Consolidated Statement of Equity and Partners' Capital - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2017 - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Total	Western Gas Partners, LP [Member]	Chipeta Processing LLC [Member]	Net Investment by Anadarko [Member]	Common Units [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member] Western Gas Partners, LP [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member] Chipeta Processing LLC [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		$ 4,110,766			$ 0	$ 1,048,143	$ 3,062,623
Net income (loss)		277,014			0	180,884	96,130
Above-market component of swap agreements with Anadarko	[1]	28,670				28,670
WES equity transactions, net	[2]	(183)				14,642	(14,825)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest owners			$ (171,689)	$ (6,375)				$ (171,689)	$ (6,375)
Distributions to WGP unitholders		(208,803)				(208,803)
Acquisitions from affiliates		0			(30)	30
Revision to Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko	[3]	4,165				4,165
Contributions of equity-based compensation to WES by Anadarko		2,247				2,247
Net pre-acquisition contributions from (distributions to) Anadarko		30			30
Net contributions from (distributions to) Anadarko of other assets		376				376
Other		238				(100)	338
Balance at Jun. 30, 2017		$ 4,036,456			$ 0	$ 1,070,254	$ 2,966,202

[1] See Note 5.

[2] Includes the impact of WES’s (as defined in Note 1) equity offerings as described in Note 4. The $14.6 million increase to partners’ capital, together with net income (loss) attributable to Western Gas Equity Partners, LP, totaled $195.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

[3] See Note 2.