Partnership Distributions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Distributions Made to Members or Limited Partners [Abstract]

For the below-presented periods, WES Operating paid the cash distributions to WES Operating’s common and general partner unitholders as follows:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Per-unit Distribution		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Distribution Date
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	0.980		234,787		February 2019

The Board of Directors declared the following cash distributions to the Partnership’s unitholders for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Per-unit Distribution		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Distribution Date
2017 ⁽¹⁾
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⁽¹⁾
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	0.60250		131,910		February 2019
2019
March 31	$	0.61000	$	276,324	May 2019
June 30	0.61800		279,959		August 2019
September 30	0.62000		280,880		November 2019
December 31 ⁽²⁾	0.62200		281,786		February 2020


⁽¹⁾	The 2017 and 2018 distributions were declared and paid prior to the closing of the Merger.

⁽²⁾

The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to the Partnership’s unitholders for the fourth quarter of 2019 of $0.62200 per unit, or $281.8 million in aggregate. The cash distribution was paid on February 13, 2020, to unitholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2020, including the general partner units that were issued on December 31, 2019 (see Note 1).