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Related-Party Transactions (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related-Party Transactions Tables The following tables summarize material related-party transactions included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements:
Statements of operations
 Three Months Ended 
September 30,		Nine Months Ended 
September 30,
thousands2024202320242023
Revenues and other
Service revenues – fee based$530,434 $454,039 $1,533,251 $1,300,870 
Service revenues – product based13,664 (234)44,214 14,524 
Product sales1,109 9,818 1,642 38,597 
Total revenues and other545,207 463,623 1,579,107 1,353,991 
Equity income, net – related parties (1)
23,977 35,494 84,227 116,839 
Operating expenses
Cost of product (2)
(14,638)(37,083)(46,685)(56,214)
Operation and maintenance2,523 843 8,665 2,493 
General and administrative45 414 299 698 
Total operating expenses(12,070)(35,826)(37,721)(53,023)
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(1)See Note 7.
(2)Includes related-party natural-gas and NGLs imbalances.

Balance sheets
thousandsSeptember 30,
2024		December 31,
2023
Assets
Accounts receivable, net$393,740 $358,141 
Other current assets3,140 1,260 
Equity investments (1)
535,172 904,535 
Other assets40,871 43,216 
Total assets972,923 1,307,152 
Liabilities
Accounts and imbalance payables57,414 38,541 
Accrued liabilities5,029 4,979 
Other liabilities (2)
472,075 335,320 
Total liabilities534,518 378,840 
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(1)See Note 7.
(2)Includes contract liabilities from contracts with customers. See Note 2.
6. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Statements of cash flows
Nine Months Ended 
September 30,
thousands20242023
Distributions from equity-investment earnings – related parties
$83,091 $115,897 
Contributions to equity investments – related parties— (1,153)
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – related parties27,560 31,715 
Distributions to Partnership unitholders (1)
(451,613)(382,438)
Distributions to WES Operating unitholders (2)
(18,502)(18,260)
Unit repurchases from Occidental (3)
— (127,500)
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(1)Represents common and general partner unit distributions paid to Occidental pursuant to the partnership agreement of the Partnership. See Note 4 and Note 5.
(2)Represents distributions paid to Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, pursuant to WES Operating’s partnership agreement. See Note 4 and Note 5.
(3)Represents common units repurchased from Occidental. See Note 5.
WES Operating [Member]  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related-Party Transactions Tables
The following tables summarize material related-party transactions for WES Operating (which are included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements) to the extent the amounts differ materially from the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements:
Statements of operations
 Three Months Ended 
September 30,		Nine Months Ended 
September 30,
thousands2024202320242023
General and administrative (1)
$944 $1,137 $3,292 $3,271 
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(1)Includes an intercompany service fee between the Partnership and WES Operating.

Balance sheets
thousandsSeptember 30,
2024		December 31,
2023
Accounts receivable, net (1)
$396,943 $358,141 
Other current assets2,722 1,235 
Other assets37,616 41,405 
Accounts and imbalance payables (1)
57,414 69,472 
Accrued liabilities4,713 4,662 
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(1)Includes balances related to transactions between the Partnership and WES Operating.

Statements of cash flows
Nine Months Ended 
September 30,
thousands20242023
Distributions to WES Operating unitholders (1)
$(924,796)$(912,770)
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(1)Represents distributions paid to the Partnership and Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, pursuant to WES Operating’s partnership agreement. See Note 4 and Note 5.