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Equity (Notes)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
11. Equity
We had 20,225,957 publicly held outstanding common units as of June 30, 2016, including the net settlement and issuance of 46,696 common units upon the vesting of phantom units from our Western Refining Logistics, LP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") during the six months ended June 30, 2016. Western owned 8,579,623 of our common units and 22,811,000 of our subordinated units constituting an aggregate limited partner interest of 60.8% as of June 30, 2016.
On May 16, 2016, we entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the issuance and sale by the Partnership of 3,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership. The closing of the offering occurred on May 20, 2016. We also granted the underwriter an option to purchase up to 562,500 additional common units on the same terms, that was exercised and closed on June 1, 2016. We used the net proceeds generated from our equity offering to repay a portion of the outstanding balance on our Revolving Credit Facility during the period.
In accordance with our partnership agreement, Western's subordinated units will convert to common units once we have met specified distribution targets and successfully completed other tests set forth in our Second A&R Partnership Agreement.
Changes to equity during the six months ended June 30, 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

 

 
764

 

 

 
764

Issuance of common units

 

 
92,460

 

 

 
92,460

Offering costs for issuance of common units

 

 
(330
)
 

 

 
(330
)
Distributions to partners declared
(1,682
)
 

 
(12,633
)
 
(6,820
)
 
(18,135
)
 
(39,270
)
Net income attributable to limited partners

 

 
11,174

 
5,658

 
15,049

 
31,881

Balance at June 30, 2016
$
(2,767
)
 
$
(310
)
 
$
418,786

 
$
(106,252
)
 
$
(292,375
)
 
$
17,082


TexNew Mex Units
The Second A&R Partnership Agreement created the TexNew Mex Shared Segment and the TexNew Mex Units. The TexNew Mex units are generally entitled to participate in 80% of the economics attributable to the TexNew Mex Shared Segment resulting from crude oil throughput on the TexNew Mex shared segment above the 13,000 bpd. To the extent there is sufficient available cash from operating surplus under the Second A&R Partnership Agreement, the holder of the TexNew Mex Units will be entitled to receive a distribution equal to 80% of the excess of TexNew Mex Shared Segment Distributable Cash Flow over the TexNew Mex Base Amount (as such terms are defined in the Second A&R Partnership Agreement). To the extent the holder of a TexNew Mex Unit is entitled to such a distribution, that distribution will be preferential to all other unit holder distributions. We declared no distributions to TexNew Mex unitholders related to our operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015.
Holders of TexNew Mex Units generally do not have voting rights, except for limited voting rights related to amendments to the rights of holders of the TexNew Mex Units, the issuance of additional TexNew Mex Units or partnership securities with distribution rights senior to or on a parity with the TexNew Mex Units, the sale of any material portion of the TexNew Mex Pipeline and the reservation by the Partnership of any distribution amounts to which the holders of TexNew Mex Units are otherwise entitled.
The TexNew Mex Units are perpetual and have no rights of redemption or of conversion. No holder of any TexNew Mex Unit may transfer any or all of the TexNew Mex Units held by such holder without the prior written approval of the General Partner, unless the transfer either is to an affiliate of the holder or is to any person who is, or will be substantially concurrently with the completion of the transfer, an affiliate of the General Partner.
Issuance of Additional Interests
Our partnership agreement authorizes us to issue additional partnership interests for consideration and on the terms and conditions determined by our General Partner without the approval of the unitholders. We may fund future acquisitions through the issuance of additional common units, subordinated units or other partnership interests. Holders of any additional common units we issue will be entitled to share proportionally in accordance with their respective percentage interests with the then-existing common unitholders in our distributions of available cash.
Allocations of Net Income and Loss
The Second A&R Partnership Agreement contains provisions for the allocation of net income and loss to the unitholders and the General Partner. For purposes of maintaining partner capital accounts, the Second A&R Partnership Agreement specifies that items of income and loss shall be allocated among the partners in accordance with their respective percentage interest. Normal allocations according to percentage interests are made after giving effect, if any, to priority income allocations in an amount equal to incentive distribution right payments allocated 100% to the General Partner.
Percentage Allocations of Available Cash from Operating Surplus
The following table illustrates the percentage allocations of available cash from operating surplus between the unitholders and our General Partner (as the holder of our incentive distribution rights) based on the specified target distribution levels, subject to the preferential distribution rights of holders of the TexNew Mex Units. The amounts set forth under the column heading "Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions" are the percentage interests of our General Partner and the unitholders in any available cash from operating surplus we distribute up to and including the corresponding amount in the column "Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit Target Amount." The percentage interests shown for our unitholders and our General Partner for the minimum quarterly distribution are also applicable to quarterly distribution amounts that are less than the minimum quarterly distribution. The percentage interests set forth below assume our General Partner has not transferred its incentive distribution rights and there are no arrearages on common units.
 
 
Total Quarterly Distribution
per Unit Target Amount
 
Marginal Percentage
Interest in Distributions
 
 
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
%

Our Second A&R Partnership Agreement sets forth the calculation to be used to determine the amount and priority of cash distributions that the common and subordinated unitholders and general partner will receive. We declare distributions subsequent to quarter end. The table below summarizes our 2016 quarterly distribution declarations, payments and scheduled payments through July 29, 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

July 26, 2016
 
August 12, 2016
 
August 26, 2016
 
0.4125

Total
 
$
1.2075

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 and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
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
$
921

 
$
139

 
$
1,682

 
$
155

Total General Partner's distributions
$
921

 
$
139

 
$
1,682

 
$
155

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Limited partners' distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common
$
9,858

 
$
8,346

 
$
19,453

 
$
16,320

Subordinated
9,181

 
7,927

 
18,135

 
15,512

 Total limited partners' distributions
19,039

 
16,273

 
37,588

 
31,832

Total cash distributions
$
19,960

 
$
16,412

 
$
39,580

 
$
31,987

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash distributions per limited partner unit
$
0.4025

 
$
0.3475

 
$
0.7950

 
$
0.6800


We currently have an effective universal shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 that provides for the registration and sale of up to $1 billion of equity or debt securities of us and certain of our subsidiaries. We may over time, and subject to market conditions, in one or more offerings, offer and sell any combination of the securities described in the prospectus. During the second quarter of 2016, an equity offering was completed pursuant to the shelf registration statement and resulted in reduced availability.