Partnership Distributions (tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Distribution Made to Members or Limited Partners [Line Items]

The Board of Directors of WGP GP 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
2012
December 31 (prorated from IPO date)	$	0.03587	$	7,852	February 2013
2013
March 31	$	0.17875	$	39,128	May 2013
June 30	0.19750		43,232		August 2013
September 30	0.21375		46,789		November 2013
December 31	0.23125		50,620		February 2014
2014
March 31	$	0.25000	$	54,726	May 2014
June 30	0.27125		59,378		August 2014
September 30	0.29125		63,756		November 2014
December 31 ⁽¹⁾	0.31250		68,409		February 2015


⁽¹⁾	On January 22, 2015, the Board of Directors of WGP GP declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders of $0.31250 per unit, or $68.4 million in aggregate. The cash distribution was paid on February 20, 2015, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on February 2, 2015.

Western Gas Partners [Member]

Distribution Made to Members or Limited Partners [Line Items]

Cash Distributions Tables

The Board of Directors of WES GP declared the following cash distributions to WES’s common and general partner unitholders for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2012
March 31	$	0.460	$	46,053	May 2012
June 30	0.480		52,425		August 2012
September 30	0.500		56,346		November 2012
December 31	0.520		65,657		February 2013
2013
March 31	$	0.540	$	70,143	May 2013
June 30	0.560		79,315		August 2013
September 30	0.580		83,986		November 2013
December 31	0.600		92,609		February 2014
2014
March 31	$	0.625	$	98,749	May 2014
June 30	0.650		105,655		August 2014
September 30	0.675		111,608		November 2014
December 31 ⁽¹⁾	0.700		126,044		February 2015

⁽¹⁾

On January 22, 2015, the Board of Directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders of $0.700 per unit, or $126.0 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions, but excluding distributions on WES Class C units (see WES Class C unit distributions below). The cash distribution was paid on February 12, 2015, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on February 2, 2015.

Incentive Distribution Rights Table

As of December 31, 2014, WES GP was entitled to 1.9% of all quarterly distributions by WES (see Note 4). WES GP, as the holder of the IDRs, was entitled to incentive distributions at the maximum distribution sharing percentage of 48.0% for all periods presented.



	Total Quarterly Distribution Target Amount	Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions
	Total Quarterly Distribution Target Amount	Unitholders	General Partner
Minimum quarterly distribution	$0.300	98.1%	1.9%
First target distribution	up to $0.345	98.1%	1.9%
Second target distribution	above $0.345 up to $0.375	85.1%	14.9%
Third target distribution	above $0.375 up to $0.450	75.1%	24.9%
Thereafter	above $0.450	50.1%	49.9%

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