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Transactions with Affiliates (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
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 all of WES’s outstanding commodity price swap agreements as of June 30, 2015:
per barrel except natural gas
 
2015
 
2016
Ethane
 
$
18.41

23.41

 
$
23.11

Propane
 
47.08

52.99

 
52.90

Isobutane
 
62.09

74.02

 
73.89

Normal butane
 
54.62

65.04

 
64.93

Natural gasoline
 
72.88

81.82

 
81.68

Condensate
 
76.47

81.82

 
81.68

Natural gas (per MMBtu)
 
4.66

5.96

 
4.87


Gains (Losses) on Commodity Price Swap Agreements Table
The following table summarizes gains and losses upon settlement of commodity price swap agreements:
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
thousands
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements related to sales: (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Natural gas sales
 
$
22,344

 
$
2,013

 
$
33,326

 
$
(1,654
)
Natural gas liquids sales
 
38,297

 
34,554

 
82,729

 
44,009

Total
 
60,641

 
36,567

 
116,055

 
42,355

Losses on commodity price swap agreements related to purchases (2)
 
(41,720
)
 
(18,529
)
 
(75,899
)
 
(18,548
)
Net gains (losses) on commodity price swap agreements
 
$
18,921

 
$
18,038

 
$
40,156

 
$
23,807

                                                                                                                                                                                    
(1) 
Reported in affiliate natural gas, natural gas liquids and drip 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.
Commodity Price Swap Agreements Extensions Table
The table below summarizes the swap prices compared to the forward market prices on the date the commodity price swap extensions were executed.
 
 
DJ Basin Complex
 
Hugoton System
per barrel except natural gas
 
2015 Swap Prices
 
Market Prices (1)
 
2015 Swap Prices
 
Market Prices (1)
Ethane
 
$
18.41

 
$
1.96

 
 
Propane
 
47.08

 
13.10

 
 
Isobutane
 
62.09

 
19.75

 
 
Normal butane
 
54.62

 
18.99

 
 
Natural gasoline
 
72.88

 
52.59

 
 
Condensate
 
76.47

 
52.59

 
$
78.61

 
$
32.56

Natural gas (per MMBtu)
 
5.96

 
2.75

 
5.50

 
2.74

                                                                                                                                                                                    
(1) 
Represents the New York Mercantile Exchange forward strip price as of June 25, 2015, adjusted for location, basis and, in the case of NGLs, transportation and fractionation costs.
Related Party Transactions Tables
The following table summarizes WES’s purchases from and sales to Anadarko for pipe and equipment:
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
thousands
 
Purchases
 
Sales
Cash consideration
 
$
9,968

 
$
4,702

 
$
700

 
$

Net carrying value
 
4,908

 
4,745

 
366

 

Partners’ capital adjustment
 
$
5,060

 
$
(43
)
 
$
334

 
$


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
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues (1)
 
$
271,966

 
$
277,583

 
$
530,281

 
$
499,699

Equity income, net (1)
 
18,941

 
13,008

 
37,161

 
22,259

Cost of product (1)
 
53,078

 
38,666

 
96,990

 
58,037

Operation and maintenance (2)
 
17,496

 
16,827

 
32,872

 
29,378

General and administrative (3)
 
7,513

 
7,090

 
15,279

 
14,572

Operating expenses
 
78,087

 
62,583

 
145,141

 
101,987

Interest income (4)
 
4,225

 
4,225

 
8,450

 
8,450

Interest expense (5)
 
4,190

 

 
5,612

 

Distributions to WGP unitholders (6)
 
66,235

 
49,784

 
126,669

 
95,835

Distributions to WES unitholders (7)
 
550

 
474

 
1,080

 
743

                                                                                                                                                                                    
(1) 
Represents amounts earned or incurred on and subsequent to the date of 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. See Adjustments to Previously Issued Financial Statements in Note 1.
(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 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) 
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, includes interest expense recognized on the WGP working capital facility (see Note 9) and WES’s accretion expense recognized on the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko for the acquisition of DBJV (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).