Partnership Distributions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]

The Board of Directors of WGP GP (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
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	0.46250		101,254		February 2017
2017
March 31	$	0.49125	$	107,549	May 2017
June 30 ⁽¹⁾	0.52750		115,487		August 2017


⁽¹⁾	The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders for the second quarter of 2017 of $0.52750 per unit, or $115.5 million in aggregate. The cash distribution is payable on August 21, 2017, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on July 31, 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
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	0.860		170,657		February 2017
2017
March 31	$	0.875	$	188,753	May 2017
June 30⁽¹⁾	0.890		207,491		August 2017

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The Board of Directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders for the second quarter of 2017 of $0.890 per unit, or $207.5 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions, but excluding distributions on WES Class C units (see WES Class C unit distributions below). The cash distribution is payable on August 11, 2017, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on July 31, 2017.

Western Gas Partners, LP [Member] | Series A Preferred Units [Member]

Distribution Made to Limited Partner [Line Items]

Cash Distributions Tables

The following table summarizes the Series A Preferred unitholders’ cash distributions for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2016
March 31 ⁽¹⁾	$	0.68	$	1,887	May 2016
June 30 ⁽²⁾	0.68		14,082		August 2016
September 30	0.68		14,908		November 2016
December 31	0.68		14,908		February 2017
2017
March 31	$	0.68	$	7,453	May 2017


⁽¹⁾	Quarterly per unit distribution prorated for the 18-day period during which 14,030,611 WES Series A Preferred units were outstanding during the first quarter of 2016.


⁽²⁾	Full quarterly per unit distribution on 14,030,611 WES Series A Preferred units and quarterly per unit distribution prorated for the 77-day period during which 7,892,220 WES Series A Preferred units were outstanding during the second quarter of 2016.

On March 1, 2017, 50% of the outstanding WES Series A Preferred units converted into WES common units on a one