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Partnership Distributions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Distributions Made to Members or Limited Partners [Abstract]  
Partnership Distributions
4. PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS

Partnership distributions. Under its partnership agreement, the Partnership distributes all of its available cash (beyond proper reserves as defined in its partnership agreement) to unitholders of record on the applicable record date within 55 days following each quarter’s end. The Board of Directors of the general partner (the “Board”) 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 300.61800 279,959 August 2019
September 300.62000 280,880 November 2019
December 310.62200 281,786 February 2020
2020
March 31$0.31100 $140,893 May 2020
June 300.31100 140,900 August 2020
September 300.31100 132,255 November 2020
December 310.31100 131,265 February 2021
2021
March 31$0.31500 $132,969 May 2021
June 300.31900 134,662 August 2021
September 300.32300 134,862 November 2021
December 31 (1)
0.32700 134,749 February 2022
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(1)The Board declared a cash distribution to the Partnership’s unitholders for the fourth quarter of 2021 of $0.32700 per unit, or $134.7 million in aggregate. The cash distribution was paid on February 14, 2022, to unitholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2022, including the general partner units.

Available cash. The amount of available cash (beyond proper reserves as defined in the partnership agreement) generally is all cash on hand at the end of the quarter, plus, at the discretion of the general partner, working capital borrowings made subsequent to the end of such quarter, less the amount of cash reserves established by the general partner to provide for the proper conduct of the Partnership’s business, including (i) reserves to fund future capital expenditures; (ii) to comply with applicable laws, debt instruments, or other agreements; or (iii) to provide funds for unitholder distributions for any one or more of the next four quarters. Working capital borrowings generally include borrowings made under a credit facility or similar financing arrangement and are intended to be repaid or refinanced within 12 months. In all cases, working capital borrowings are used solely for working capital purposes or to fund unitholder distributions.
4. PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS

WES Operating partnership distributions. WES Operating makes quarterly cash distributions to the Partnership and WGRAH, a subsidiary of Occidental, in proportion to their share of limited partner interests in WES Operating. See Note 5. WES Operating made the following cash distributions to its limited partners for the periods presented:
thousands
Quarters Ended
Total Quarterly
Cash Distribution		Distribution
Date
2019
March 31$283,271 May 2019
June 30288,083 August 2019
September 30289,676 November 2019
December 31290,314 February 2020
2020
March 31$143,404 May 2020
June 30143,404 August 2020
September 30143,404 November 2020
December 31127,470 February 2021
2021
March 31$137,030 May 2021
June 30140,217 August 2021
September 30140,217 November 2021
December 31140,217 February 2022
In addition to the distributions above, during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, WES Operating made distributions of $204.1 million and $51.0 million, respectively, to the Partnership and WGRAH. The Partnership used its portion of the distribution to repurchase common units. See Note 5.