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Equity Investments (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Equity Investments Table
The following table presents the activity of WES’s equity investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2016:
 
Equity Investments
thousands
Fort
Union
 
White
Cliffs
 
Rendezvous
 
Mont
Belvieu JV
 
TEG
 
TEP
 
FRP
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
17,122

 
$
50,439

 
$
50,913

 
$
117,089

 
$
16,283

 
$
194,803

 
$
172,238

 
$
618,887

Investment earnings (loss), net of amortization
(308
)
 
10,474

 
1,413

 
18,245

 
529

 
12,239

 
14,209

 
56,801

Contributions
—

 
441

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(580
)
 
—

 
(139
)
Distributions
(787
)
 
(10,038
)
 
(2,573
)
 
(18,274
)
 
(546
)
 
(12,427
)
 
(15,026
)
 
(59,671
)
Distributions in excess of cumulative earnings (1)
(3,354
)
 
(3,393
)
 
(1,541
)
 
(3,963
)
 
(266
)
 
(3,720
)
 
(355
)
 
(16,592
)
Balance at September 30, 2016
$
12,673

 
$
47,923

 
$
48,212

 
$
113,097

 
$
16,000

 
$
190,315

 
$
171,066

 
$
599,286

(1) 
Distributions in excess of cumulative earnings, classified as investing cash flows in the consolidated statements of cash flows, is calculated on an individual investment basis.