Partnership Distributions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Distributions Made to Members or Limited Partners [Abstract]

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
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	0.62200		281,786		February 2020
2020
March 31 ⁽¹⁾	$	0.31100	$	140,893	May 2020

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The Board of Directors declared a cash distribution to the Partnership’s unitholders for the first quarter of 2020 of $0.31100 per unit, or $140.9 million in aggregate. The cash distribution is payable on May 14, 2020 to unitholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2020, including the general partner units that were issued on December 31, 2019 (see Note 1).

WES Operating made the following cash distributions to its limited partners for the periods presented:



thousands Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Cash Distribution
2019
March 31	$	283,271
June 30	288,083
September 30	289,676
December 31	290,314
2020
March 31	$	143,404