Partnership Distributions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

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
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	0.52750		115,487		August 2017
September 30	0.53750		117,677		November 2017
December 31	0.54875		120,140		February 2018
2018
March 31	$	0.56875	$	124,518	May 2018
June 30	0.58250		127,531		August 2018
September 30	0.59500		130,268		November 2018
December 31 ⁽¹⁾	0.60250		131,910		February 2019


⁽¹⁾	The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders for the fourth quarter of 2018 of $0.60250 per unit, or $131.9 million in aggregate. The cash distribution is payable on February 21, 2019, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on February 1, 2019.

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	0.890		207,491		August 2017
September 30	0.905		212,038		November 2017
December 31	0.920		216,586		February 2018
2018
March 31	$	0.935	$	221,133	May 2018
June 30	0.950		225,691		August 2018
September 30	0.965		230,239		November 2018
December 31 ⁽¹⁾	0.980		234,787		February 2019

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The Board of Directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders for the fourth quarter of 2018 of $0.980 per unit, or $234.8 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions, but excluding distributions on WES Class C units (see WES Class C unit distributions below). The cash distribution was paid on February 13, 2019, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on February 1, 2019.

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		14,907		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.