Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block]

Changes to equity during the three months ended March 31, 2016, were as follows:



	General			TexNew Mex -			Common -			Common -			Subordinated -
	Partner			Western			Public			Western			Western			Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	(1,085	)	$	(310	)	$	327,351		$	(105,090	)	$	(289,289	)	$	(68,423	)
Unit-based compensation	—			—			41			—			—			41
Distributions to partners declared	(761		)	—			(6,228		)	(3,367		)	(8,954		)	(19,310		)
Net income attributable to limited partners	—			—			4,704			2,542			6,761			14,007
Balance at March 31, 2016	$	(1,846	)	$	(310	)	$	325,868		$	(105,915	)	$	(291,482	)	$	(73,685	)

Schedule of Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Table Text Block]

no arrearages on common units.



	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit Target Amount	Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions
	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit Target Amount	Unitholders		General Partner
Minimum Quarterly Distribution	$0.2875	100.0	%	—
First Target Distribution	above $0.2875 up to $0.3306	100.0	%	—
Second Target Distribution	above $0.3306 up to $0.3594	85.0	%	15.0	%
Third Target Distribution	above $0.3594 up to $0.4313	75.0	%	25.0	%
Thereafter	above $0.4313	50.0	%	50.0	%

Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution [Table Text Block]

2016 quarterly distribution declarations, payments and scheduled payments through March 31, 2016:



Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution per Common and Subordinated Unit
February 1, 2016	February 11, 2016	February 26, 2016	$	0.3925
April 25, 2016	May 13, 2016	May 27, 2016	0.4025
Total			$	0.7950

During 2015 and 2016, we declared and paid distributions that were in excess of the target distribution amounts set forth in our partnership agreement, resulting in distributions to our General Partner as the holder of incentive distribution rights. The total quarterly cash distributions for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, were as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016		2015
	(In thousands, except per unit data)
TexNew Mex Unit distributions:
TexNew Mex Unit distributions	$	310	$	—
Total TexNew Mex Unit distributions	$	310	$	—

General Partners' distributions:
General Partner's incentive distribution rights	$	761	$	16
Total General Partner's distributions	$	761	$	16

Limited partners' distributions:
Common	$	9,595	$	7,974
Subordinated	8,954		7,585
Total limited partners' distributions	18,549		15,559
Total cash distributions	$	19,620	$	15,575

Cash distributions per limited partner unit	$	0.3925	$	0.3325