24. Variable Interest Entities

Consolidated VIEs The Company determined that the partners in WGP and WES with equity at risk lack the power, through voting rights or similar rights, to direct the activities that most significantly impact WGP’s and WES’s economic performance; therefore, WGP and WES are considered VIEs. Anadarko, through its ownership of the general partner interest in WGP, has the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could be potentially significant to WGP and WES; therefore, Anadarko is considered the primary beneficiary and consolidates WGP, WES, and all of their consolidated subsidiaries. See Note 23—Noncontrolling Interests for additional information on WGP and WES.

The following tables present selected financial data from the consolidated financial statements of WGP:



millions	2017			2016			2015
Statement of Operations Data
Total revenues and other	$	2,248		$	1,804		$	1,752
Operating income (loss)	704			705			154
Net income (loss)	573			597			11
Statement of Cash Flows Data
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	897		$	913		$	783
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(764		)	(1,106		)	(500		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(413		)	452			(250		)



millions	2017		2016
Balance Sheet Data
Net property, plant, and equipment	$	5,731	$	5,050
Total assets	8,016		7,736
Long-term debt	3,493		3,119
Total liabilities	4,071		3,625
Total equity and partners’ capital	3,945		4,111

24. Variable Interest Entities (Continued)

Assets and Liabilities of VIEs The assets of WGP, WES, and their subsidiaries cannot be used by Anadarko for general corporate purposes and are included in and disclosed parenthetically on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The carrying amounts of liabilities related to WGP, WES, and their subsidiaries for which the creditors do not have recourse to other assets of the Company are included in and disclosed parenthetically on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

All outstanding debt for WES at December 31, 2017 and 2016, including any borrowings under the WES RCF, is recourse to WES’s general partner, which in turn has been indemnified in certain circumstances by certain wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company for such liabilities. All outstanding debt for WGP at December 31, 2017 and 2016, including any borrowings under the WGP RCF, is recourse to WGP’s general partner, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. See Note 12—Debt and Interest Expense for additional information on WGP and WES long-term debt balances.

VIE Financing WGP’s sources of liquidity include borrowings under its RCF and distributions from WES. WES’s sources of liquidity include cash and cash equivalents, cash flows generated from operations, interest income from a note receivable from Anadarko as discussed below, borrowings under its RCF, the issuance of additional partnership units, or debt offerings. See Note 12—Debt and Interest Expense and Note 23—Noncontrolling Interests for additional information on WGP and WES financing activity.

Financial Support Provided to VIEs Concurrent with the closing of its May 2008 IPO, WES loaned the Company $260 million in exchange for a 30-year note bearing interest at a fixed annual rate of 6.50%, payable quarterly. The related interest income for WES was $17 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015. The note receivable and related interest income are eliminated in consolidation.

In March 2015, WES acquired the Company’s interest in DBJV. The acquisition was financed using a deferred purchase price obligation that required a cash payment from WES to the Company due on March 31, 2020. In May 2017, WES reached an agreement with the Company to settle this obligation whereby WES made a cash payment to the Company of $37 million, equal to the estimated net present value of the obligation at March 31, 2017.

In order to reduce WES’s exposure to a majority of the commodity-price risk inherent in certain of its contracts, Anadarko has commodity price swap agreements in place with WES expiring on December 31, 2018. WES has recorded a capital contribution from Anadarko in its Consolidated Statement of Equity and Partners’ Capital for the amount by which the swap price exceeds the applicable market price. WES recorded a capital contribution from Anadarko of $59 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, $46 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, and $18 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.