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                              August 31, 2020

       Michael C. Pearl
       Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
       Western Midstream Partners, LP
       9950 Woodloch Forest Drive
       The Woodlands, TX 77380

                                                        Re: Western Midstream
Partners, LP and
                                                            Western Midstream
Operating, LP
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019
                                                            Filed February 27,
2020
                                                            File Nos. 001-35753
and 001-34046

       Dear Mr. Pearl:

              We have limited our review of your filing to the financial
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we
may ask you to
       provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Yead Ended December 31, 2019

       Cover Page

   1.                                                   We note that you appear
to be relying upon General Instruction I of Form 10-K. Please
                                                        confirm, on the date of
filing your report, that you met the conditions set forth in General
                                                        Instruction I(1)(a) and
(b) of Form 10-K and therefore you filed your report with the
                                                        reduced disclosure
format. To the extent that you rely upon General Instruction I of Form
                                                        10-K in future filings,
please confirm that you will prominently set forth, on the cover
                                                        page of the Form 10-K,
a statement that you meet the conditions set forth in General
                                                        Instruction I(a) and
(b) of Form 10-K and therefore are filing your report with the reduced
                                                        disclosure format.
Refer to General Instruction I(1)(c) of Form 10-K.
 Michael C. Pearl
Western Midstream Partners, LP
August 31, 2020
Page 2


1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation, page 138

2.       You disclose that you apply proportionate consolidation to the
Springfield system and
         Marcellus Interest systems, consolidating your associated share of
assets, liabilities,
         revenues and expenses attributable to these assets. Please provide
your analysis of FASB
         ASC 810-10-45-14 and 932-810-45-1 that supports your application of
proportionate
         consolidation to these operations. Your analysis should also explain
how you concluded
         that that the nature of the operations constitute "oil and gas
producing activities" as
         defined in FASB ASC 932-10-15-2A.
       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

      You may contact Brian McAllister at (202) 551-3341 or Craig Arakawa at
(202) 551-
3650 with any questions.



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Comapany NameWestern Midstream Partners, LP
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