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Transactions With Affiliates (tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Related Party Fees and Other Arrangements, Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP) [Abstract]  
Commodity Price Swap Agreements Table
Below is a summary of the fixed price ranges on WES’s outstanding commodity price swap agreements as of June 30, 2014
per barrel except natural gas
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
Ethane
 
$
18.36

$
30.53

 
$
18.41

$
23.41

 
$
23.11

Propane
 
$
40.38

$
53.78

 
$
47.08

$
52.99

 
$
52.90

Isobutane
 
$
61.24

$
75.13

 
$
62.09

$
74.02

 
$
73.89

Normal butane
 
$
53.89

$
66.83

 
$
54.62

$
65.04

 
$
64.93

Natural gasoline
 
$
71.85

$
90.89

 
$
72.88

$
81.82

 
$
81.68

Condensate
 
$
75.22

$
87.30

 
$
76.47

$
81.82

 
$
81.68

Natural gas (per MMBtu)
 
$
3.45

$
6.20

 
$
4.66

$
5.96

 
$
4.87


Gains (Losses) on Commodity Price Swap Agreements Table
The following table summarizes realized gains and losses on commodity price swap agreements:
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
thousands
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements related to sales: (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Natural gas sales
 
$
2,013

 
$
2,404

 
$
(1,654
)
 
$
7,784

Natural gas liquids sales
 
34,554

 
34,203

 
44,009

 
55,508

Total
 
36,567

 
36,607

 
42,355

 
63,292

Losses on commodity price swap agreements related to purchases (2)
 
(18,529
)
 
(22,857
)
 
(18,548
)
 
(42,711
)
Net gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements
 
$
18,038

 
$
13,750

 
$
23,807

 
$
20,581

                                                                                                                                                                                    
(1) 
Reported in affiliate natural gas, natural gas liquids and condensate sales in the consolidated statements of income in the period in which the related sale is recorded.
(2) 
Reported in cost of product in the consolidated statements of income in the period in which the related purchase is recorded.
Related Party Transactions Tables
The following table summarizes WES’s purchases from and sales to Anadarko of pipe and equipment:
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
thousands
 
Purchases
 
Sales
Cash consideration
 
$
4,702

 
$
1,436

 
$

 
$
82

Net carrying value
 
4,745

 
773

 

 
34

Partners’ capital adjustment
 
$
(43
)
 
$
663

 
$

 
$
48

The following table summarizes affiliate transactions, which include revenue from affiliates, reimbursement of operating expenses and purchases of natural gas:
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
thousands
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Revenues (1)
 
$
256,666

 
$
200,316

 
$
462,956

 
$
377,885

Equity income, net
 
13,008

 
3,456

 
22,259

 
7,424

Cost of product (1)
 
35,230

 
32,119

 
51,864

 
64,048

Operation and maintenance (2)
 
16,817

 
14,186

 
27,916

 
27,552

General and administrative (3)
 
6,644

 
5,803

 
13,637

 
11,891

Operating expenses
 
58,691

 
52,108

 
93,417

 
103,491

Interest income, net (4)
 
4,225

 
4,225

 
8,450

 
8,450

Distributions to WGP unitholders (5)
 
49,784

 
35,596

 
95,835

 
42,739

Distributions to WES unitholders (6)
 
474

 
243

 
743

 
243

                                                                                                                                                                                    
(1) 
Represents amounts 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 by Anadarko (see WES LTIP and WGP LTIP and Anadarko Incentive Plans within this Note 5) and amounts charged by Anadarko under the WGP omnibus agreement.
(4) 
Represents interest income recognized on the note receivable from Anadarko.
(5) 
Represents distributions paid under WGP’s partnership agreement (see Note 3 and Note 4).
(6) 
Represents distributions paid to other wholly owned subsidiaries of Anadarko under WES’s partnership agreement (see Note 3 and Note 4).