Partnership Distributions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]

The Board of Directors 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
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	0.31250		68,409		February 2015
2015
March 31	$	0.34250	$	74,977	May 2015
June 30	0.36375		79,630		August 2015
September 30	0.38125		83,461		November 2015
December 31	0.40375		88,389		February 2016
2016
March 31	$	0.42375	$	92,767	May 2016
June 30	0.43375		94,958		August 2016
September 30	0.44750		97,968		November 2016
December 31 ⁽¹⁾	0.46250		101,254		February 2017


⁽¹⁾	The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $0.46250 per unit, or $101.3 million in aggregate. The cash distribution was paid on February 22, 2017, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on February 2, 2017.

Western Gas Partners, LP [Member]

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [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
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	0.700		126,044		February 2015
2015
March 31	$	0.725	$	133,203	May 2015
June 30	0.750		139,736		August 2015
September 30	0.775		146,160		November 2015
December 31	0.800		152,588		February 2016
2016
March 31	$	0.815	$	158,905	May 2016
June 30	0.830		162,827		August 2016
September 30	0.845		166,742		November 2016
December 31 ⁽¹⁾	0.860		170,657		February 2017

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The Board of Directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $0.860 per unit, or $170.7 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions, but excluding distributions on WES Class C units (see WES Class C unit distributions below) and WES Series A Preferred units (see WES Series A Preferred unit distributions below). The cash distribution was paid on February 13, 2017, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on February 2, 2017.