2 and Note 9 ).


⁽⁶⁾	Represents distributions paid under WGP’s partnership agreement (see Note 3 and Note 4 ).


⁽⁷⁾	Represents distributions paid to other subsidiaries of Anadarko under WES’s partnership agreement (see Note 3 and Note 4 ).

Concentration of credit risk. Anadarko was the only customer from whom revenues exceeded 10% of consolidated revenues for all periods presented in the consolidated statements of operations.

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6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

A summary of the historical cost of property, plant and equipment is as follows:



thousands	Estimated Useful Life	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Land	n/a	$	4,021	$	4,012
Gathering systems and processing complexes	3 to 47 years	6,836,748		6,462,053
Pipelines and equipment	15 to 45 years	139,376		139,646
Assets under construction	n/a	230,898		226,626
Other	3 to 40 years	29,851		29,605
Total property, plant and equipment		7,240,894		6,861,942
Accumulated depreciation		1,974,081		1,812,010
Net property, plant and equipment		$	5,266,813	$	5,049,932

The cost of property classified as “Assets under construction” is excluded from capitalized costs being depreciated. These amounts represent property that is not yet suitable to be placed into productive service as of the respective balance sheet date.

Impairments. As of March 31, 2017 , net property, plant and equipment includes impairments of $164.7 million , including an impairment of $158.8 million at the Granger complex, which was impaired to its estimated fair value of $48.5 million using the income approach and Level 3 fair value inputs, due to a reduced throughput fee as a result of a producer’s bankruptcy. Also during the period, WES recognized additional impairments of $5.9 million , primarily related to (i) a $3.7 million impairment at the Granger straddle plant, which was impaired to its estimated salvage value of $0.6 million using the income approach and Level 3 fair value inputs and (ii) the cancellation of a pipeline project in West Texas.

During 2016, WES recognized impairments of $15.5 million , including an impairment of $6.1 million at WES’s Newcastle system, which was impaired to its estimated fair value of $3.1 million using the income approach and Level 3 fair value inputs, due to a reduction in estimated future cash flows caused by the low commodity price environment. Also during 2016, WES recognized impairments of $9.4 million , primarily related to the cancellation of projects at the DJ Basin complex and Springfield and DBJV systems, and the abandonment of compressors at the MIGC system.

7. EQUITY INVESTMENTS

The following table presents the activity of WES’s equity investments for the three months ended March 31, 2017 :



	Equity Investments
thousands	Fort Union			White Cliffs			Rendezvous			Mont Belvieu JV			TEG			TEP			FRP			Total
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	12,833		$	47,319		$	46,739		$	112,805		$	15,846		$	189,194		$	169,472		$	594,208
Investment earnings (loss), net of amortization	805			3,098			249			6,863			367			4,276			3,803			19,461
Distributions	(845		)	(2,952		)	(734		)	(6,125		)	(272		)	(4,339		)	(3,847		)	(19,114		)
Distributions in excess of cumulative earnings ⁽¹⁾	—			(615		)	(809		)	—			—			(851		)	(1,178		)	(3,453		)
Balance at March 31, 2017	$	12,793		$	46,850		$	45,445		$	113,543		$	15,941		$	188,280		$	168,250		$	591,102


⁽¹⁾	Distributions in excess of cumulative earnings, classified as investing cash flows in the consolidated statements of cash flows, is calculated on an individual investment basis.

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8. COMPONENTS OF WORKING CAPITAL

A summary of accounts receivable, net is as follows:



thousands	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Trade receivables, net	$	152,467	$	192,606
Other receivables, net	77		30,415
Total accounts receivable, net	$	152,544	$	223,021

A summary of other current assets is as follows:



thousands	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Natural gas liquids inventory	$	8,348	$	7,126
Imbalance receivables	977		3,483
Prepaid insurance	1,713		2,889
Total other current assets	$	11,038	$	13,498

A summary of accrued liabilities is as follows:



thousands	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Accrued interest expense	$	45,585	$	39,834
Short-term asset retirement obligations	6,678		3,114
Short-term remediation and reclamation obligations	630		630
Income taxes payable	1,430		1,006
Other	3,760		606
Total accrued liabilities	$	58,083	$	45,190

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9. DEBT AND INTEREST EXPENSE

At March 31, 2017 , WGP’s debt consisted of borrowings under the WGP RCF and WES’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “2021 Notes”), 4.000% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), 2.600% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes”), 5.450% Senior Notes due 2044 (the “2044 Notes”), 3.950% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”), and 4.650% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”).

The following table presents WES and WGP’s outstanding debt as of March 31, 2017 , and December 31, 2016 :



	March 31, 2017						December 31, 2016
thousands	Principal		Carrying Value		Fair Value ⁽¹⁾		Principal		Carrying Value		Fair Value ⁽¹⁾
WGP RCF	$	28,000	$	28,000	$	28,000	$	28,000	$	28,000	$	28,000
2021 Notes	500,000		494,999		537,815		500,000		494,734		536,252
2022 Notes	670,000		668,688		688,423		670,000		668,634		681,723
2018 Notes	350,000		349,311		351,970		350,000		349,188		351,531
2044 Notes	600,000		593,152		614,253		600,000		593,132		615,753
2025 Notes	500,000		491,196		494,066		500,000		490,971		492,499
2026 Notes	500,000		494,911		514,065		500,000		494,802		518,441
Total long-term debt	$	3,148,000	$	3,120,257	$	3,228,592	$	3,148,000	$	3,119,461	$	3,224,199


⁽¹⁾	Fair value is measured using the market approach and Level 2 inputs.

Debt activity. The following table presents WES and WGP’s debt activity for the three months ended March 31, 2017 :



thousands	Carrying Value
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	3,119,461
Other	796
Balance at March 31, 2017	$	3,120,257

WGP RCF. As of March 31, 2017 , WGP had $28.0 million outstanding borrowings and $222.0 million available for borrowing under the WGP RCF, which matures in March 2019. As of March 31, 2017 and 2016 , the interest rate on the outstanding WGP RCF borrowings was 2.99% and 2.69% , respectively. The commitment fee rate was 0.30% at March 31, 2017 and 2016 . At March 31, 2017 , WGP was in compliance with all covenants under the WGP RCF.

WGP WCF. As of March 31, 2017 , WGP had no outstanding borrowings and $30.0 million available for borrowing under the WGP WCF. The interest rate on the WGP WCF, which matures in November 2017, was 2.48% and 1.94% at March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. At March 31, 2017 , WGP was in compliance with all covenants under the WGP WCF.

WES Senior Notes. At March 31, 2017 , WES was in compliance with all covenants under the indentures governing its outstanding notes.

WES RCF. As of March 31, 2017 , WES had no outstanding WES RCF borrowings and $4.9 million in outstanding letters of credit, resulting in $1.195 billion available for borrowing under the WES RCF, which matures in February 2020. As of March 31, 2017 and 2016 , the interest rate on the outstanding WES RCF borrowings was 2.28% and 1.74% , respectively. The facility fee rate was 0.20% at March 31, 2017 and 2016 . At March 31, 2017 , WES was in compliance with all covenants under the WES RCF.

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9. DEBT AND INTEREST EXPENSE (CONTINUED)

Interest expense. The following table summarizes the amounts included in interest expense:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Third parties
Long-term debt	$	(34,814	)	$	(27,856	)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and commitment fees	(1,964		)	(1,595		)
Capitalized interest	816			1,849
Total interest expense – third parties	(35,962		)	(27,602		)
Affiliates
Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko ⁽¹⁾	(71		)	(4,537		)
Total interest expense – affiliates	(71		)	(4,537		)
Interest expense	$	(36,033	)	$	(32,139	)


⁽¹⁾	See Note 2 for a discussion of the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko.

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation and legal proceedings. From time to time, WGP, through its partnership interests in WES, is involved in legal, tax, regulatory and other proceedings in various forums regarding performance, contracts and other matters that arise in the ordinary course of business. Management is not aware of any such proceeding the final disposition of which could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of WGP.

Other commitments. WES has short-term payment obligations, or commitments, related to its capital spending programs, as well as those of its unconsolidated affiliates. As of March 31, 2017 , WES had unconditional payment obligations for services to be rendered or products to be delivered in connection with its capital projects of $36.9 million , the majority of which is expected to be paid in the next twelve months. These commitments relate primarily to (i) the construction of Train VI at the DBM complex, (ii) expansion projects at the DBJV system and the DBM and DJ Basin complexes and (iii) the construction of two produced-water disposal systems in West Texas.

Lease commitments. Anadarko, on WES’s behalf, has entered into lease agreements for corporate offices, shared field offices and a warehouse supporting WES’s operations, for which Anadarko charges WES rent. The leases for the corporate off ices and shared field offices extend throug h 2017 a nd 2019, respectively , and the lease for the warehouse expired in February 2017.

Rent expense associated with the office, warehouse and equipment leases was $7.9 million and $8.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion analyzes our financial condition and results of operations and should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, in which WES is fully consolidated, which are included under Part I , Item 1 of this quarterly report, as well as our historical consolidated financial statements, and the notes thereto, which are included under Part II, Item 8 of our 2016 Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 23, 2017.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We have made in this Form 10-Q , and may from time to time make in other public filings, press releases and statements by management, forward-looking statements concerning WES’s operations, economic performance and financial condition. These forward-looking statements include statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “target,” “goal,” “plans,” “objective,” “should” or similar expressions or variations on such expressions. These statements discuss future expectations, contain projections of results of operations or financial condition or include other “forward-looking” information.

Although we and WGP GP believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither we nor WGP GP can give any assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, the following:


•	our ability to pay distributions to our unitholders;


•	our expected receipt of, and the amounts of, distributions from WES;


•	WES’s and Anadarko’s assumptions about the energy market;


•	WES’s future throughput (including Anadarko production) which is gathered or processed by or transported through WES’s assets;


•	operating results of WES;


•	competitive conditions;


•	technology;


•	the availability of capital resources to fund acquisitions, capital expenditures and other contractual obligations of WES, and WES’s ability to access those resources from Anadarko or through the debt or equity capital markets;


•	the supply of, demand for, and price of, oil, natural gas, NGLs and related products or services;


•	WES’s ability to mitigate exposure to the commodity price risks inherent in its percent-of-proceeds and keep-whole contracts through the extension of WES’s commodity price swap agreements with Anadarko, or otherwise;


•	weather and natural disasters;


•	inflation;


•	the availability of goods and services;


•	general economic conditions, internationally, domestically or in the jurisdictions in which WES is doing business;

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•	federal, state and local laws, including those that limit Anadarko and other producers’ hydraulic fracturing or other oil and natural gas operations;


•	environmental liabilities;


•	legislative or regulatory changes, including changes affecting our or WES’s status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes;


•	changes in the financial or operational condition of WES or Anadarko;


•	the creditworthiness of Anadarko or WES’s other counterparties, including financial institutions, operating partners, and other parties;


•	changes in WES’s or Anadarko’s capital program, strategy or desired areas of focus;


•	WES’s commitments to capital projects;


•	WES’s ability to use the WES RCF;


•	our and WES’s ability to repay debt;


•	conflicts of interest among WES, WES GP, WGP and WGP GP, and affiliates, including Anadarko;


•	WES’s ability to maintain and/or obtain rights to operate its assets on land owned by third parties;


•	our or WES’s ability to acquire assets on acceptable terms from Anadarko or third parties, and Anadarko’s ability to generate an inventory of assets suitable for acquisition;


•	non-payment or non-performance of Anadarko or WES’s other significant customers, including under WES’s gathering, processing and transportation agreements and its $260.0 million note receivable from Anadarko;


•	the timing, amount and terms of our or WES’s future issuances of equity and debt securities; and


•	other factors discussed below, in “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates” included in our 2016 Form 10-K, and in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and in our other public filings and press releases.

The risk factors and other factors noted throughout or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-Q could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We were formed by Anadarko in September 2012 by converting WGR Holdings, LLC into an MLP and changing its name to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP. We closed our IPO in December 2012 and own WES GP and a significant limited partner interest in WES, a growth-oriented Delaware MLP formed by Anadarko to acquire, own, develop and operate midstream energy assets. Our consolidated financial statements include the consolidated financial results of WES due to our 100% ownership interest in WES GP and WES GP’s control of WES. Our only cash-generating assets consist of our partnership interests in WES, and we currently have no independent operations.

WES currently owns or has investments in assets located in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Utah and Wyoming), North-central Pennsylvania and Texas. WES is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, treating, processing and transporting natural gas, and gathering, stabilizing and transporting condensate, NGLs and crude oil. WES is also currently constructing two produced-water disposal systems in West Texas, which are expected to be placed in service during the second quarter of 2017. WES provides these midstream services for Anadarko, as well as for third-party producers and customers. As of March 31, 2017 , WES’s assets and investments consisted of the following:



	Owned and Operated	Operated Interests	Non-Operated Interests	Equity Interests
Gathering systems	12	3	3	2
Treating facilities	21	3	—	3
Natural gas processing plants/trains	20	5	—	2
NGL pipelines	2	—	—	3
Natural gas pipelines	5	—	—	—
Oil pipelines	—	1	—	1

Significant financial and operational events during the three months ended March 31, 2017 , included the following:


•	We raised our distribution to $0.49125 per unit for the first quarter of 2017 , representing a 6% increase over the distribution for the fourth quarter of 2016 and a 16% increase over the distribution for the first quarter of 2016 .


•	In March 2017, WES acquired the Additional DBJV System Interest from a third party in exchange for the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest and $155.0 million of cash consideration, resulting in a net gain of $125.4 million . See Acquisitions and Divestitures within this Item 2 for additional information.


•	On March 1, 2017, 50% of the outstanding WES Series A Preferred units converted into WES common units on a one-for-one basis. See Equity Offerings within this Item 2 for additional information.


•	Anadarko elected to extend the conversion date of the WES Class C units from December 31, 2017, to March 1, 2020.


•	WES received $29.8 million in cash proceeds from insurers related to the incident at the DBM complex, including $5.8 million for business interruption insurance claims and $24.0 million for property insurance claims. See Liquidity and Capital Resources within this Item 2 for additional information.


•	WES raised its distribution to $0.875 per unit for the first quarter of 2017 , representing a 2% increase over the distribution for the fourth quarter of 2016 and a 7% increase over the distribution for the first quarter of 2016 .


•	Throughput attributable to WES for natural gas assets totaled 3,938 MMcf/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , representing a 4% increase compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016 .


•	Throughput for crude/NGL assets totaled 169 MBbls/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , representing an 8% decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016 .

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•	WES’s operating income (loss) was $138.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , representing a 10% decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016 .


•	Adjusted gross margin attributable to WES for natural gas assets (as defined under the caption Key Performance Metrics within this Item 2 ) averaged $0.85 per Mcf for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , representing a 6% increase compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016 .


•	Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets (as defined under the caption Key Performance Metrics within this Item 2 ) averaged $1.98 per Bbl for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , representing a 4% decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2016 .

Significant Item Affecting Comparability. On December 3, 2015, there was an initial fire and secondary explosion at the processing facility within the DBM complex. The majority of the damage was to the liquid handling facilities and the amine treating units at the inlet of the complex. Train II (with capacity of 100 MMcf/d) sustained the most damage of the processing trains and returned to service in December 2016. Train III (with capacity of 200 MMcf/d) experienced minimal damage and returned to full service in May 2016. For ease of reference throughout the remainder of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis, the damage to the processing facility and resulting lack of processing capacity and associated financial statement impact is referred to as the “DBM outage.” See Note 1—Description of Business and Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

Acquisitions. The following table presents the acquisitions completed by WES during 2017 and 2016 , and identifies the funding sources for such acquisitions. See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .



thousands except unit and percent amounts	Acquisition Date	Percentage Acquired		Borrowings		Cash On Hand		WES Common Units Issued	WES Series A Preferred Units Issued
Springfield system ⁽¹⁾	03/14/2016	50.1	%	$	247,500	$	—	2,089,602	14,030,611
DBJV system ⁽²⁾	03/17/2017	50	%	—		155,000		—	—

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WES acquired Springfield from Anadarko for $750.0 million , consisting of $712.5 million in cash and the issuance of 1,253,761 of WES common units. Springfield owns a 50.1% interest in the Springfield system. WES financed the cash portion of the acquisition through: (i) borrowings of $247.5 million on the WES RCF, (ii) the issuance of 835,841 of WES common units to WGP and (iii) the issuance of WES Series A Preferred units to private investors. See Note 4—Equity and Partners’ Capital in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further information regarding WES’s Series A Preferred units. WGP financed the purchase of the WES common units by borrowing $25.0 million under the WGP RCF. See Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽²⁾	WES acquired the Additional DBJV System Interest from a third party. See Property exchange below.

Property exchange. On March 17, 2017, WES acquired the Additional DBJV System Interest from a third party in exchange for the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest and $155.0 million of cash consideration. WES previously held a 50% interest in, and operated, the DBJV system. The Property Exchange resulted in a net gain of $125.4 million recorded as Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

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Divestitures. In October 2016, the Hugoton system, located in Southwest Kansas and Oklahoma, was sold to a third party, resulting in a net loss on sale of $12.0 million recorded as Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

Presentation of WES assets. The term “WES assets” refers to the assets indirectly owned and interests accounted for under the equity method (See Note 7—Equity Investments in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q ) by us through our partnership interests in WES as of March 31, 2017 . Because Anadarko controls WES through its ownership and control of us, and because we own the entire interest in WES GP, each of WES’s acquisitions of WES assets from Anadarko has been considered a transfer of net assets between entities under common control. As such, WES assets acquired from Anadarko were initially recorded at Anadarko’s historic carrying value, which did not correlate to the total acquisition price paid by WES (see Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q ). Further, after an acquisition of WES assets from Anadarko, we (by virtue of our consolidation of WES) and WES may be required to recast our financial statements to include the activities of such WES assets from the date of common control.

EQUITY OFFERINGS

Public equity offerings. In June 2016, Anadarko sold 12,500,000 of its WGP common units to the public through an underwritten offering. We did not receive any proceeds from, or incur any expense in, the public offering.

Tangible equity units. In June 2015, Anadarko completed the public issuance of 9,200,000 7.50% TEUs, including 1,200,000 TEUs pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at a price to the public of $50.00 per TEU. Each TEU that Anadarko issued consists of (1) a prepaid equity purchase contract for WGP common units owned by Anadarko (subject to Anadarko’s right to elect to deliver shares of its common stock in lieu of such WGP common units) and (2) a senior amortizing note due June 7, 2018. We did not receive any proceeds from, or incur any expense in, the public offering.

WES Series A Preferred units. In 2016, WES issued 21,922,831 WES Series A Preferred units to private investors. Pursuant to an agreement between WES and the holders of the WES Series A Preferred units, 50% of the WES Series A Preferred units converted into WES common units on a one-for-one basis on March 1, 2017, with the remaining Series A Preferred units to be converted in May 2017. See Note 4—Equity and Partners’ Capital in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

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ITEMS AFFECTING THE COMPARABILITY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

Our consolidated financial statements include the consolidated financial results of WES due to our 100% ownership interest in WES GP and WES GP’s control of WES. Our only cash-generating assets consist of our partnership interests in WES, and we currently have no independent operations. As a result, our results of operations do not differ materially from the results of operations and cash flows of WES, which are reconciled below.

General and administrative expenses. As a separate publicly traded partnership, we incur general and administrative expenses which are separate from, and in addition to, those incurred by WES.

The following table summarizes the amounts we reimbursed to Anadarko, separate from, and in addition to, those reimbursed by WES:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017		2016
General and administrative expenses	$	66	$	64
Public company expenses	613		984
Total reimbursement	$	679	$	1,048

Noncontrolling interests. The interest in Chipeta held by a third-party member is already reflected as a noncontrolling interest in WES’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, the limited partner interests in WES held by other subsidiaries of Anadarko, private investors and the public are reflected as noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements (see Note 1—Description of Business and Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further information).

Distributions. Our partnership agreement requires that we distribute all of our available cash (as defined in our partnership agreement) within 55 days after the end of each quarter. Our only cash-generating assets are our partnership interests in WES, consisting of general partner units, common units and incentive distribution rights, on which we expect to receive quarterly distributions from WES. Our cash flow and resulting ability to make cash distributions are therefore completely dependent upon WES’s ability to make cash distributions with respect to our partnership interests in WES. Generally, our available cash is our cash on hand at the end of a quarter after the payment of our expenses and the establishment of cash reserves and cash on hand resulting from working capital borrowings made after the end of the quarter.

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Western Gas Equity Partners, LP 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Concurrently with the WGP IPO, WGP GP adopted the WGP LTIP. Equity-based compensation expense attributable to grants made under the WGP LTIP impacts cash flows from operating activities only to the extent cash payments are made to a participant in lieu of issuance of WGP common units to the participant. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further information.

WGP RCF. In March 2016, we entered into a $250.0 million WGP RCF which matures in March 2019. The WGP RCF may be used to buy WES common units and for general partnership purposes.

As of March 31, 2017 , we had $28.0 million of outstanding borrowings and $222.0 million available for borrowing under the WGP RCF. At March 31, 2017 , the interest rate on WGP RCF was 2.99% , the commitment fee rate was 0.30% and we were in compliance with all covenants under the WGP RCF. See Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further information.

WGP WCF. On November 1, 2012, we entered into the WGP WCF, a $30.0 million working capital facility with Anadarko as the lender. The facility is available exclusively to fund our working capital borrowings. Borrowings under the facility will mature on November 1, 2017, and bear interest at LIBOR plus 1.50%. The interest rate was 2.48% at March 31, 2017 .

We are required to reduce all borrowings under the WGP WCF to zero for a period of at least 15 consecutive days during the twelve month period commencing on November 1 of each year. As of March 31, 2017 , we had no outstanding borrowings and $30.0 million available for borrowing under the WGP WCF. At March 31, 2017 , we were in compliance with all covenants under the WGP WCF.

Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP. The differences between net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP are reconciled as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Net income (loss) attributable to WES	$	101,889		$	116,060
Limited partner interests in WES not held by WGP ⁽¹⁾	(24,619		)	(32,920		)
General and administrative expenses ⁽²⁾	(817		)	(1,238		)
Other income (expense), net	16			17
Interest expense	(529		)	(103		)
Net income (loss) attributable to WGP	$	75,940		$	81,816

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Represents the portion of net income (loss) allocated to the limited partner interests in WES not held by WGP. As of March 31, 2017 and 2016 , the public held common units representing a 53.4% and 49.4% limited partner interest in WES, respectively. Private investors held WES Series A Preferred units representing an additional 6.5% and 8.8% limited partner interest in WES as of March 31, 2017 and 2016 , respectively. Other subsidiaries of Anadarko separately held an 8.7% limited partner interest in WES as of March 31, 2017 and 2016 . See Note 1—Description of Business and Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽²⁾	Represents general and administrative expenses incurred by WGP separate from, and in addition to, those incurred by WES.

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Reconciliation of net cash provided by (used in) operating and financing activities. The differences between net cash provided by (used in) operating and financing activities for WGP and WES are reconciled as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
WES net cash provided by operating activities	$	192,616		$	236,503
General and administrative expenses ⁽¹⁾	(817		)	(1,238		)
Non-cash equity-based compensation expense	60			60
Changes in working capital	160			615
Other income (expense), net	16			17
Interest expense	(529		)	(103		)
Debt related amortization and other items, net	167			29
WGP net cash provided by operating activities	$	191,673		$	235,883

WES net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	(175,797	)	$	616,761
Proceeds from the issuance of WES common units, net of offering expenses ⁽²⁾	—			(25,000		)
Distributions to WGP unitholders ⁽³⁾	(101,254		)	(88,389		)
Distributions to WGP from WES ⁽⁴⁾	101,393			89,163
WGP RCF borrowings, net of issuance costs	—			26,162
WGP net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	(175,658	)	$	618,697


⁽¹⁾	Represents general and administrative expenses incurred by WGP separate from, and in addition to, those incurred by WES.


⁽²⁾	Represents the difference attributable to elimination upon consolidation of proceeds to WES from the issuance of WES common units to WGP as part of funding the Springfield acquisition. See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽³⁾	Represents distributions to WGP common unitholders paid under WGP’s partnership agreement. See Note 3—Partnership Distributions and Note 4—Equity and Partners’ Capital in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽⁴⁾	Difference attributable to elimination upon consolidation of WES’s distributions on partnership interests owned by WGP. See Note 3—Partnership Distributions and Note 4—Equity and Partners’ Capital in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OPERATING RESULTS

The following tables and discussion present a summary of WES’s results of operations:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Total revenues and other ⁽¹⁾	$	516,193		$	383,141
Equity income, net – affiliates	19,461			16,814
Total operating expenses ⁽¹⁾	522,516			245,920
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net	119,487			(632		)
Proceeds from business interruption insurance claims ⁽²⁾	5,767			—
Operating income (loss)	138,392			153,403
Interest income – affiliates	4,225			4,225
Interest expense	(35,504		)	(32,036		)
Other income (expense), net	430			124
Income (loss) before income taxes	107,543			125,716
Income tax (benefit) expense	3,552			6,633
Net income (loss)	103,991			119,083
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	2,102			3,023
Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP ⁽³⁾	$	101,889		$	116,060
Key performance metrics ⁽⁴⁾
Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	$	331,556		$	311,224
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	254,994			231,099
Distributable cash flow	216,503			191,938

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Revenues and other include amounts earned by WES from services provided to its affiliates, as well as from the sale of residue and NGLs to its affiliates. Operating expenses include amounts charged by WES affiliates for services as well as reimbursement of amounts paid by affiliates to third parties on WES’s behalf. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽²⁾	See Note 1—Description of Business and Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽³⁾	For reconciliations to comparable consolidated results of WGP, see Items Affecting the Comparability of Financial Results within this Item 2 .

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Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and Distributable cash flow are defined under the caption Key Performance Metrics within this Item 2 . For reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see Key Performance Metrics–Reconciliation of non-GAAP Measures within this Item 2 .

For purposes of the following discussion, any increases or decreases “for the three months ended March 31, 2017 ” refer to the comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2017 , to the three months ended March 31, 2016 .

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Throughput



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017	2016	Inc/ (Dec)
Throughput for natural gas assets (MMcf/d)
Gathering, treating and transportation	1,443	1,597	(10	)%
Processing	2,442	2,134	14	%
Equity investment ⁽¹⁾	162	185	(12	)%
Total throughput for natural gas assets	4,047	3,916	3	%
Throughput attributable to noncontrolling interest for natural gas assets	109	135	(19	)%
Total throughput attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets	3,938	3,781	4	%
Throughput for crude/NGL assets (MBbls/d)
Gathering, treating and transportation	44	60	(27	)%
Equity investment ⁽²⁾	125	124	1	%
Total throughput for crude/NGL assets	169	184	(8	)%


⁽¹⁾	Represents WES’s 14.81% share of average Fort Union throughput and 22% share of average Rendezvous throughput.


⁽²⁾	Represents WES’s 10% share of average White Cliffs throughput, 25% share of average Mont Belvieu JV throughput, 20% share of average TEG and TEP throughput, and 33.33% share of average FRP throughput.

Natural gas assets

Gathering, treating and transportation throughput decrease d by 154 MMcf/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to the cessation of curtailments in the first quarter of 2016 at the Marcellus Interest systems, production declines in the areas around the Springfield gas gathering system and the sale of the Hugoton system in October 2016. These decreases were partially offset by higher throughput at the DBJV system due to increased drilling activity in the area.

Processing throughput increase d by 308 MMcf/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to the DBM outage in the first quarter of 2016, the start-up of Train IV and Train V at the DBM complex in May 2016 and October 2016, respectively, and increased production in the areas around the DJ Basin complex. These increases were partially offset by production declines in the areas around the Chipeta complex and MGR assets.

Equity investment throughput decrease d by 23 MMcf/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to decrease d throughput at the Rendezvous and Fort Union systems due to production declines in the area.

Crude/NGL assets

Gathering, treating and transportation throughput decrease d by 16 MBbls/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to decrease d throughput at the Springfield oil gathering system due to production declines in the area.

Equity investment throughput increase d by 1 MBbls/d for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to increase d volumes on FRP as a result of increased production in the DJ Basin area, partially offset by decreased throughput at White Cliffs as a result of a competitive pipeline commencing service in September 2016.

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Gathering, Processing and Transportation Revenues



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages	2017		2016		Inc/ (Dec)
Gathering, processing and transportation revenues	$	307,814	$	294,004	5	%

Revenues from gathering, processing and transportation increase d by $13.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to increase s of $31.3 million and $8.4 million at the DBM and DJ Basin complexes, respectively, due to increased throughput (see Operating Results – Throughput within this Item 2). These increases were partially offset by decreases of (i) $8.8 million at the Springfield system, $4.5 million at the Chipeta complex and $3.8 million at the Marcellus Interest systems due to decreases in throughput, (ii) $4.8 million due to the sale of the Hugoton system in October 2016 and (iii) $3.2 million at the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest systems due to a cost of service rate reset.

Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Sales



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages and per-unit amounts	2017		2016		Inc/ (Dec)
Natural gas sales ⁽¹⁾	$	79,915	$	38,227	109	%
Natural gas liquids sales ⁽¹⁾	126,610		50,329		152	%
Total	$	206,525	$	88,556	133	%
Average price per unit ⁽¹⁾ :
Natural gas (per Mcf)	$	3.06	$	2.34	31	%
Natural gas liquids (per Bbl)	21.88		18.72		17	%

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Excludes amounts considered above market, with respect to WES’s swap extensions at the MGR assets, DJ Basin complex and Hugoton system (until its divestiture in October 2016), that were recorded as capital contributions in the consolidated statement of equity and partners’ capital. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, average natural gas and NGL prices included the effects of commodity price swap agreements attributable to sales for the MGR assets and DJ Basin complex. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, average natural gas and NGL prices included the effects of commodity price swap agreements attributable to sales for the Hugoton system, MGR assets and DJ Basin complex. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

The increase in natural gas sales of $41.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , was primarily due to increase s of (i) $29.9 million at the DBM complex due to an increase in volumes sold (see Operating Results – Throughput within this Item 2) and (ii) $12.6 million at the DJ Basin complex primarily due to an increase in average price.

The increase in NGLs sales of $76.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , was primarily due to increase s of (i) $64.6 million and $16.8 million at the DBM and DJ Basin complexes, respectively, due to increases in average prices and volumes sold (see Operating Results – Throughput within this Item 2) and (ii) $5.4 million at the Hilight system due to an increase in average price. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $15.0 million at the MGR assets due to the partial equity treatment of WES’s above-market swap extensions beginning January 1, 2017.

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Equity Income, Net – Affiliates



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages	2017		2016		Inc/ (Dec)
Equity income, net – affiliates	$	19,461	$	16,814	16	%

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 , equity income, net – affiliates increase d by $2.6 million , primarily due to WES’s 14.81% share of an impairment loss determined by the managing partner of Fort Union in the first quarter of 2016, and an increase in equity income from the Mont Belvieu JV due to increased volumes.

Cost of Product and Operation and Maintenance Expenses



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages	2017		2016		Inc/ (Dec)
NGL purchases ⁽¹⁾	$	108,373	$	32,669	NM
Residue purchases ⁽¹⁾	78,316		38,985		101	%
Other ⁽¹⁾	2,670		4,813		(45	)%
Cost of product	189,359		76,467		148	%
Operation and maintenance	73,760		76,213		(3	)%
Total cost of product and operation and maintenance expenses	$	263,119	$	152,680	72	%

NM-Not Meaningful

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Cost of product expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017, included the effects of commodity price swap agreements attributable to purchases for the MGR assets and DJ Basin complex. Cost of product expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016, included the effects of commodity price swap agreements attributable to purchases for the Hugoton system, MGR assets and DJ Basin complex. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

NGL purchases increase d by $75.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to increases of (i) $61.3 million at the DBM complex due to an increase in volume (see Operating Results – Throughput within this Item 2) and (ii) $15.2 million at the DJ Basin complex due to an increase in volume and average price. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $8.0 million at the MGR assets due to the partial equity treatment of WES’s above-market swap extensions beginning January 1, 2017.

Residue purchases increase d by $39.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to increases of (i) $27.7 million at the DBM complex due to an increase in volume (see Operating Results – Throughput within this Item 2) and (ii) $13.1 million at the DJ Basin complex due to an increase in volume and average price. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $3.9 million at the MGR assets due to the partial equity treatment of WES’s above-market swap extensions beginning January 1, 2017.

Other items decrease d by $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to fees paid for rerouting volumes due to the DBM outage in the first quarter of 2016.

Operation and maintenance expense decrease d by $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to decreases of (i) $1.8 million in equipment rental expense and salaries and wages primarily attributable to the Springfield system and the sale of the Hugoton system in October 2016, and (ii) $1.5 million in utilities expense primarily at the DJ Basin and Chipeta complexes. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $1.8 million in other operating costs primarily at the DJ Basin complex.

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Other Operating Expenses



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages	2017		2016		Inc/ (Dec)
General and administrative	$	12,659	$	11,277	12	%
Property and other taxes	12,294		10,350		19	%
Depreciation and amortization	69,702		65,095		7	%
Impairments	164,742		6,518		NM
Total other operating expenses	$	259,397	$	93,240	178	%

NM-Not Meaningful

General and administrative expenses increase d by $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to increases in personnel costs for which WES reimbursed Anadarko pursuant to the WES omnibus agreement and bad debt expense, partially offset by decreases in legal and consulting fees.

Property and other taxes increase d by $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to ad valorem tax increases at the DBM complex.

Depreciation and amortization expense increase d by $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to depreciation expense increases of $6.4 million related to capital projects at the DBM complex and DBJV system, and $2.8 million at the Bison facility due to a change in the estimated property life. These increases were partially offset by decreases of (i) $2.9 million due to the divestiture of the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest as part of the Property Exchange in March 2017 and (ii) $2.1 million due to the sale of the Hugoton system in October 2016.

Impairment expense increase d by $158.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to an impairment of $158.8 million at the Granger complex. This asset was impaired to its estimated fair value of $48.5 million, using the income approach and Level 3 fair value inputs, due to a reduced throughput fee as a result of a producer’s bankruptcy. Also during 2017, WES recognized additional impairments of $5.9 million , primarily due to (i) a $3.7 million impairment at the Granger straddle plant, which was impaired to its estimated salvage value of $0.6 million using the income approach and Level 3 fair value inputs and (ii) the cancellation of a pipeline project in West Texas. Impairment expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016, was primarily related to the Newcastle system. This asset was impaired to its estimated fair value of $3.1 million, using the income approach and Level 3 fair value inputs, due to a reduction in estimated future cash flows caused by the low commodity price environment.

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Interest Income – Affiliates and Interest Expense



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages	2017			2016			Inc/ (Dec)
Note receivable – Anadarko	$	4,225		$	4,225		—	%
Interest income – affiliates	$	4,225		$	4,225		—	%
Third parties
Long-term debt	$	(34,619	)	$	(27,818	)	24	%
Amortization of debt issuance costs and commitment fees	(1,630		)	(1,530		)	7	%
Capitalized interest	816			1,849			(56	)%
Affiliates
Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko ⁽¹⁾	(71		)	(4,537		)	(98	)%
Interest expense	$	(35,504	)	$	(32,036	)	11	%


⁽¹⁾	See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko.

Interest expense increase d by $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to $5.8 million of interest incurred on the 2026 Notes issued in July 2016 and $2.7 million of interest incurred on the additional 2044 Notes issued in October 2016. These increases were partially offset by accretion revisions recorded as reductions to interest expense for the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko entered into in March 2015 (see Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q ). Capitalized interest decrease d by $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to the completion of Trains IV and V in May 2016 and October 2016, respectively, partially offset by an increase due to the construction of Train VI beginning in the fourth quarter of 2016, all located at the DBM complex. See Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

Income Tax (Benefit) Expense



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages	2017			2016			Inc/ (Dec)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	107,543		$	125,716		(14	)%
Income tax (benefit) expense	3,552			6,633			(46	)%
Effective tax rate	3		%	5		%

WES is not a taxable entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, WES’s income apportionable to Texas is subject to Texas margin tax. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the variance from the federal statutory rate, which is zero percent as a non-taxable entity, was primarily due to WES’s share of Texas margin tax. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the variance from the federal statutory rate was primarily due to federal and state taxes on pre-acquisition income attributable to the WES assets acquired from Anadarko, and WES’s share of Texas margin tax.

Income attributable to the Springfield system prior to and including February 2016 was subject to federal and state income tax. Income earned on the Springfield system for periods subsequent to February 2016 was only subject to Texas margin tax on income apportionable to Texas.

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KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except percentages and per-unit amounts	2017		2016		Inc/ (Dec)
Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets ⁽¹⁾	$	301,505	$	276,529	9	%
Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets ⁽²⁾	30,051		34,695		(13	)%
Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP ⁽³⁾	331,556		311,224		7	%
Adjusted gross margin per Mcf attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets ⁽⁴⁾	0.85		0.80		6	%
Adjusted gross margin per Bbl for crude/NGL assets ⁽⁵⁾	1.98		2.07		(4	)%
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP ⁽³⁾	254,994		231,099		10	%
Distributable cash flow ⁽³⁾	216,503		191,938		13	%

⁽¹⁾

Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets is calculated as total revenues and other for natural gas assets, less reimbursements for electricity-related expenses recorded as revenue and cost of product for natural gas assets, plus distributions from WES’s equity investments in Fort Union and Rendezvous, and excluding the noncontrolling interest owner’s proportionate share of revenue and cost of product. See the reconciliation of Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets to its most comparable GAAP measure below.

⁽²⁾

Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets is calculated as total revenues and other for crude/NGL assets, less reimbursements for electricity-related expenses recorded as revenue and cost of product for crude/NGL assets, plus distributions from WES’s equity investments in White Cliffs, the Mont Belvieu JV, and the TEFR Interests. See the reconciliation of Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets to its most comparable GAAP measure below.


⁽³⁾	For a reconciliation of Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and Distributable cash flow to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see the descriptions below.


⁽⁴⁾	Average for period. Calculated as Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets, divided by total throughput (MMcf/d) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets.


⁽⁵⁾	Average for period. Calculated as Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets, divided by total throughput (MBbls/d) for crude/NGL assets.

Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP. WES defines Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP (“Adjusted gross margin”) as total revenues and other, less cost of product and reimbursements for electricity-related expenses recorded as revenue, plus distributions from equity investments and excluding the noncontrolling interest owner’s proportionate share of revenue and cost of product. WES believes Adjusted gross margin is an important performance measure of the core profitability of its operations, as well as its operating performance as compared to that of other companies in the industry.

Adjusted gross margin increase d by $20.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to an increase in volumes at the DBM and DJ Basin complexes. These increases were partially offset by (i) lower volumes at the Springfield and Marcellus Interest systems, (ii) the partial equity treatment of WES’s above-market swap extensions at the MGR assets beginning January 1, 2017, (iii) the sale of the Hugoton system in October 2016 and (iv) a cost of service rate reset at the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest systems.

To facilitate investor and industry analyst comparisons between WES and its peers, WES also discloses Adjusted gross margin per Mcf attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets and Adjusted gross margin per Bbl for crude/NGL assets . Adjusted gross margin per Mcf attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets increase d by $0.05 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to increase d volumes at the DBM complex due to the DBM outage in the first quarter of 2016 and the start-up of Train IV in May 2016 and Train V in October 2016. Adjusted gross margin per Bbl for crude/NGL assets decrease d by $0.09 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to lower distributions received from FRP and TEP, partially offset by higher distributions received from the Mont Belvieu JV.

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Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP. WES defines Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP (“Adjusted EBITDA”) as net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP, plus distributions from equity investments, non-cash equity-based compensation expense, interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, impairments, and other expense (including lower of cost or market inventory adjustments recorded in cost of product), less gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net, income from equity investments, interest income, income tax benefit, and other income. WES believes that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA provides information useful to investors in assessing its financial condition and results of operations and that Adjusted EBITDA is a widely accepted financial indicator of a company’s ability to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures and make distributions. Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental financial measure that WES’s management and external users of WES’s consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, commercial banks and rating agencies, use to assess the following, among other measures:


•	WES’s operating performance as compared to other publicly traded partnerships in the midstream energy industry, without regard to financing methods, capital structure or historical cost basis;


•	the ability of WES’s assets to generate cash flow to make distributions; and


•	the viability of acquisitions and capital expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various investment opportunities.

Adjusted EBITDA increase d by $23.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to a $133.1 million increase in total revenues and other, $5.8 million in business interruption proceeds, and a $2.5 million decrease in operation and maintenance expenses. These amounts were partially offset by a $112.8 million increase in cost of product (net of lower of cost or market inventory adjustments), a $2.1 million decrease in distributions from equity investments, a $1.9 million increase in property and other tax expense, and a $1.4 million increase in general and administrative expenses excluding non-cash equity-based compensation expense.

Distributable cash flow. WES defines “Distributable cash flow” as Adjusted EBITDA, plus interest income and the net settlement amounts from the sale and/or purchase of natural gas, condensate and NGLs under WES’s commodity price swap agreements to the extent such amounts are not recognized as Adjusted EBITDA, less net cash paid (or to be paid) for interest expense (including amortization of deferred debt issuance costs originally paid in cash, offset by non-cash capitalized interest), maintenance capital expenditures, Series A Preferred unit distributions and income taxes. WES compares Distributable cash flow to the cash distributions WES expects to pay its unitholders. Using this measure, WES’s management can quickly compute the Coverage ratio of distributable cash flow to planned cash distributions. WES believes Distributable cash flow is useful to investors because this measurement is used by many companies, analysts and others in the industry as a performance measurement tool to evaluate WES’s operating and financial performance and compare it with the performance of other publicly traded partnerships.

While Distributable cash flow is a measure WES uses to assess its ability to make distributions to its unitholders, it should not be viewed as indicative of the actual amount of cash that WES has available for distributions or that it plans to distribute for a given period. Furthermore, to the extent Distributable cash flow includes realized amounts recorded as capital contributions from Anadarko attributable to activity under WES’s commodity price swap agreements, it is not a reflection of WES’s ability to generate cash from operations.

Distributable cash flow increase d by $24.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to a $23.9 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA, a $7.8 million decrease in cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures and a $5.5 million increase in the above-market component of the swap extensions with Anadarko. These amounts were partially offset by a $6.9 million increase in net cash paid for interest expense and a $5.6 million increase in WES Series A Preferred unit distributions.

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Reconciliation of non-GAAP measures. Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow are not defined in GAAP. The GAAP measure used by WES that is most directly comparable to Adjusted gross margin is operating income (loss), while net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and net cash provided by operating activities are the GAAP measures used by WES that are most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA. The GAAP measure used by WES that is most directly comparable to Distributable cash flow is net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP. WES’s non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow should not be considered as alternatives to the GAAP measures of operating income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP, net cash provided by operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some, but not all, items that affect operating income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and net cash provided by operating activities. Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of WES’s results as reported under GAAP. WES’s definitions of Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies in WES’s industry, thereby diminishing their utility.

WES’s management compensates for the limitations of Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow as analytical tools by reviewing the comparable GAAP measures, understanding the differences between Adjusted gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable cash flow compared to (as applicable) operating income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and net cash provided by operating activities, and incorporating this knowledge into its decision-making processes. WES believes that investors benefit from having access to the same financial measures that its management uses in evaluating its operating results.

The following tables present (a) a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of operating income (loss) to the non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted gross margin, (b) a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measures of net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP and net cash provided by operating activities to the non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDA and (c) a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to the non-GAAP financial measure of Distributable cash flow:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017		2016
Reconciliation of Operating income (loss) to Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP
Operating income (loss)	$	138,392	$	153,403
Add:
Distributions from equity investments	22,567		24,639
Operation and maintenance	73,760		76,213
General and administrative	12,659		11,277
Property and other taxes	12,294		10,350
Depreciation and amortization	69,702		65,095
Impairments	164,742		6,518
Less:
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net	119,487		(632		)
Proceeds from business interruption insurance claims	5,767		—
Equity income, net – affiliates	19,461		16,814
Reimbursed electricity-related charges recorded as revenues	13,969		15,668
Adjusted gross margin attributable to noncontrolling interest	3,876		4,421
Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	$	331,556	$	311,224
Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP for natural gas assets	$	301,505	$	276,529
Adjusted gross margin for crude/NGL assets	30,051		34,695

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	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Reconciliation of Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP
Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	$	101,889		$	116,060
Add:
Distributions from equity investments	22,567			24,639
Non-cash equity-based compensation expense	1,246			1,303
Interest expense	35,504			32,036
Income tax expense	3,552			6,633
Depreciation and amortization ⁽¹⁾	69,049			64,439
Impairments	164,742			6,518
Other expense ⁽¹⁾	45			—
Less:
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net	119,487			(632		)
Equity income, net – affiliates	19,461			16,814
Interest income – affiliates	4,225			4,225
Other income ⁽¹⁾	427			122
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	$	254,994		$	231,099
Reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	192,616		$	236,503
Interest (income) expense, net	31,279			27,811
Uncontributed cash-based compensation awards	37			72
Accretion and amortization of long-term obligations, net	(1,101		)	(5,467		)
Current income tax (benefit) expense	424			4,781
Other (income) expense, net	(430		)	(124		)
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – affiliates	3,453			4,784
Changes in operating working capital of Western Gas Partners, LP:
Accounts receivable, net	1,513			(12,558		)
Accounts and imbalance payables and accrued liabilities, net	29,940			(17,978		)
Other	15			(3,048		)
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interest of Western Gas Partners, LP	(2,752		)	(3,677		)
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	$	254,994		$	231,099
Cash flow information of Western Gas Partners, LP
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	192,616		$	236,503
Net cash used in investing activities	(252,434		)	(842,818		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(175,797		)	616,761


⁽¹⁾	Includes WES’s 75% share of depreciation and amortization; other expense; and other income attributable to the Chipeta complex.

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	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands except Coverage ratio	2017			2016
Reconciliation of Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP to Distributable cash flow and calculation of the Coverage ratio
Net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Partners, LP	$	101,889		$	116,060
Add:
Distributions from equity investments	22,567			24,639
Non-cash equity-based compensation expense	1,246			1,303
Non-cash settled - interest expense, net ⁽¹⁾	71			4,537
Income tax (benefit) expense	3,552			6,633
Depreciation and amortization ⁽²⁾	69,049			64,439
Impairments	164,742			6,518
Above-market component of swap extensions with Anadarko ⁽³⁾	12,297			6,813
Other expense ⁽²⁾	45			—
Less:
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net	119,487			(632		)
Equity income, net – affiliates	19,461			16,814
Cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures ⁽²⁾	11,122			18,897
Capitalized interest	816			1,849
Cash paid for (reimbursement of) income taxes	189			67
Series A Preferred unit distributions	7,453			1,887
Other income ⁽²⁾	427			122
Distributable cash flow	$	216,503		$	191,938
Distributions declared ⁽⁴⁾
Limited partners of WES – common units	$	123,929
General partner of WES	64,824
Total	$	188,753
Coverage ratio	1.15		x


⁽¹⁾	Includes amounts related to the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko. See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽²⁾	Includes WES’s 75% share of depreciation and amortization; other expense; cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures; and other income attributable to the Chipeta complex.


⁽³⁾	See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .


⁽⁴⁾	Reflects WES cash distributions of $0.875 per unit declared for the three months ended March 31, 2017 .

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

WES’s primary cash requirements are for acquisitions and capital expenditures, debt service, customary operating expenses, quarterly distributions to its limited partners and to WES GP, and distributions to its noncontrolling interest owner. WES’s sources of liquidity as of March 31, 2017 , included cash and cash equivalents, cash flows generated from operations, interest income on WES’s $260.0 million note receivable from Anadarko, available borrowing capacity under the WES RCF, and issuances of additional equity or debt securities. WES believes that cash flows generated from these sources will be sufficient to satisfy its short-term working capital requirements and long-term maintenance and expansion capital expenditure requirements. The amount of future distributions to unitholders will depend on its results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors, including the extension of WES’s commodity price swap agreements, and will be determined by WES GP’s Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. Due to WES’s cash distribution policy, WES expects to rely on external financing sources, including equity and debt issuances, to fund expansion capital expenditures and future acquisitions. However, to limit interest expense, WES may use operating cash flows to fund expansion capital expenditures or acquisitions, which could result in subsequent borrowings under the WES RCF to pay distributions or fund other short-term working capital requirements.

Recoveries from the business interruption claim related to the DBM outage are recognized as income when cash proceeds are received from insurers. During the quarter ended March 31, 2017 , WES received $29.8 million in cash proceeds from insurers related to the incident at the DBM complex, including $5.8 million for business interruption insurance claims and $24.0 million for property insurance claims (see Note 1—Description of Business and Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q ).

WES has made cash distributions to its unitholders each quarter since its IPO and has increased its quarterly distribution each quarter since the second quarter of 2009. 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’s Class C units and Series A Preferred units. The cash distribution is payable on May 12, 2017 , to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2017 . In connection with the closing of the DBM acquisition in November 2014, WES issued Class C units that will receive distributions in the form of additional Class C units until March 1, 2020, unless earlier converted (see Note 3—Partnership Distributions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q ). The Class C unit distribution, if paid in cash, would have been $11.0 million for the first quarter of 2017 . In 2016, WES issued Series A Preferred units to private investors that receive quarterly distributions in cash equal to $0.68 per Series A Preferred unit, subject to certain adjustments (see Note 3—Partnership Distributions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q ). Effective as of March 1, 2017, 50% of the WES Series A Preferred units converted into WES common units, and such converted units participated only in the distribution to the WES common unitholders described above with respect to the first quarter of 2017. The remaining WES Series A Preferred units will be converted into WES common units in May 2017 and will participate in the WES common unit distribution with respect to the second quarter of 2017. For the quarter ended March 31, 2017 , the WES Series A Preferred unitholders will receive an aggregate cash distribution of $7.5 million , payable in May 2017 .

WES’s management continuously monitors its leverage position and coordinates its capital expenditure program, quarterly distributions and acquisition strategy with its expected cash flows and projected debt-repayment schedule. WES’s management will continue to evaluate funding alternatives, including additional borrowings and the issuance of debt or equity securities, to secure funds as needed or to refinance outstanding debt balances with longer term notes. To facilitate a potential debt or equity securities issuance, WES has the ability to sell securities under its shelf registration statements. WES’s ability to generate cash flows is subject to a number of factors, some of which are beyond its control. Read Risk Factors under Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q .

Working capital . As of March 31, 2017 , WES had $5.6 million of working capital, which it defines as the amount by which current assets exceed current liabilities. Working capital is an indication of liquidity and potential need for short-term funding. Working capital requirements are driven by changes in accounts receivable and accounts payable and factors such as credit extended to, and the timing of collections from, WES’s customers, and the level and timing of its spending for maintenance and expansion activity. As of March 31, 2017 , WES had $1.195 billion available for borrowing under the WES RCF. See Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

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Capital expenditures . WES’s business is capital intensive, requiring significant investment to maintain and improve existing facilities or develop new midstream infrastructure. WES categorizes capital expenditures as either of the following:

•

maintenance capital expenditures, which include those expenditures required to maintain the existing operating capacity and service capability of WES’s assets, such as to replace system components and equipment that have been subject to significant use over time, become obsolete or reached the end of their useful lives, to remain in compliance with regulatory or legal requirements or to complete additional well connections to maintain existing system throughput and related cash flows (for fiscal year 2017, WES GP’s Board of Directors has approved Estimated Maintenance Capital Expenditures (as defined in WES’s partnership agreement) of $18.0 million per quarter); or


•	expansion capital expenditures, which include expenditures to construct new midstream infrastructure and those expenditures incurred to extend the useful lives of WES’s assets, reduce costs, increase revenues or increase system throughput or capacity from current levels, including well connections that increase existing system throughput.

Capital expenditures in the consolidated statements of cash flows reflect capital expenditures on a cash basis, when payments are made. Capital incurred is presented on an accrual basis. WES’s capital expenditures as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows and capital incurred were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017		2016
Acquisitions	$	155,287	$	713,596

Expansion capital expenditures	$	113,512	$	115,720
Maintenance capital expenditures	11,122		18,898
Total capital expenditures ^{(1) (2)}	$	124,634	$	134,618

Capital incurred ⁽²⁾	$	130,661	$	141,315


⁽¹⁾	Capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , are presented net of $1.3 million and $2.4 million , respectively, of contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates.


⁽²⁾	For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , included $0.8 million and $1.8 million , respectively, of capitalized interest.

Acquisitions during 2017 included the Additional DBJV System Interest. Acquisitions during 2016 included Springfield and equipment purchases from Anadarko. See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures and Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

Capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, decrease d by $10.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 . Expansion capital expenditures decrease d by $2.2 million (including a $1.0 million decrease in capitalized interest) for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , primarily due to a decrease of $29.5 million at the DBM complex, $7.2 million at the DBJV system, $4.9 million at the Haley system and $3.0 million at the DJ Basin complex. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $29.0 million due to the construction of two produced-water disposal systems and an increase of $13.4 million due to construction at the Mentone plant, all located in West Texas. Maintenance capital expenditures decrease d by $7.8 million , primarily due to repairs made during the first quarter of 2016 at the DBM complex as a result of the DBM outage. In addition, maintenance capital expenditures decreased at the DJ Basin complex, the MGR assets and the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest and Springfield systems due to timing of expenditures.

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WES ’ s historical cash flow . The following table and discussion present a summary of WES’s net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities and financing activities:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
thousands	2017			2016
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	192,616		$	236,503
Investing activities	(252,434		)	(842,818		)
Financing activities	(175,797		)	616,761
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	(235,615	)	$	10,446

Operating Activities . Net cash provided by operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 , decrease d primarily due to the impact of changes in working capital items. Refer to Operating Results within this Item 2 for a discussion of WES’s results of operations as compared to the prior periods.

Investing Activities . Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , included the following:


•	$155.3 million of cash consideration paid as part of the Property Exchange;


•	$124.6 million of capital expenditures, net of $1.3 million of contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates, primarily related to construction and expansion in West Texas at the DBM complex, DBJV system and Mentone plant;


•	$24.0 million of proceeds from property insurance claims attributable to the DBM outage; and


•	$3.5 million of distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings.

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 , included the following:


•	$712.5 million of cash paid for the acquisition of Springfield;


•	$134.6 million of capital expenditures, net of $2.4 million of contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates, primarily related to plant construction and expansion at the DBM and DJ Basin complexes and the DBJV system;


•	$1.1 million of cash paid for equipment purchases from Anadarko; and


•	$4.8 million of distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings.

Financing Activities . Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 , included the following:


•	$12.3 million of capital contribution from Anadarko related to the above-market component of swap extensions;


•	$185.6 million of distributions paid to WES unitholders; and


•	$3.4 million of distributions paid to the noncontrolling interest owner of Chipeta.

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Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 , included the following:


•	$440.0 million of net proceeds from the issuance of 14,030,611 WES Series A Preferred units in March 2016, all of which was used to fund a portion of the acquisition of Springfield;


•	$330.0 million of borrowings under the WES RCF, which were used to fund a portion of the Springfield acquisition and for general partnership purposes, including funding capital expenditures;


•	$25.0 million of net proceeds from the sale of WES common units to WGP, all of which was used to fund a portion of the acquisition of Springfield;


•	$6.8 million of capital contribution from Anadarko related to the above-market component of swap extensions;


•	$152.6 million of distributions paid to WES unitholders;


•	$27.6 million of net distributions paid to Anadarko representing pre-acquisition intercompany transactions attributable to Springfield; and


•	$3.8 million of distributions paid to the noncontrolling interest owner of Chipeta.

Debt and credit facility. At March 31, 2017 , WES’s debt consisted of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes, $670.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes, $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes, $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2044 Notes, $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes, and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes. As of March 31, 2017 , the carrying value of WES’s outstanding debt was $3.1 billion . See Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

WES Senior Notes . At March 31, 2017 , WES was in compliance with all covenants under the indentures governing its outstanding notes.

WES RCF. As of March 31, 2017 , WES had no outstanding WES RCF borrowings and $4.9 million in outstanding letters of credit, resulting in $1.195 billion available for borrowing under the WES RCF, which matures in February 2020. At March 31, 2017 , the interest rate on the WES RCF was 2.28% , the facility fee rate was 0.20% and WES was in compliance with all covenants under the WES RCF.

Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko. The consideration to be paid by WES for the March 2015 acquisition of DBJV from Anadarko consists of a cash payment to Anadarko due on March 31, 2020. The cash payment will be equal to (a) eight multiplied by the average of WES’s share in the Net Earnings (see definition below) of DBJV for the calendar years 2018 and 2019, less (b) WES’s share of all capital expenditures incurred for DBJV between March 1, 2015, and February 29, 2020. Net Earnings is defined as all revenues less cost of product, operating expenses and property taxes, in each case attributable to DBJV on an accrual basis. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 , WES recognized an aggregate $6.8 million decrease in the estimated future payment obligation, resulting in a net present value of $37.3 million for this obligation at March 31, 2017 , calculated using a discounted cash flow model with a 10% discount rate. The reduction in the value of the deferred purchase price obligation is primarily due to revisions reflecting a decrease in WES’s estimate of the average of 2018 and 2019 Net Earnings, partially offset by a decrease in WES’s estimate of aggregate capital expenditures to be incurred by DBJV through February 29, 2020. Accretion expense, which was recorded as a charge to Interest expense, was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 . See Note 2—Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

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Securities . WES may issue an indeterminate amount of common units and various debt securities under its effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC. WES may issue common units under its $500.0 million COP, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions and other factors at the time of WES’s offerings. As of March 31, 2017 , WES had the capacity to issue additional common units with an aggregate sales price of up to $441.8 million under the $500.0 million COP. See Note 4—Equity and Partners’ Capital in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of trades completed by WES under its $500.0 million COP.

WES has an effective registration statement with the SEC relating to the public resale of the WES common units issued or to be issued upon conversion of the WES Series A Preferred units. See Note 4—Equity and Partners’ Capital in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of the WES Series A Preferred units.

Credit risk . As stated above, our assets consist solely of ownership interests in WES. Accordingly, we are dependent upon WES’s ability to pay cash distributions to us. WES bears credit risk represented by its exposure to non-payment or non-performance by its counterparties, including Anadarko, financial institutions, customers and other parties. Generally, non-payment or non-performance results from a customer’s inability to satisfy payables to WES for services rendered or volumes owed pursuant to gas imbalance agreements. WES examines and monitors the creditworthiness of third-party customers and may establish credit limits for third-party customers.

WES is dependent upon a single producer, Anadarko, for a substantial portion of its volumes (excluding equity investment throughput), and WES does not maintain a credit limit with respect to Anadarko. Consequently, WES is subject to the risk of non-payment or late payment by Anadarko for gathering, processing and transportation fees and for proceeds from the sale of residue, NGLs and condensate to Anadarko.

WES expects its exposure to concentrated risk of non-payment or non-performance to continue for as long as it remains substantially dependent on Anadarko for its revenues. Additionally, WES is exposed to credit risk on the note receivable from Anadarko. WES is also party to agreements with Anadarko under which Anadarko is required to indemnify WES for certain environmental claims, losses arising from rights-of-way claims, failures to obtain required consents or governmental permits and income taxes with respect to the assets acquired from Anadarko. Finally, WES has entered into various commodity price swap agreements with Anadarko in order to reduce its exposure to a majority of the commodity price risk inherent in its percent-of-proceeds and keep-whole contracts, and is subject to performance risk thereunder. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

WES’s ability to make distributions to its unitholders may be adversely impacted if Anadarko becomes unable to perform under the terms of its gathering, processing and transportation agreements, natural gas and NGL purchase agreements, Anadarko’s note payable to WES, the WES omnibus agreement, the services and secondment agreement, contribution agreements or the commodity price swap agreements.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

WES’s contractual obligations include, among other things, a revolving credit facility, other third-party long-term debt, the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko, capital obligations related to its expansion projects and various operating leases. Refer to Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense and Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for an update to WES’s contractual obligations as of March 31, 2017 , including, but not limited to, increases in committed capital.

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements. WES does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements other than operating leases and standby letters of credit. The information pertaining to operating leases and WES’s standby letters of credit required for this item is provided under Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies and Note 9—Debt and Interest Expense , respectively, included in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS

See Note 1—Description of Business and Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Commodity price risk. Certain of WES’s processing services are provided under percent-of-proceeds and keep-whole agreements in which Anadarko is typically responsible for the marketing of the natural gas, condensate and NGLs. Under percent-of-proceeds agreements, WES receives a specified percentage of the net proceeds from the sale of residue and/or NGLs. Under keep-whole agreements, WES keeps 100% of the NGLs produced and the processed natural gas, or value of the natural gas, is returned to the producer, and since some of the gas is used and removed during processing, WES compensates the producer for the amount of gas used and removed in processing by supplying additional gas or by paying an agreed-upon value for the gas used.

To mitigate WES’s exposure to a majority of the commodity price risk inherent in its percent-of-proceeds and keep-whole contracts, WES currently has in place commodity price swap agreements with Anadarko covering activity at the DJ Basin complex and the MGR assets. On December 1, 2016, WES renewed these commodity price swap agreements through December 31, 2017, with an effective date of January 1, 2017. See Note 5—Transactions with Affiliates in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under

Part I , Item 1 of this Form 10-Q .

We consider WES’s exposure to commodity price risk associated with the above-described arrangements to be minimal given the existence of the commodity price swap agreements with Anadarko and the relatively small amount of WES’s operating income (loss) that is impacted by changes in market prices. Accordingly, WES does not expect that a 10% increase or decrease in commodity prices would have a material impact on WES’s operating income (loss), financial condition or cash flows for the next twelve months, excluding the effect of imbalances described below.

We bear a limited degree of commodity price risk through our investment in WES with respect to settlement of WES’s natural gas imbalances that arise from differences in gas volumes received into WES’s systems and gas volumes delivered by WES to customers, as well as instances where WES’s actual liquids recovery or fuel usage varies from the contractually stipulated amounts. Natural gas volumes owed to or by WES that are subject to monthly cash settlement are valued according to the terms of the contract as of the balance sheet dates, and generally reflect market index prices. Other natural gas volumes owed to or by WES are valued at WES’s weighted-average cost of natural gas as of the balance sheet dates and are settled in-kind. WES’s exposure to the impact of changes in commodity prices on outstanding imbalances depends on the timing of settlement of the imbalances.

Interest rate risk. In March 2017, the Federal Open Market Committee raised the target range for the federal funds rate from 1/2 to 3/4 percent to 3/4 to one percent, representing the third federal funds rate increase in a decade. This increase, and any future increases, in the federal funds rate will ultimately result in an increase in financing costs. As of March 31, 2017 , WGP had no outstanding borrowings under the WGP WCF, $28.0 million of borrowings under the WGP RCF and WES had no outstanding borrowings under the WES RCF. The WGP WCF, WGP RCF and WES RCF all bear interest at a rate based on LIBOR or, in the case of the WGP RCF and WES RCF, an alternative base rate at WGP’s or WES’s option, respectively. A 10% change in LIBOR would have resulted in a nominal change in net income (loss) and the fair value of any borrowings under the WES RCF, WGP WCF and WGP RCF at March 31, 2017 .

Additional variable-rate debt may be incurred in the future, either under the WES RCF, WGP WCF, WGP RCF or other financing sources, including commercial bank borrowings or debt issuances.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures . The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of WGP’s general partner (for purposes of this Item 4, “Management”) performed an evaluation of WGP’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, Management concluded that WGP’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2017 .

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting . There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2017 , that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, WGP’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

WGR Operating, LP, one of WES’s subsidiaries, is currently in negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with respect to alleged non-compliance with the leak detection and repair requirements of the federal Clean Air Act at its Granger, Wyoming facility. Although WES’s management cannot predict the outcome of settlement discussions, management believes that it is reasonably likely a resolution of this matter will result in a fine or penalty in excess of $100,000.

We are not engaged in any material litigation. Except as discussed above, WES is not a party to any legal, regulatory or administrative proceedings other than proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. WES’s management believes that there are no such proceedings for which a final disposition could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition, or for which disclosure is otherwise required by Item 103 of Regulation S-K.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Security holders and potential investors in our securities should carefully consider the risk factors set forth under Part I, Item 1A in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 , together with all of the other information included in this document, and in our other public filings, press releases and public discussions with management. Additionally, for a full discussion of the risks associated with Anadarko’s business, see Item 1A under Part I in Anadarko’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 , Anadarko’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Anadarko’s other public filings, press releases and public discussions with Anadarko management. We have identified these risk factors as important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any written or oral forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibits designated by an asterisk (*) are filed herewith and those designated with asterisks (**) are furnished herewith; all exhibits not so designated are incorporated herein by reference to a prior filing as indicated.



Exhibit Number		Description
2.1#		Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement by and among Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, WGR Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Resources, Inc., WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, Western Gas Operating, LLC and WGR Operating, LP, dated as of May 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2008, File No. 001-34046).
2.2#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of November 11, 2008, by and among Western Gas Resources, Inc., WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, WGR Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC and WGR Operating, LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008, File No. 001-34046).
2.3#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2009, by and among Western Gas Resources, Inc., WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, Anadarko Uintah Midstream, LLC, WGR Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, WES GP, Inc., Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC and WGR Operating, LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2009, File No. 001-34046).
2.4#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2010 by and among Western Gas Resources, Inc., WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, Mountain Gas Resources LLC, WGR Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, WES GP, Inc., Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC and WGR Operating, LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2010 File No. 001-34046).
2.5#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2010, by and among Western Gas Resources, Inc., WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, WGR Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, WES GP, Inc., Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC and WGR Operating, LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2010, File No. 001-34046).
2.6#		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2011, by and among Western Gas Partners, LP, Kerr-McGee Gathering LLC and Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 18, 2011 File No. 001-34046).
2.7#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2011, by and among Western Gas Resources, Inc., WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, WGR Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Holdings, LLC, WES GP, Inc., Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC and WGR Operating, LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2011, File No. 001-34046).
2.8#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2013, by and among Anadarko Marcellus Midstream, L.L.C., Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC, WGR Operating, LP, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2013, File No. 001-34046).
2.9#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2014, by and among WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, APC Midstream Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC, WGR Operating, LP and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.9 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2014, File No. 001-34046).
2.10#		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 28, 2014, by and among Western Gas Partners, LP, Maguire Midstream LLC and Nuevo Midstream, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2014, File No. 001-34046).
2.11#		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015, by and among WGR Asset Holding Company LLC, Delaware Basin Midstream, LLC, Western Gas Partners, LP, and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2015, File No. 001-34046).
2.12#		Contribution Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2016, by and among WGR Asset Holding Company, LLC, APC Midstream Holdings, LLC, Western Gas Partners, LP, Western Gas Operating, LLC, WGR Operating, LP and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2016, File No.001-34046).

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Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Certificate of Limited Partnership of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP filed on November 5, 2012, File No. 333-184763).
3.2		First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP, dated as of December 12, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2012, File No. 001-35753).
3.3		Certificate of Formation of Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 5, 2012, File No. 333-184763).
3.4		Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC, dated as of December 12, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2012, File No. 001-35753).
3.5		Certificate of Limited Partnership of Western Gas Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 15, 2007, File No. 333-146700).
3.6		Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Western Gas Partners, LP, dated March 14, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2016, File No. 001-34046).
3.7		Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Western Gas Partners, LP, dated March 14, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2016, File No. 001-34046).
3.8		Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Western Gas Partners, LP, dated February 22, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2017, File No. 001-34046).
3.9		Certificate of Formation of Western Gas Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 15, 2007, File No. 333-146700).
3.10		Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Western Gas Holdings, LLC, dated December 12, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2012, File No. 001-34046).
4.1		Specimen Unit Certificate for the Common Units (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 13, 2008, File No. 001-34046).
4.2		Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2011, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, as Guarantors, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2011, File No. 001-34046).
4.3		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2011, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein, as Guarantors, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2011, File No. 001-34046).
4.4		Form of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2011, File No. 001-34046).
4.5		Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 28, 2012, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 28, 2012, File No. 001-34046).
4.6		Form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 28, 2012, File No. 001-34046).
4.7		Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2013, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2013, File No. 001-34046).
4.8		Form of 2.600% Senior Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2013, File No. 001-34046).

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Exhibit Number		Description
4.9		Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2014, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 20, 2014, File No. 001-34046).
4.10		Form of 5.450% Senior Notes due 2044 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 20, 2014, File No. 001-34046).
4.11		Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 4, 2015, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2015, File No. 001-34046).
4.12		Form of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2015, File No. 001-34046).
4.13		Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 12, 2016, among Western Gas Partners, LP, as Issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 12, 2016, File No. 001-34046).
4.14		Form of 4.650% Senior Notes due 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 12, 2016, File No. 001-34046).
31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*		XBRL Schema Document
101.CAL*		XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*		XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*		XBRL Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*		XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document



#	Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	WESTERN GAS EQUITY PARTNERS, LP

May 3, 2017

	/s/ Benjamin M. Fink
	Benjamin M. Fink President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC (as general partner of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP)

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Part I Item 4. Controls and Procedures Part II. Other Information Part II Item 1. Legal Proceedings Item 1A. Risk Factors Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibits

WES 10-Q Quarter ended March 31, 2017

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