EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Unitholders

Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC (as general partner of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP):

We consent to the use of our report dated December 30, 2013, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, equity and partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas

January 2, 2014