Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block]

Changes to equity during the six months ended June 30, 2017, were as follows:

				TexNew Mex -						Common -
	General			Andeavor /			Common -			Andeavor /			Subordinated -
	Partner			Western			Public			Western			Western			Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	(5,532	)	$	(310	)	$	600,100		$	(132,802	)	$	(363,132	)	$	98,324
Unit-based compensation	—			—			2,099			—			—			2,099
Conversion of subordinated units	—			—			—			(367,766		)	367,766			—
Distributions to partners declared	(5,209		)	—			(26,467		)	(18,517		)	(9,979		)	(60,172		)
Net income attributable to limited partners	—			—			18,320			14,949			5,345			38,614
Contributions	—			—			—			1,387			—			1,387
Balance at June 30, 2017	$	(10,741	)	$	(310	)	$	594,052		$	(502,749	)	$	—		$	80,252

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
		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]

2017 quarterly distribution declarations, payments and scheduled payments:

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution per Unit
January 31, 2017	February 13, 2017	March 1, 2017	$	0.4375
April 28, 2017	May 9, 2017	May 23, 2017	0.4525
July 25, 2017	August 4, 2017	August 18, 2017	0.4675
Total			$	1.3575

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, we paid distributions to unitholders as shown in the table below:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(In thousands, except per unit data)
TexNew Mex Unit distributions:
TexNew Mex Unit distributions	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	310
Total TexNew Mex Unit distributions	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	310
General Partner's distributions:
General Partner's incentive distribution rights	$	3,062	$	921	$	5,209	$	1,682
Total General Partner's distributions	$	3,062	$	921	$	5,209	$	1,682
Limited partners' distributions:
Common	$	28,327	$	9,858	$	44,984	$	19,453
Subordinated	—		9,181		9,979		18,135
Total limited partners' distributions	28,327		19,039		54,963		37,588
Total cash distributions	$	31,389	$	19,960	$	60,172	$	39,580
Cash distributions per limited partner unit	$	0.4525	$	0.4025	$	0.8900	$	0.7950