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Transactions with Affiliates (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Fees and Other Arrangements, Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP) [Abstract]  
Commodity Price Swap Agreements Tables
The tables below summarize the swap prices compared to the forward market prices:
 
 
DJ Basin Complex
per barrel except natural gas
 
2017 - 2018 Swap Prices
 
2017 Market Prices (1)
 
2018 Market Prices (1)
Ethane
 
$
18.41

 
$
5.09

 
$
5.41

Propane
 
47.08

 
18.85

 
28.72

Isobutane
 
62.09

 
26.83

 
32.92

Normal butane
 
54.62

 
26.20

 
32.71

Natural gasoline
 
72.88

 
41.84

 
48.04

Condensate
 
76.47

 
45.40

 
49.36

Natural gas (per MMBtu)
 
5.96

 
3.05

 
2.21


 
 
MGR Assets
per barrel except natural gas
 
2017 - 2018 Swap Prices
 
2017 Market Prices (1)
 
2018 Market Prices (1)
Ethane
 
$
23.11

 
$
4.08

 
$
2.52

Propane
 
52.90

 
19.24

 
25.83

Isobutane
 
73.89

 
25.79

 
30.03

Normal butane
 
64.93

 
25.16

 
29.82

Natural gasoline
 
81.68

 
45.01

 
47.25

Condensate
 
81.68

 
53.55

 
56.76

Natural gas (per MMBtu)
 
4.87

 
3.05

 
2.21

(1) 
Represents the New York Mercantile Exchange forward strip price as of December 1, 2016, and December 20, 2017, for the 2017 Market Prices and 2018 Market Prices, respectively, adjusted for product specification, location, basis and, in the case of NGLs, transportation and fractionation costs.

Related Party Transactions Tables
The following table summarizes WES’s purchases from Anadarko of pipe and equipment:
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
thousands
 
2018
 
2017
Cash consideration
 
$
254

 
$
3,910

Net carrying value
 
(254
)
 
(5,283
)
Partners’ capital adjustment
 
$

 
$
(1,373
)
The following table summarizes material affiliate transactions:
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,
thousands
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Revenues and other (1)
 
$
274,514

 
$
351,127

 
$
766,179

 
$
982,595

Equity income, net – affiliates (1)
 
43,110

 
21,519

 
102,752

 
62,708

Cost of product (1)
 
46,971

 
22,902

 
131,428

 
60,497

Operation and maintenance (2)
 
25,145

 
18,110

 
68,830

 
53,661

General and administrative (3)
 
11,780

 
10,414

 
35,000

 
29,637

Operating expenses
 
83,896

 
51,426

 
235,258

 
143,795

Interest income (4)
 
4,225

 
4,225

 
12,675

 
12,675

Interest expense (5)
 

 

 

 
71

Settlement of the Deferred purchase price obligation – Anadarko (6)
 

 

 

 
(37,346
)
Distributions to WGP unitholders (7)
 
99,247

 
94,205

 
298,818

 
264,533

Distributions to WES unitholders (8)
 
1,911

 
1,790

 
5,642

 
5,280

Above-market component of swap agreements with Anadarko
 
12,601

 
18,049

 
40,722

 
46,719

(1) 
Represents amounts earned or incurred on and subsequent to the date of the acquisition of WES assets, as well as amounts earned or incurred by Anadarko on a historical basis related to WES assets prior to the acquisition of such assets by WES, recognized under gathering, treating or processing agreements, and purchase and sale agreements.
(2) 
Represents expenses incurred on and subsequent to the date of the acquisition of WES assets, as well as expenses incurred by Anadarko on a historical basis related to WES assets prior to the acquisition of such assets by WES.
(3) 
Represents general and administrative expense incurred on and subsequent to the date of the acquisition of WES assets, as well as a management services fee for reimbursement of expenses incurred by Anadarko for periods prior to the acquisition of WES assets by WES. These amounts include equity-based compensation expense allocated to WES and WGP by Anadarko (see WES LTIP and Anadarko Incentive Plan within this Note 6) and amounts charged by Anadarko under the WGP and WES omnibus agreements.
(4) 
Represents interest income recognized on the note receivable from Anadarko.
(5) 
Includes amounts related to the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko (see Note 3 and Note 10).
(6) 
Represents the cash payment to Anadarko for the settlement of the Deferred purchase price obligation - Anadarko (see Note 3).
(7) 
Represents distributions paid under WGP’s partnership agreement (see Note 4 and Note 5).
(8) 
Represents distributions paid to other subsidiaries of Anadarko under WES’s partnership agreement (see Note 4 and Note 5).