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Equity Investments (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Equity Investments Table
The following table presents the activity of WES’s equity investments for the six months ended June 30, 2017:
 
Equity Investments
thousands
Fort
Union
 
White
Cliffs
 
Rendezvous
 
Mont
Belvieu JV
 
TEG
 
TEP
 
FRP
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2016
$
12,833

 
$
47,319

 
$
46,739

 
$
112,805

 
$
15,846

 
$
189,194

 
$
169,472

 
$
594,208

Investment earnings (loss), net of amortization
1,844

 
6,701

 
540

 
13,388

 
1,319

 
8,956

 
8,441

 
41,189

Impairment expense (1)
(3,110
)
 
—


—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3,110
)
Contributions
—

 
277

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
10

 
—

 
287

Distributions
(2,239
)
 
(6,410
)
 
(1,510
)
 
(13,407
)
 
(1,026
)
 
(9,082
)
 
(8,528
)
 
(42,202
)
Distributions in excess of cumulative earnings (2)
(800
)
 
(1,571
)
 
(1,418
)
 
(1,717
)
 
—

 
(2,102
)
 
(1,613
)
 
(9,221
)
Balance at June 30, 2017
$
8,528

 
$
46,316

 
$
44,351

 
$
111,069

 
$
16,139

 
$
186,976

 
$
167,772

 
$
581,151

(1) 
Recorded in Impairments in the consolidated statements of operations.
(2) 
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.