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Western Midstream Partners, LP
(NYSE:WES) 

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Western Midstream Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, acquire, own, develop, and operate midstream assets primarily in the United States. It is involved in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, and transporting of natural gas; gathering, stabilizing, and transporting of condensate,...

Founded: 2007
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas Midstream

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      net income
                 315,171,000 317,670,000 250,849,000 263,638,000 238,277,000 191,235,000 270,776,000 254,135,000 281,341,000 -289,400,000 295,440,000 125,223,000 175,058,000 211,979,000 110,881,000 155,636,000 35,519,000 152,348,000 150,817,000 147,913,000 175,497,000 103,991,000 145,460,000 170,426,000 167,325,000 119,083,000 -427,063,000 163,494,000 113,338,000 86,794,000 94,409,000 106,540,000 98,482,000 91,127,000 89,228,000 81,776,000 62,060,000 52,888,000 -14,037,000 42,940,000 40,567,000 52,406,000 38,865,000 40,682,000 36,777,000 37,938,000 38,342,000 34,022,000 26,781,000 24,808,000 21,799,000 19,235,000 18,124,000 16,958,000 25,753,000 17,396,000 12,908,000 9,219,000 
      yoy
                 32.27% 66.11% -7.36% 3.74% -15.31% -166.08% -8.35% 102.95% 60.71% -236.52% 166.45% -19.54% 392.86% 39.14% -26.48% 5.22% -79.76% 46.50% 3.68% -13.21% 4.88% -12.67% -134.06% 4.24% 47.63% 37.20% -552.35% 53.46% 15.08% -4.75% 5.81% 30.28% 58.69% 72.30% -735.66% 90.44% 52.98% 0.92% -136.12% 5.55% 10.31% 38.14% 1.36% 19.58% 37.32% 52.93% 75.89% 76.88% 47.77% 46.29% -15.35% 10.57% 40.41% 83.95%     
      qoq
                 -0.79% 26.64% -4.85% 10.64% 24.60% -29.38% 6.55% -9.67% -197.22% -197.96% 135.93% -28.47% -17.42% 91.18% -28.76% 338.18% -76.69% 1.02% 1.96% -15.72% 68.76% -28.51% -14.65% 1.85% 40.51% -127.88% -361.21% 44.25% 30.58% -8.07% -11.39% 8.18% 8.07% 2.13% 9.11% 31.77% 17.34% -476.78% -132.69% 5.85% -22.59% 34.84% -4.47% 10.62% -3.06% -1.05% 12.70% 27.04% 7.95% 13.80% 13.33% 6.13% 6.88% -34.15% 48.04% 34.77% 40.02%  
      net income margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 35.96% 41.89% 34.88% 34.51% 33.13% 28.33% 41.82% 37.43% 41.88% -37.38% 40.85% 18.80% 25.55% 31.55% 19.88% 30.65% 8.15% 34.85% 23.86% 25.74% 33.40% 20.15% 28.48% 35.38% 39.03% 31.08% -115.02% 42.45% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      limited partners’ interest in net income
    331,730,000 333,750,000 301,837,000 325,854,000 281,772,000 369,841,000 559,500,000 281,630,000 270,843,000 247,100,000 198,959,000 328,577,000 259,501,000 299,550,000 301,934,000 238,186,000 250,198,000 226,295,000 181,798,000 258,249,000 241,479,000 267,576,000 -251,396,000 282,133,000 121,217,000 169,431,000 89,544,000             -471,809,000 111,093,000 64,607,000 39,833,000 54,348,000 71,619,000 66,985,000 63,557,000 63,979,000 59,707,000 44,810,000 32,370,000 -26,552,000 31,475,000 30,150,000 43,824,000 31,511,000 34,415,000               
      weighted-average common units outstanding
                                                                           
      basic
    381,330,000 381,328,000 380,986,000 380,397,000 380,513,000 380,491,000 380,024,000 383,028,000 383,561,000 384,614,000 384,468,000 394,951,000 388,906,000                                                           
      dilutive effect of non-vested phantom units
    1,458,000 998,000 1,508,000 212,000 2,107,000 1,762,000 1,604,000 247,000 1,211,000 896,000 1,282,000 83,000 1,412,000                                                           
      diluted
    382,788,000 382,326,000 382,494,000 266,000 382,620,000 382,253,000 381,628,000 -936,000 384,772,000 385,510,000 385,750,000 -3,309,000 390,318,000                                                           
      excluded due to anti-dilutive effect
     488,000 250,000 -2,052,000  172,000 279,000 -9,000 143,000 1,159,000 663,000 -43,000 108,000                                                           
      net income per common unit
                                                                           
      basic
    870 880 790 860 740 970 1,470 740 710 640 520 850 670                                                           
      diluted
    870 870 790 850 740 970 1,470 740 700 640 520 850 660                                                           
      statements of operations
                                                                           
      thousands
    2,025,000 2,025,000 2,025,000  2,024,000 2,024,000 2,024,000  2,023,000 2,023,000 2,023,000  2,022,000                                                           
      revenues and other
                                                                           
      service revenues – fee based
    566,912,000 559,192,000 541,745,000 565,865,000 530,434,000 513,088,000 489,729,000 473,044,000 454,039,000 423,330,000 423,501,000 399,485,000 431,944,000 655,952,000 631,598,000 621,093,000 650,482,000 618,985,000 572,275,000 603,777,000 636,522,000 642,628,000 447,783,000 411,738,000 360,011,000 343,484,000 326,642,000 211,015,000 204,090,000 192,488,000 186,001,000                                         
      service revenues – product based
    5,416,000 12,254,000 11,859,000 12,474,000 13,664,000 16,493,000 14,057,000 1,973,000 -234,000 6,642,000 8,116,000 8,610,000 24,246,000 70,498,000 40,867,000 34,317,000 28,812,000 27,803,000 31,652,000 13,132,000 12,316,000 7,000,000 2,978,000 4,992,000 84,000 634,000 1,352,000 1,020,000 701,000 285,000 242,000                                         
      product sales
    13,639,000 4,801,000 4,798,000 4,062,000 1,109,000 4,510,000 -3,977,000 5,086,000 9,818,000 11,611,000 17,168,000 25,135,000 20,323,000 149,736,000 85,589,000 63,588,000 84,298,000 72,256,000 70,805,000 30,068,000 30,106,000 21,736,000 31,624,000 28,292,000 38,658,000 41,066,000 50,443,000 89,646,000 69,723,000 45,256,000 54,819,000                                         
      total revenues and other
    585,967,000 576,247,000 558,402,000 582,401,000 545,207,000 534,091,000 499,809,000 480,103,000 463,623,000 441,583,000 448,785,000 433,230,000 476,513,000 876,419,000 758,297,000 719,210,000 763,840,000 719,131,000 674,974,000 647,480,000 679,044,000 671,755,000 774,313,000 723,210,000 666,027,000 685,054,000 671,883,000 557,793,000 507,762,000 435,949,000 437,168,000 632,018,000 574,695,000 525,450,000 516,193,000 510,820,000 481,645,000 428,664,000 383,141,000 371,290,000 385,101,000                               
      yoy
    7.48% 7.89% 11.72% 21.31% 17.60% 20.95% 11.37% 10.82% -2.71% -49.62% -40.82% -39.76% -37.62% 21.87% 12.34% 11.08% 12.49% 7.05% -12.83% -10.47% 1.95% -1.94% 15.25% 29.66% 31.17% 57.14% 53.69% -11.74% -11.65% -17.03% -15.31% 23.73% 19.32% 22.58% 34.73% 37.58% 25.07%                                   
      qoq
    1.69% 3.20% -4.12% 6.82% 2.08% 6.86% 4.10% 3.55% 4.99% -1.60% 3.59% -9.08% -45.63% 15.58% 5.43% -5.84% 6.22% 6.54% 4.25% -4.65% 1.09% -13.25% 7.07% 8.59% -2.78% 1.96% 20.45% 9.85% 16.47% -0.28% -30.83% 9.97% 9.37% 1.79% 1.05% 6.06% 12.36% 11.88% 3.19% -3.59%                                
      equity income, net – related parties
    16,847,000 27,128,000 20,435,000 28,158,000 23,977,000 27,431,000 32,819,000 36,120,000 35,494,000 42,324,000 39,021,000 44,095,000 41,317,000 48,464,000 49,607,000 45,308,000 48,506,000 58,666,000 52,165,000 49,962,000 61,026,000 54,415,000 61,347,000                                                 
      operating expenses
                                                                           
      cost of product
    1,332,000 -9,028,000 -14,014,000 -20,729,000 -14,638,000 -4,635,000 -27,412,000 -16,689,000 -37,083,000 -15,184,000 -3,947,000 14,015,000 -7,771,000 148,556,000 72,848,000 72,040,000 83,232,000 78,044,000 88,969,000 34,477,000 31,739,000 18,602,000 103,270,000 109,507,000 97,800,000 122,877,000 114,063,000 128,403,000 105,966,000 68,149,000 77,799,000 276,834,000 239,223,000 203,277,000 189,359,000 167,235,000 145,643,000 104,849,000 76,467,000 114,057,000 127,721,000 146,293,000 137,920,000 119,528,000 108,393,000 118,085,000 91,950,000 94,226,000 93,516,000 93,460,000 83,083,000 81,360,000 89,107,000 82,456,000 83,156,000 69,425,000 68,675,000 62,317,000 46,820,000 39,126,000 37,443,000 24,955,000 32,578,000 13,657,000 12,888,000 9,489,000 12,528,000 120,469,000 3,913,000 3,258,000 3,760,000 
      operation and maintenance
    1,833,000 1,560,000 1,921,000 1,915,000 2,523,000 4,703,000 1,439,000 2,125,000 843,000 903,000 747,000 1,207,000 3,231,000 168,153,000 128,976,000 147,102,000 140,838,000 153,028,000 140,332,000 144,204,000 132,293,000 145,186,000 159,191,000 173,387,000 176,572,000 148,431,000 142,829,000 114,518,000 111,359,000 100,628,000 88,279,000 86,550,000 79,536,000 76,148,000 73,760,000 81,869,000 74,755,000 75,173,000 76,213,000 78,134,000 80,633,000 56,827,000 56,149,000 54,241,000 53,657,000 50,875,000 40,532,000 47,492,000 42,757,000 41,669,000 36,739,000 34,303,000 33,261,000 33,882,000 29,898,000 27,126,000 27,012,000 23,639,000 20,862,000 19,448,000 19,414,000 13,735,000 15,167,000 11,060,000 11,741,000 10,371,000 9,236,000 18,100,000 9,376,000 8,732,000 8,559,000 
      general and administrative
     179,000 31,000 51,000 45,000 254,000  -414,000 414,000 217,000 67,000 49,000 81,000 47,848,000 48,602,000 55,576,000 50,409,000 44,448,000 45,116,000 37,303,000 41,578,000 36,423,000 40,465,000 30,951,000 30,769,000 30,027,000 22,844,000 17,072,000 14,467,000 14,035,000 14,132,000 12,394,000 12,158,000 10,585,000 12,659,000 12,049,000 11,382,000 10,883,000 11,277,000 9,611,000 9,318,000 8,667,000 10,512,000 9,938,000 7,889,000 8,000,000 8,415,000 7,523,000 7,276,000 7,288,000 7,664,000 62,833,000 14,554,000 9,755,000 9,924,000 13,611,000 7,643,000 7,082,000 6,698,000 7,586,000 5,811,000 4,358,000 5,074,000 5,069,000 5,980,000 3,860,000 4,723,000 7,576,000 3,412,000 2,173,000 1,152,000 
      total operating expenses
    3,165,000 -7,289,000 -12,062,000 -18,763,000 -12,070,000 322,000 -25,973,000 -14,978,000 -35,826,000 -14,064,000 -3,133,000 15,271,000 -4,459,000 526,345,000 403,450,000 438,563,000 428,716,000 444,074,000 434,220,000 336,773,000 392,206,000 349,561,000 1,050,523,000 451,612,000 451,443,000 437,531,000 410,357,000 442,816,000 350,616,000 400,601,000 269,582,000 470,060,000 416,830,000 379,143,000 522,516,000 345,709,000 312,088,000 272,691,000 245,920,000 763,012,000 291,703,000 286,523,000 283,396,000 241,489,000 222,154,000 227,819,000 188,550,000 193,330,000 187,813,000 184,999,000 165,711,000 219,177,000 169,778,000 158,082,000 154,401,000 136,167,000 130,391,000 118,723,000 97,897,000 87,070,000 85,404,000 59,403,000 69,271,000 41,476,000 42,701,000 34,243,000 36,865,000 169,531,000 25,148,000 25,694,000 21,597,000 
      consolidated statements of operations
                                                                           
      other
                 233,000 243,000 212,000 248,000 87,000 242,000 503,000 100,000 391,000 347,000 275,250 338,000 366,000 397,000   223,000 219,000 7,254,000 8,822,000 1,191,000 1,854,000      870,000 132,000 170,000 729,000 2,778,000 842,000 729,000 779,000 1,287,000 896,000 1,147,000 484,000 610,000 507,000 600,000 1,636,000 613,000 103,000 750,000 1,788,000 866,000 1,016,000 551,000 169,000 199,000 145,000 462,000     
      property and other taxes
                 22,662,000 18,442,000 18,275,000 13,641,000 17,967,000 14,384,000 11,077,000 19,392,000 19,395,000 18,476,000 15,504,000 15,281,000 14,282,000 16,285,000 7,844,000 10,954,000 11,754,000 12,382,000 11,385,000 11,215,000 11,924,000 12,294,000 7,047,000 10,670,000 12,078,000 10,350,000 4,892,000 8,343,000 8,775,000 8,523,000 4,635,000 6,564,000 7,113,000 7,041,000 4,724,000 6,649,000 6,086,000 5,785,000 4,690,000 5,328,000 4,833,000 4,837,000 3,063,000 4,411,000 3,974,000 3,959,000 2,575,000 3,610,000 2,800,000 2,769,000 1,267,000 1,876,000 1,771,000 1,757,000 1,176,000 1,302,000 1,653,000 1,570,000 
      depreciation and amortization
                 139,036,000 134,582,000 144,225,000 139,002,000 137,849,000 130,553,000 106,398,000 132,564,000 119,805,000 132,319,000 120,278,000 127,914,000 121,117,000 113,946,000 99,349,000 82,553,000 78,792,000 76,842,000 74,602,000 72,539,000 74,031,000 69,702,000 73,287,000 67,246,000 67,305,000 65,095,000                       13,555,000 13,683,000 10,423,000 10,216,000 8,752,000 8,621,000     
      long-lived asset and other impairments
                 90,000  1,345,000 1,594,000 12,738,000 14,866,000 3,314,000 34,640,000                                                   
      gain on divestiture and other
                 -1,150,000 370,000 -234,000 -364,000 1,225,000 -583,000 12,285,000 -768,000 -2,843,000 -40,000 -3,000 248,000 -1,061,000 -590,000 961,000 65,000 170,000 116,000 -2,629,000 72,000 15,458,000 119,487,000 -5,872,000 -6,230,000 -1,907,000 -632,000                                 
      operating income
                 397,388,000 404,824,000 325,721,000 383,266,000 334,948,000 292,336,000 372,954,000 347,096,000 373,766,000 -214,903,000 333,630,000 268,725,000 310,060,000 318,928,000 166,210,000 200,321,000 74,736,000 188,126,000 181,815,000 179,456,000 207,608,000 138,392,000 181,155,000 197,288,000 176,362,000 153,403,000 -399,832,000 192,618,000 134,830,000 109,918,000 112,922,000 123,374,000 115,133,000 100,158,000 97,291,000 90,188,000 70,127,000 64,036,000 -6,340,000 49,242,000 47,259,000 57,841,000 43,403,000 45,472,000 43,025,000 38,096,000 40,040,000 36,887,000 28,565,000 25,048,000 20,982,000 18,295,000 15,731,000 14,023,000 25,968,000 13,155,000 13,926,000 16,629,000 
      yoy
                 18.64% 38.48% -12.66% 10.42% -10.39% -236.03% 11.79% 29.16% 20.55% -167.38% 100.73% 34.15% 314.87% 69.53% -8.58% 11.63% -64.00% 35.94% 0.36% -9.04% 17.72% -9.79% -145.31% 2.42% 30.80% 39.56% -454.08% 56.13% 17.11% 9.74% 16.07% 36.80% 64.18% 56.41% -1634.56% 83.15% 48.39% 10.71% -114.61% 8.29% 9.84% 51.83% 8.40% 23.27% 50.62% 52.09% 90.83% 101.62% 81.58% 78.62% -19.20% 39.07% 12.96% -15.67%     
      qoq
                 -1.84% 24.29% -15.01% 14.43% 14.58% -21.62% 7.45% -7.14% -273.92% -164.41% 24.15% -13.33% -2.78% 91.88% -17.03% 168.04% -60.27% 3.47% 1.31% -13.56% 50.01% -23.61% -8.18% 11.87% 14.97% -138.37% -307.58% 42.86% 22.66% -2.66% -8.47% 7.16% 14.95% 2.95% 7.88% 28.61% 9.51% -1110.03% -112.88% 4.20% -18.29% 33.26% -4.55% 5.69% 12.94% -4.86% 8.55% 29.13% 14.04% 19.38% 14.69% 16.30% 12.18% -46.00% 97.40% -5.54% -16.25%  
      operating margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45.34% 53.39% 45.29% 50.18% 46.58% 43.31% 57.60% 51.12% 55.64% -27.75% 46.13% 40.35% 45.26% 47.47% 29.80% 39.45% 17.14% 43.03% 28.77% 31.23% 39.51% 26.81% 35.46% 40.96% 41.14% 40.04% -107.69% 50.02% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      interest expense
                 -80,772,000 -85,455,000 -89,472,000 -93,257,000 -95,290,000 -98,493,000 -101,247,000 -95,571,000 -94,654,000 -88,586,000 -79,414,000 -78,524,000 -79,472,000 -65,876,000 -52,345,000 -47,991,000 -44,389,000 -39,283,000 -35,592,000 -35,544,000 -35,746,000 -35,504,000 -39,234,000 -30,768,000 -12,883,000 -32,036,000 -31,535,000 -31,773,000 -27,604,000 -22,960,000 -21,063,000 -20,878,000 -20,864,000 -13,961,000 -14,314,000 -13,018,000 -12,654,000 -11,811,000 -11,942,000 -10,977,000 -9,560,000 -9,581,000 -8,607,000 -8,931,000 -6,697,000 -6,111,000             
      gain on early extinguishment of debt
                 91,000   -24,655,000  -289,000 862,000 1,632,000 1,395,000 7,345,000                                                 
      other income
                 -45,000 106,000 390,000 110,000 84,000 -1,207,000 413,000 720,000 1,653,000 -1,761,000 37,792,000 -67,894,000 -58,477,000 -35,206,000 -7,564,000 598,000 1,229,000 782,000 330,000 286,000 253,000 430,000 255,000 153,000 -53,000 124,000 -846,000 85,000 71,000 71,000 76,000 97,000 214,000 477,000 225,000 439,000 499,000 674,000 579,000 522,000 -1,267,000 458,000 290,000 8,000 -3,682,000 1,760,000 188,000 63,000 -2,394,000 20,000 13,000 13,000 9,000 5,000 21,000 93,000 27,000 4,000 
      income before income taxes
                 316,662,000 319,475,000 236,639,000 265,464,000 239,742,000 192,347,000 272,982,000 257,163,000 286,385,000 -293,680,000 296,233,000 126,532,000 176,336,000 222,071,000 110,526,000 157,153,000 35,801,000 153,850,000 150,778,000 148,423,000 176,340,000 107,543,000 146,401,000 170,898,000 167,651,000 125,716,000 -427,988,000 165,155,000 111,522,000 91,254,000 96,160,000 106,818,000 98,708,000 90,899,000 87,427,000 81,834,000 62,197,000 57,124,000 -13,478,000 43,012,000 40,657,000 52,943,000 39,311,000 40,774,000 36,871,000 37,970,000 38,434,000 35,527,000 26,798,000 25,765,000 21,963,000 19,406,000 18,179,000 16,468,000 31,444,000 17,464,000 15,638,000 14,507,000 
      income tax benefit
                 1,491,000 1,805,000 -14,210,000 1,826,000 1,465,000 1,112,000 2,206,000 3,028,000 5,044,000 -4,280,000 793,000 1,309,000 1,278,000 10,092,000                                     -38,000 171,000 55,000      
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                 8,854,000 8,953,000 7,332,000 7,913,000 7,018,000 5,444,000 6,885,000 7,524,000 8,304,000 -32,873,000 7,670,000 4,006,000 5,464,000 93,319,000                     3,349,000 3,376,000 1,860,000 2,231,000 2,934,000 3,423,000 4,290,000 4,243,000 4,438,000 3,873,000 2,838,000 2,954,000 3,199,000 2,541,000 3,370,000 1,894,000 2,519,000 2,187,000       
      net income attributable to western midstream partners, lp
                 306,317,000 308,717,000 243,517,000 255,725,000 231,259,000 185,791,000 263,891,000 246,611,000 273,037,000 -256,527,000 287,770,000 121,217,000 169,594,000 118,660,000                                             
      limited partners’ interest in net income:
                                                                           
      general partner interest in net (income) loss
                 -6,767,000 -6,783,000 -5,331,000 -5,527,000 -4,964,000 -3,993,000 -5,642,000 -5,132,000 -5,461,000 5,131,000     -90,372,000 -88,551,000 -84,176,000 -83,439,000 -80,932,000 -78,376,000 -76,365,000 -68,162,000 -62,229,000 -60,551,000 -58,381,000 -55,400,000 -42,875,000 -50,213,000 -45,915,000 -41,993,000 -37,041,000 -31,058,000 -28,047,000 -24,834,000 -21,900,000 -18,693,000 -16,154,000 -12,886,000 -9,581,000 -8,042,000 -6,127,000 -4,339,000 -2,915,000 -2,394,000               
      net income per common unit – basic
                 740 750 580 610                       -3,410 770 440 260                             
      net income per common unit – diluted
                 740 750 590 610                       -3,410 770 440 260                             
      weighted-average common units outstanding – basic
                 403,027,000 403,254,000 411,309,000 411,909,000                                                       
      weighted-average common units outstanding – diluted
                 404,162,000 404,460,000 412,022,000 412,714,000                                                       
      goodwill impairment
                          441,017,000                                                 
      interest income – anadarko note receivable
                        3,286,000 4,225,000                                                  
      net income per common unit – basic and diluted
                     550 440 600 550 600 -570 650 270 370 300 90 390 -320 380 390 380 490 10 347.5 540 550 310     427.5 600 570 540 570 530 410 310 -300 330 330 480 320 410 400 430   350 370         
      weighted-average common units outstanding – basic and diluted
                     413,070,000 413,104,000 435,554,000 438,857,000 443,973,000 443,971,000 415,794,000 453,021,000 453,000,000 299,556,000                  119,068,000 118,177,000 117,716,000  112,143,000 108,736,000 104,815,000                     
      pre-acquisition net (income) loss allocated to anadarko
                             -163,000 -29,116,000            -11,326,000    -1,742,000    956,000   764,000 -5,401,000                     
      long-lived asset impairments
                         10,150,000 155,785,000                                                 
      revenues and other – related parties
                                                                           
      total revenues and other – related parties
                          482,385,000                                                 
      revenues and other – third parties
                                                                           
      total revenues and other – third parties
                          291,928,000 278,188,000 267,274,000 299,870,000 293,446,000 256,112,000 233,248,000 197,920,000 196,106,000 249,295,000 223,568,000 209,137,000 201,038,000 182,889,000 156,333,000 126,259,000 110,557,000 119,107,000 137,643,000                               
      interest income – related parties
                          4,225,000                                                 
      revenues and other – affiliates
                                                                           
      total revenues and other – affiliates
                           445,022,000 398,753,000 385,184,000 378,437,000 301,681,000 274,514,000 238,029,000 241,062,000 382,723,000 351,127,000 316,313,000 315,155,000 327,931,000 325,312,000 302,405,000 272,584,000 252,183,000 247,458,000                               
      equity income, net – affiliates
                           62,035,000 53,893,000 63,598,000 57,992,000 50,272,000 43,110,000 39,218,000 20,424,000 22,486,000 21,519,000 21,728,000 19,461,000 21,916,000 20,294,000 19,693,000                                  
      impairments
                           1,985,000 3,107,000 797,000 390,000 75,630,000 25,317,000 127,243,000 148,000 8,295,000 2,159,000 3,178,000 164,742,000 4,222,000 2,392,000 2,403,000 6,518,000                                 
      interest income – affiliates
                           4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000             4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000             
      proceeds from business interruption insurance claims
                                     24,115,000 5,767,000  13,667,000 2,603,000                                  
      income tax (benefit) expense
                               825,250 1,517,000 282,000 1,502,000 -39,000 510,000 843,000 3,552,000 941,000 472,000 326,000 6,633,000 -925,000 1,661,000 -1,816,000 4,460,000 1,751,000 278,000 226,000 -228,000                    -490,000     
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                               1,823,000 990,000 2,811,000 2,985,000 2,180,000 4,407,000 2,046,000 2,102,000 2,456,000 2,680,000 2,804,000 3,023,000 1,871,000 2,188,000 2,816,000 3,226,000 2,751,250 3,863,000 3,450,000 3,692,000                         
      net income attributable to western gas partners, lp
                               109,058,000 154,646,000 32,708,000 149,363,000 148,637,000 143,506,000 173,451,000 101,889,000 143,004,000 167,746,000 164,521,000 116,060,000 -428,934,000 161,306,000 110,522,000 83,568,000 91,389,000 102,677,000 95,032,000 87,435,000 85,879,000 78,400,000 60,200,000 50,657,000 -16,971,000 39,517,000 36,277,000 48,163,000 34,427,000 36,809,000 33,939,000 34,984,000 35,143,000 31,481,000 23,411,000 22,914,000 19,280,000 17,048,000       
      series a preferred units interest in net (income) loss
                                     -14,199,000 -28,174,000 -25,904,000 -25,539,000 -23,121,000 -2,329,000                                 
      common and class c limited partners’ interest in net income
                               18,686,000 66,095,000 -51,468,000 65,924,000 67,705,000 65,130,000 82,887,000 5,553,000 54,871,000 81,656,000 83,019,000 47,005,000                                 
      gathering, processing and transportation
                                   121,150,250 157,303,000 154,984,000 172,314,000 186,171,000 189,465,000 186,733,000 187,718,000                                 
      natural gas and natural gas liquids sales
                                   203,275,000 185,002,000 161,329,000 142,841,000 141,760,000 135,847,000 115,672,000 84,866,000                                 
      equity income
                                          16,814,000 12,114,000 21,976,000 18,941,000 18,220,000 16,514,000 19,063,000 13,008,000 9,251,000                         
      gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids
                                           150,462,000 141,556,000 138,644,000 128,309,000 106,478,000 104,258,000 98,973,000 85,161,000 88,130,000 83,606,000 69,175,000 65,899,000 63,033,000 57,459,000 56,110,000 56,892,000 55,908,000 54,126,000 50,580,000 48,610,000             
      natural gas, natural gas liquids and drip condensate sales
                                           101,721,000 105,032,000 120,672,000 117,236,000                             
      depreciation, amortization and impairments
                                           50,485,250 65,688,000 65,961,000 70,292,000 53,147,000 45,651,000 43,746,000 40,612,000 39,365,000 37,615,000 36,496,000 32,440,000 35,991,000 27,528,000 27,156,000 26,586,000 22,942,000 22,650,000 21,711,000 19,558,000 18,335,000 19,126,000           
      gain on divestiture
                                           19,311,000 77,244,000                               
      revenues – affiliates
                                                                           
      total revenues – affiliates
                                             259,448,000 245,715,000 261,539,000 245,500,000 256,666,000 206,290,000 226,044,000 217,624,000 204,040,000 181,550,000 180,161,000 176,676,000 164,251,000 166,546,000 134,918,000 137,481,000 121,479,000 104,519,000   79,141,000 83,830,000         
      revenues – third parties
                                                                           
      total revenues – third parties
                                             142,964,000 129,379,000 76,358,000 80,965,000 73,278,000 73,167,000 64,577,000 60,377,000 51,086,000 48,197,000 32,676,000 42,344,000 41,090,000 45,696,000 44,652,000 38,382,000 40,269,000 31,474,000   8,827,000 10,489,000         
      total revenues
                                             402,412,000 375,094,000 337,897,000 326,465,000 329,944,000 279,457,000 290,621,000 278,001,000 255,126,000 229,747,000 212,837,000 219,020,000 205,341,000 212,242,000 179,570,000 175,863,000 161,748,000 135,993,000 127,110,000 122,291,000 87,968,000 94,319,000 62,458,000 60,996,000 49,974,000 50,888,000 195,499,000 38,303,000 39,620,000 38,226,000 
      natural gas, natural gas liquids and condensate sales
                                               154,332,000 138,464,000 156,851,000 120,400,000 125,771,000 129,411,000 129,996,000 111,670,000 111,630,000 115,132,000 104,008,000 105,653,000 75,168,000 81,057,000 67,320,000 53,201,000 56,499,000 56,932,000 40,782,000 45,159,000 20,326,000 19,026,000 14,497,000 16,509,000     
      interest income, net – affiliates
                                               3,168,750 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000                 
      equity income and other
                                                   12,143,000 4,607,000 4,869,000 3,981,000 5,498,000 4,085,000 4,133,000 4,001,000 3,842,000 2,298,000 3,579,000 2,708,000 3,475,000 1,934,000 1,394,000 1,557,000 1,953,000 2,254,000 2,639,000 1,730,000     
      income tax expense
                                                   -1,801,000 58,000 137,000 4,236,000 559,000 72,000 90,000 537,000 446,000 92,000 94,000 32,000 92,000 1,505,000 17,000 957,000     5,691,000 68,000 2,730,000 5,288,000 
      net income per subordinated unit – basic and diluted
                                                           320  380 410   350 370         
      pre-acquisition net (income) loss allocated to parent
                                                           -1,000                
      limited partner interest in net income:
                                                                           
      pre-acquisition net income allocated to parent
                                                                -36,000           
      general partner interest in net income
                                                             -1,842,000 -1,448,000 -1,177,000 -888,000 -519,000 -483,000         
      limited partner interest in net income
                                                             32,097,000 33,536,000 33,966,000 30,557,000 22,892,000 23,649,000 18,893,000 16,707,000 17,762,000 16,619,000 16,129,000 17,048,000 8,084,000  
      net income per limited partner unit – basic and diluted
                                                             390 430             
      revenues — affiliates
                                                                           
      gathering, processing and transportation of natural gas
                                                               34,900,250 48,843,000 36,965,000 37,114,000 33,518,000 33,438,000 26,989,000 26,911,000     
      total revenues — affiliates
                                                               80,191,000 107,709,000   55,797,000 54,718,000 44,125,000 45,150,000 186,269,000 27,134,000 30,637,000 27,463,000 
      revenues — third parties
                                                                           
      total revenues — third parties
                                                               13,862,000 14,582,000   6,661,000 6,278,000 5,849,000 5,738,000 9,230,000 11,169,000 8,983,000 10,763,000 
      interest income
                                                               -21,750 -1,423,000 627,000 697,000         
      net income per common unit — basic and diluted
                                                               292.5 440   330 300       
      net income per subordinated unit — basic and diluted
                                                               292.5 440   330 300       
      pre-acquisition (income) loss allocated to parent
                                                                  1,218,000         
      impairment
                                                                           
      interest income, net — affiliates
                                                                   1,494,250 1,098,000 2,439,000 2,440,000 5,455,000 4,216,000 1,685,000  
      less pre-acquisition income allocated to parent
                                                                   2,000        
      less general partner interest in net income
                                                                   385,000 341,000 362,000 339,000 329,000 348,000 165,000  
      calculation of limited partner interest in net income:
                                                                           
      net income per limited partner unit — basic and diluted
                                                                     320 300     
      limited partner units outstanding — basic and diluted
                                                                     55,645,000 55,629,000     
      gathering and transportation of natural gas
                                                                       20,299,750 26,405,000 27,155,000 26,947,000 
      condensate
                                                                           
      natural gas and other
                                                                       1,043,750 729,000 3,482,000 516,000 
      depreciation
                                                                       12,856,000 7,145,000 6,554,000 6,456,000 
      net income per limited partner unit — basic
                                                                       310 320 150  
      net income per limited partner unit — diluted
                                                                       300 320 150  
      limited partner units outstanding — basic
                                                                       144,000 53,072,000 53,072,000  
      limited partner units outstanding — diluted
                                                                       143,000 53,103,000 53,103,000  
      operating expenses — affiliates
                                                                           
      total operating expenses — affiliates
                                                                         5,431,000 4,912,000 
      operating expenses — third parties
                                                                           
      total operating expenses — third parties
                                                                         13,709,000 10,229,000 
      interest expense — affiliates
                                                                          -2,126,000 
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      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 
                                                                             
        assets
                                                                             
        current assets
                                                                             
        cash and cash equivalents
      647,495,000 819,491,000 177,288,000 129,732,000 448,447,000 1,090,464,000 1,124,737,000 344,119,000 295,246,000 272,787,000 489,494,000 213,953,000 112,645,000 286,656,000 159,093,000 97,434,000 248,249,000 201,999,000 99,862,000 305,573,000 56,376,000 444,922,000 138,045,000 59,738,000 152,282,000 99,962,000 117,430,000 95,795,000 100,047,000 90,448,000 130,668,000 53,235,000 521,426,000 78,814,000 152,435,000 188,197,000 122,310,000 357,925,000 144,447,000 157,767,000 108,479,000 98,033,000 73,200,000 87,768,000 58,639,000 67,054,000 67,837,000 110,629,000 83,091,000 100,728,000 38,364,000 74,180,000 63,516,000 419,981,000 47,494,000 258,052,000 39,618,000 226,559,000 251,458,000 62,695,000 27,074,000 36,400,000 64,402,000 55,223,000 69,984,000 56,023,000 39,858,000 27,296,000 33,306,000 26,390,000 25,788,000 
        accounts receivable
      822,747,000 773,197,000 682,673,000 704,629,000 673,204,000 701,838,000 671,635,000 684,317,000 720,351,000 666,637,000 614,836,000 554,222,000 558,300,000 554,263,000 650,922,000 716,343,000 601,647,000 436,513,000 583,652,000 519,116,000 480,705,000 452,880,000 451,784,000 460,318,000 257,239,000 260,512,000 232,818,000 219,924,000 212,423,000 217,101,000 224,986,000 167,175,000 189,074,000 160,432,000 192,530,000 136,444,000 152,731,000 223,223,000 214,150,000 221,795,000 179,773,000 180,993,000 150,538,000 172,663,000 144,218,000 98,114,000 126,345,000 109,014,000 100,621,000 84,060,000 75,788,000 76,943,000 28,507,000 38,354,000 21,359,000 19,674,000 19,978,000 22,197,000 26,838,000 28,104,000            
        other current assets
      69,165,000 64,253,000 57,090,000 70,646,000 68,243,000 54,888,000 36,316,000 39,854,000 50,750,000 52,986,000 31,476,000 29,028,000 64,353,000 59,506,000 86,285,000 49,666,000 56,397,000 46,252,000 73,196,000 61,562,000 74,079,000 45,262,000 54,104,000 39,107,000 81,027,000 41,938,000 42,990,000 20,466,000 23,472,000 25,914,000 25,970,000 26,728,000 22,747,000 14,816,000 13,381,000 10,161,000 10,578,000 12,866,000 9,217,000 5,691,000 3,555,000 7,855,000 11,399,000 11,670,000 10,480,000 10,067,000 6,773,000 4,560,000 7,432,000 10,022,000 8,763,000 6,162,000 8,490,000 6,998,000 9,386,000 5,732,000 7,070,000 6,794,000 6,844,000 3,701,000 5,114,000 5,146,000 2,766,000 3,392,000 3,287,000 2,175,000 684,000 815,000 491,000 775,000 1,068,000 
        total current assets
      1,539,407,000 1,656,941,000 917,051,000 905,007,000 1,189,894,000 1,847,190,000 1,832,688,000 1,068,290,000 1,066,347,000 992,410,000 1,135,806,000 797,203,000 735,298,000 900,425,000 896,300,000 863,443,000 906,293,000 684,764,000 756,710,000 886,251,000 611,160,000 943,064,000 643,933,000 559,163,000 490,548,000 402,412,000 393,238,000 336,185,000 335,942,000 333,463,000 381,624,000 247,138,000 733,247,000 254,062,000 358,346,000 334,802,000 285,619,000 594,014,000 367,814,000 385,253,000 291,807,000 286,881,000 235,137,000 272,101,000 213,337,000 175,235,000 200,955,000 224,203,000 191,144,000 194,810,000 122,915,000 157,285,000 100,513,000 465,333,000 78,239,000 283,458,000 66,666,000 255,550,000 285,140,000 94,500,000 43,184,000 53,696,000 80,686,000 69,813,000 79,863,000 62,335,000 47,650,000 44,029,000 45,379,000 41,938,000 32,753,000 
        property, plant, and equipment
                                                                             
        cost
      17,865,350,000 17,648,375,000 15,985,933,000 15,846,749,000 15,677,543,000 15,509,910,000 15,342,193,000 15,147,641,000 15,157,635,000 14,945,431,000 13,809,080,000 13,740,911,000 13,550,060,000 13,365,593,000 13,236,499,000 13,058,689,000 12,930,358,000 12,846,078,000 12,732,926,000 12,677,327,000 12,689,438,000 12,641,745,000 12,633,144,000 12,599,722,000 12,545,357,000 12,355,671,000 12,109,923,000 11,852,158,000 11,580,329,000 9,250,228,000 8,912,755,000 8,618,993,000 8,272,083,000 7,871,102,000 7,582,178,000 7,354,782,000 7,240,894,000 6,861,942,000 6,912,906,000 6,818,174,000 6,700,809,000 5,904,637,000 5,862,721,000 5,948,148,000 5,814,914,000 5,424,699,000 4,754,279,000 4,591,935,000 4,414,168,000 4,239,100,000 4,061,389,000 3,873,539,000 3,733,690,000 3,183,148,000 3,014,825,000 2,866,566,000 2,741,828,000 2,223,800,000 2,163,882,000 2,025,652,000 1,727,231,000 1,726,898,000 1,263,677,000 1,250,664,000 915,438,000 901,340,000 700,295,000 685,677,000 680,591,000 508,491,000 498,704,000 
        less accumulated depreciation
      6,570,657,000 6,427,467,000 6,259,586,000 6,106,545,000 5,950,449,000 5,795,301,000 5,646,602,000 5,503,228,000 5,432,343,000 5,290,415,000 5,144,678,000 5,139,941,000 5,008,838,000 4,823,993,000 4,696,816,000 4,581,122,000 4,455,162,000 4,333,171,000 4,208,845,000 4,087,362,000 4,049,900,000 3,931,800,000 3,808,005,000 3,685,006,000 3,558,626,000 3,290,740,000 3,176,089,000 3,058,512,000 2,950,330,000 2,638,155,000 2,494,121,000 2,405,419,000 2,208,536,000 2,140,211,000 2,074,464,000 2,006,988,000 1,974,081,000 1,812,010,000 1,882,012,000 1,816,030,000 1,760,590,000 1,614,663,000 1,072,799,000 1,165,607,000 1,103,643,000 1,040,328,000 986,692,000 936,568,000 894,690,000 855,845,000 817,489,000 779,513,000 745,477,000 709,773,000 671,902,000 642,253,000 615,627,000 452,866,000 430,948,000 406,956,000 367,881,000 351,165,000 280,257,000 265,939,000 214,942,000 204,683,000 189,320,000 171,096,000 162,776,000 140,982,000 133,770,000 
        net property, plant, and equipment
      11,294,693,000 11,220,908,000 9,726,347,000 9,740,204,000 9,727,094,000 9,714,609,000 9,695,591,000 9,644,413,000 9,725,292,000 9,655,016,000 8,664,402,000 8,600,970,000 8,541,222,000 8,541,600,000 8,539,683,000 8,477,567,000 8,475,196,000 8,512,907,000 8,524,081,000 8,589,965,000 8,639,538,000 8,709,945,000 8,825,139,000 8,914,716,000 8,986,731,000 9,064,931,000 8,933,834,000                                             
        goodwill
      347,643,000 353,257,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 445,800,000 445,800,000 445,800,000 445,800,000 416,160,000 416,160,000 416,160,000 416,160,000 416,160,000 417,610,000 417,610,000 417,610,000 417,610,000 419,186,000 419,186,000 419,186,000 389,686,000 387,633,000 393,035,000 393,035,000 384,387,000 105,336,000 105,336,000 105,336,000 105,336,000 105,336,000 105,336,000 105,336,000 87,936,000 87,936,000 82,136,000 82,136,000    60,236,000 60,236,000 31,248,000 31,248,000 20,836,000 20,836,000 14,436,000 14,436,000 14,436,000 4,783,000 4,783,000 
        other intangible assets
      901,905,000 913,758,000 625,990,000 633,907,000 641,824,000 649,740,000 657,657,000 665,574,000 673,491,000 681,408,000 689,324,000 697,241,000 705,158,000 713,075,000 720,992,000 728,908,000 736,825,000 744,742,000 752,659,000 760,576,000 768,492,000 776,409,000 784,326,000 792,557,000 800,482,000 809,391,000 817,395,000 825,399,000 833,404,000 746,804,000 753,947,000 761,054,000 768,162,000 775,269,000 782,376,000 789,483,000 796,591,000 803,698,000 810,805,000 817,913,000 825,020,000 832,127,000 839,234,000 846,342,000 853,449,000 884,857,000 52,561,000 52,909,000 53,258,000 53,606,000 54,436,000 54,798,000 55,159,000 55,490,000 52,052,000 52,320,000 52,589,000               
        equity investments
      495,751,000 504,859,000 510,628,000 523,532,000 527,526,000 541,435,000 535,172,000 540,539,000 546,078,000 904,535,000 915,076,000 920,123,000 931,852,000 944,696,000 1,142,103,000 1,148,487,000 1,163,069,000 1,167,187,000 1,181,181,000 1,195,456,000 1,215,875,000 1,224,813,000 1,242,557,000 1,280,047,000 1,292,104,000 1,285,717,000 1,264,695,000 1,249,509,000 1,217,156,000 845,279,000 786,876,000 754,300,000 557,681,000 566,211,000 573,622,000 581,151,000 591,102,000 594,208,000 599,286,000 606,125,000 610,588,000 618,887,000 629,627,000 630,851,000 635,920,000 634,492,000 639,191,000 637,478,000 613,207,000 243,619,000 227,566,000 211,151,000 109,940,000 106,130,000 105,813,000 107,446,000 108,989,000 39,978,000 39,614,000 39,742,000 40,406,000 40,679,000          
        other assets
      345,103,000 348,697,000 340,553,000 352,096,000 365,756,000 387,028,000 255,333,000 256,902,000 249,479,000 233,455,000 217,163,000 198,630,000 194,175,000 167,049,000 168,721,000 165,671,000 159,707,000 158,696,000 199,964,000 189,268,000 195,195,000 171,013,000 188,937,000 142,496,000 76,465,000 78,202,000 63,263,000 69,992,000 74,694,000 22,503,000 14,057,000 14,384,000 14,525,000 11,757,000 14,643,000 14,875,000 15,105,000 13,566,000 13,113,000 13,481,000 13,740,000 29,707,000 30,779,000 31,172,000 27,616,000 28,289,000 28,910,000 29,519,000 34,684,000 27,401,000 28,078,000 26,678,000 27,245,000 27,798,000 26,981,000 26,526,000 23,620,000 8,164,000 8,592,000 9,017,000 2,361,000 2,894,000 2,198,000 2,586,000 2,974,000 410,000 564,000 596,000 628,000   
        total assets
      14,924,502,000 14,998,420,000 12,125,352,000 12,159,529,000 12,456,877,000 13,144,785,000 12,981,224,000 12,180,501,000 12,265,470,000 12,471,607,000 11,626,554,000 11,218,950,000 11,112,488,000 11,271,628,000 11,472,582,000 11,388,859,000 11,445,873,000 11,273,079,000 11,419,378,000 11,626,299,000 11,435,043,000 11,830,027,000 11,689,675,000 11,953,243,000 11,908,998,000 12,346,453,000 12,178,225,000 11,980,531,000 11,796,995,000 9,236,282,000 9,031,298,000 8,666,610,000 8,813,322,000 8,014,350,000 7,914,311,000 7,745,715,000 7,632,840,000 7,733,028,000 7,501,098,000 7,504,102,000 7,360,560,000 6,707,262,000 7,172,332,000 7,216,042,000 7,094,628,000 6,751,631,000 5,054,540,000 4,964,812,000 4,777,107,000 4,268,027,000 4,042,231,000 3,909,274,000 3,646,406,000 3,476,062,000 2,953,944,000 3,036,199,000 2,720,201,000 2,451,620,000 2,443,543,000 2,137,221,000 1,765,537,000 1,793,238,000 1,378,371,000 1,368,661,000 1,084,229,000 1,059,889,000 853,037,000 852,264,000 856,441,000 674,230,000 662,470,000 
        liabilities, equity, and partners’ capital
                                                                             
        current liabilities
                                                                             
        accounts and imbalance payables
      413,812,000 319,170,000 297,029,000 357,037,000 357,278,000 312,945,000 387,158,000 364,805,000 377,499,000 362,451,000 393,358,000 359,298,000 362,398,000 360,562,000 492,776,000 492,979,000 395,893,000 326,061,000 341,220,000 246,790,000 226,715,000 210,691,000 164,417,000 181,563,000 219,628,000 293,128,000 273,579,000 240,568,000 328,867,000 350,325,000 360,651,000 331,447,000 360,028,000 349,801,000 302,848,000 198,496,000 186,882,000 123,285,000 101,101,000 90,914,000 103,754,000 64,606,000                              
        short-term debt
      445,603,000 448,825,000 13,062,000 13,233,000 350,597,000 1,011,032,000 1,008,018,000 8,507,000 108,394,000 617,748,000 2,268,000 2,532,000 2,714,000 215,780,000 2,030,000 2,613,000 718,153,000 505,932,000 726,429,000 588,373,000 7,752,000 438,870,000 438,762,000 438,619,000 11,184,000 7,873,000 8,128,000 8,381,000 2,000,000,000                                           
        accrued ad valorem taxes
      49,784,000 60,114,000 51,035,000 35,419,000 46,016,000 38,319,000 47,298,000 34,751,000 48,525,000 61,285,000 50,291,000 35,827,000 52,717,000 72,875,000 61,492,000 41,268,000 62,833,000 44,955,000 49,065,000 35,570,000 55,610,000 41,427,000 58,335,000 53,639,000 52,175,000 35,160,000 45,771,000 30,641,000 48,545,000 29,336,000 37,123,000 26,318,000 38,871,000 26,633,000 33,020,000 22,059,000 35,185,000 23,121,000 31,120,000 20,633,000 27,876,000 17,808,000 26,416,000 18,098,000 19,725,000 14,812,000 21,083,000 14,539,000 16,987,000 13,860,000 18,472,000 11,805,000 17,727,000 11,949,000 15,021,000 9,717,000 12,485,000 7,882,000 12,212,000 7,806,000 5,986,000 11,012,000 5,702,000 4,239,000 1,525,000 6,149,000 3,667,000 3,075,000 1,330,000 4,472,000 3,173,000 
        accrued liabilities
      497,958,000 408,375,000 279,346,000 289,110,000 257,038,000 329,398,000 203,721,000 226,057,000 173,721,000 262,572,000 189,983,000 223,887,000 163,498,000 254,640,000 189,625,000 217,817,000 160,247,000 263,249,000 190,628,000 255,938,000 200,185,000 269,947,000 175,915,000 217,225,000 166,738,000 149,793,000 269,394,000 219,726,000 141,442,000 127,921,000 114,286,000 131,352,000 78,798,000 47,899,000 57,496,000 56,840,000 57,996,000 168,899,000 122,164,000 130,018,000 127,837,000 116,818,000 138,812,000 149,589,000 171,609,000 158,655,000 152,878,000 133,069,000 124,893,000 137,011,000 140,166,000 110,420,000 147,460,000 120,124,000 108,883,000 107,635,000 81,755,000 36,973,000 51,410,000 30,144,000           3,050,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,407,157,000 1,236,484,000 640,472,000 694,799,000 1,010,929,000 1,691,694,000 1,646,195,000 634,120,000 708,139,000 1,304,056,000 635,900,000 621,544,000 581,327,000 903,857,000 745,923,000 754,677,000 1,337,126,000 1,140,197,000 1,307,342,000 1,126,671,000 490,262,000 960,935,000 837,429,000 891,046,000 449,725,000 485,954,000 596,872,000 499,316,000 2,518,854,000 507,582,000 512,060,000 489,117,000 477,697,000 424,333,000 393,364,000 277,395,000 280,063,000 315,305,000 254,385,000 241,565,000 259,467,000 199,232,000 222,826,000 213,063,000 242,349,000 202,571,000 201,230,000 176,658,000 172,456,000 190,460,000 177,959,000 146,311,000 201,816,000 157,258,000 210,081,000 158,361,000 122,244,000 71,094,000 81,529,000 58,619,000 42,194,000 51,728,000 28,198,000 26,879,000 18,113,000 21,538,000 14,638,000 14,055,000 16,341,000 11,430,000 12,085,000 
        long-term liabilities
                                                                             
        long-term debt
      8,194,171,000 8,195,170,000 6,924,291,000 6,924,108,000 6,925,033,000 6,926,647,000 6,929,212,000 7,138,092,000 7,272,079,000 7,283,556,000 7,260,051,000 6,824,214,000 6,693,941,000 6,569,582,000 7,027,361,000 6,656,123,000 6,188,750,000 6,400,616,000 6,399,874,000 6,835,838,000 7,416,001,000 7,415,832,000 7,440,394,000 7,544,396,000 8,088,761,000 7,951,565,000 7,730,502,000 7,489,448,000 5,208,411,000 4,787,381,000 4,566,464,000 4,177,353,000 4,176,346,000 3,464,712,000 3,343,886,000 3,253,065,000 3,092,257,000 3,091,461,000 2,907,395,000 2,932,004,000 3,021,325,000 2,707,357,000 2,587,189,000 2,677,023,000 2,532,995,000 2,422,954,000 2,082,914,000 2,022,876,000 1,912,839,000 1,418,169,000                      
        deferred income taxes
      111,898,000 111,277,000 31,915,000 31,691,000 31,392,000 29,679,000 29,646,000 15,727,000 15,698,000 15,468,000 15,378,000 15,279,000 15,348,000 14,424,000 14,182,000 14,345,000 13,557,000 12,425,000 24,470,000 23,468,000 22,752,000 22,195,000 21,292,000 19,698,000 16,731,000 18,899,000 17,890,000 16,175,000 15,355,000 9,697,000 10,285,000 8,753,000 8,592,000 7,409,000 10,284,000 10,169,000 9,529,000 6,402,000 6,360,000 6,020,000 5,906,000 5,963,000 7,037,000 5,869,000 7,802,000 4,171,000 780,000 601,000 428,000 309,000 1,830,000 1,852,000 1,748,000 1,578,000 1,387,000 1,375,000 1,350,000    733,000 718,000 394,000 380,000 687,000 605,000 499,000 498,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 
        asset retirement obligations
      443,152,000 427,858,000 389,829,000 385,224,000 378,889,000 370,195,000 374,646,000 371,501,000 366,755,000 359,185,000 307,945,000 301,975,000 293,718,000 290,021,000 310,500,000 303,548,000 297,187,000 298,275,000 271,022,000 267,624,000 267,962,000 260,283,000 327,285,000 327,971,000 339,454,000 336,396,000 319,178,000 320,073,000 311,716,000 259,976,000 157,933,000 151,412,000 147,082,000                                       
        other liabilities
      1,261,134,000 864,509,000 810,209,000 790,270,000 777,063,000 751,400,000 624,008,000 597,052,000 526,508,000 480,212,000 452,188,000 433,775,000 426,590,000 385,629,000 368,930,000 355,163,000 338,446,000 325,806,000 320,224,000 319,825,000 295,946,000 275,570,000 272,819,000 234,615,000 222,042,000 208,346,000 178,708,000 164,309,000 151,118,000 140,067,000 141,957,000 138,493,000 128,757,000                                       
        total long-term liabilities
      10,010,355,000 9,598,814,000 8,156,244,000 8,131,293,000 8,112,377,000 8,077,921,000 7,957,512,000 8,122,372,000 8,181,040,000 8,138,421,000 8,035,562,000 7,575,243,000 7,429,597,000 7,259,656,000 7,720,973,000 7,329,179,000 6,837,940,000 7,037,122,000 7,015,590,000 7,446,755,000 8,002,661,000 7,973,880,000 8,061,790,000 8,126,680,000 8,666,988,000 8,515,206,000 8,246,278,000 7,990,005,000 5,686,600,000 5,197,121,000 4,876,639,000 4,476,011,000 4,460,777,000 3,619,006,000 3,500,418,000 3,405,760,000 3,284,474,000 3,281,944,000 3,069,784,000 3,104,313,000 3,352,568,000 3,020,600,000 2,897,844,000 2,982,819,000 2,831,259,000 2,537,194,000 2,169,597,000 2,105,404,000 1,993,117,000 1,497,623,000 1,596,276,000 1,495,041,000 1,626,163,000 1,238,328,000 1,081,544,000 1,080,651,000 1,017,934,000 732,820,000 731,921,000 730,460,000 518,275,000 792,508,000 301,025,000 400,772,000 187,667,000 287,624,000 184,878,000 184,738,000 185,146,000 8,761,000 8,516,000 
        total liabilities
      11,417,512,000 10,835,298,000 8,796,716,000 8,826,092,000 9,123,306,000 9,769,615,000 9,603,707,000 8,756,492,000 8,889,179,000 9,442,477,000 8,671,462,000 8,196,787,000 8,010,924,000 8,163,513,000 8,466,896,000 8,083,856,000 8,175,066,000 8,177,319,000 8,322,932,000 8,573,426,000 8,492,923,000 8,934,815,000 8,899,219,000 9,017,726,000 9,116,713,000 9,001,160,000 8,843,150,000 8,489,321,000 8,205,454,000 5,704,703,000 5,388,699,000 4,965,128,000 4,938,474,000 4,043,339,000 3,893,782,000 3,683,155,000 3,564,537,000 3,597,249,000 3,324,169,000 3,345,878,000 3,612,035,000 3,219,832,000 3,120,670,000 3,195,882,000 3,073,608,000 2,739,765,000 2,370,827,000 2,282,062,000 2,165,573,000 1,688,083,000 1,774,235,000 1,641,352,000 1,827,979,000 1,395,586,000 1,291,625,000 1,239,012,000 1,140,178,000 803,914,000 813,450,000 789,079,000 560,469,000 844,236,000 329,223,000 427,651,000 205,780,000 309,162,000 199,516,000 198,793,000 201,487,000 20,191,000 20,601,000 
        equity and partners’ capital
                                                                       750,727,000      
        common units
      3,361,526,000 4,016,606,000 3,172,802,000 3,179,232,000 3,183,365,000 3,224,802,000 3,225,855,000 3,271,033,000 3,225,562,000 2,894,231,000 2,821,958,000 2,888,745,000 2,964,712,000 2,969,604,000 2,868,665,000 3,164,328,000 3,134,018,000 2,966,955,000 2,965,944,000 2,927,066,000 2,821,455,000 2,778,339,000 2,674,682,000 2,820,327,000 2,684,136,000 3,209,947,000 3,182,917,000 3,338,646,000 3,437,922,000 2,475,540,000 2,595,719,000 2,666,799,000 2,842,612,000 2,950,010,000 3,012,424,000 3,070,608,000 2,759,744,000 2,536,872,000 2,604,524,000 2,613,806,000 2,417,194,000 2,588,991,000 3,115,480,000 3,102,772,000 3,116,504,000 3,119,714,000 2,524,313,000 2,528,069,000 2,459,637,000 2,431,193,000 2,127,040,000 2,130,279,000 1,692,173,000 1,957,066,000 1,552,399,000 1,617,196,000 1,416,896,000 1,495,253,000 1,492,186,000 943,973,000 810,717,000 562,400,000 662,262,000 556,627,000 497,230,000 377,032,000 366,135,000 366,638,000 368,049,000 379,098,000 374,248,000 
        general partner units
      4,265,000 4,624,000 9,370,000 9,730,000 10,045,000 10,803,000 10,972,000 12,192,000 11,313,000 3,193,000 1,678,000 322,000 2,261,000 2,105,000 -1,112,000 -2,825,000 -5,062,000 -8,882,000 -11,286,000 -13,923,000 -16,033,000 -17,208,000 -20,032,000 -22,347,000 -24,990,000 -14,224,000    206,862,000 199,433,000 191,564,000 185,812,000 179,232,000 172,180,000 165,442,000 153,872,000 143,968,000 138,040,000 131,842,000 125,846,000 120,164,000 123,792,000 116,859,000 111,071,000 105,725,000 89,150,000 84,894,000 81,735,000 78,157,000 68,585,000 66,457,000 54,918,000 52,752,000 41,416,000 39,758,000 33,456,000 31,729,000 31,124,000 25,052,000 21,505,000 15,977,000 17,372,000 14,960,000 13,726,000 11,221,000 11,008,000 10,986,000 10,988,000 10,788,000 10,501,000 
        total partners’ capital
      3,365,791,000 4,021,230,000 3,182,172,000 3,188,962,000 3,193,410,000 3,235,605,000 3,236,827,000 3,283,225,000 3,236,875,000 2,897,424,000 2,823,636,000 2,889,067,000 2,966,973,000 2,971,709,000 2,867,553,000 3,161,503,000 3,128,956,000 2,958,073,000 2,954,658,000 2,913,143,000 2,805,422,000 2,761,131,000 2,654,650,000 2,797,980,000 2,659,146,000 3,195,723,000 3,182,917,000 3,338,646,000 3,437,922,000 3,473,812,000 3,582,572,000 3,639,420,000 3,812,529,000 3,909,282,000 3,956,460,000 4,000,224,000 4,005,008,000 4,071,216,000 4,112,295,000 4,092,473,000 3,681,956,000 3,420,046,000 3,984,112,000 3,951,823,000 3,951,474,000 3,942,396,000 2,613,463,000 2,612,963,000 2,541,372,000 2,509,350,000 2,195,625,000 2,196,736,000 1,747,091,000 2,009,818,000 1,593,815,000 1,656,954,000 1,450,352,000 1,526,982,000 1,523,310,000 1,251,994,000 1,114,606,000 858,830,000 957,587,000 849,310,000 787,527,000       
        noncontrolling interests
      141,199,000 141,892,000 146,464,000 144,475,000 140,161,000 139,565,000 140,690,000 140,784,000 139,416,000 131,706,000 131,456,000 133,096,000 134,591,000 136,406,000 138,133,000 143,500,000 141,851,000 137,687,000 141,788,000 139,730,000 136,698,000 134,081,000 135,806,000 137,537,000 133,139,000 149,570,000 152,158,000 152,564,000 153,619,000                     70,594,000 72,371,000 71,186,000 71,336,000 70,658,000 68,504,000 140,233,000 129,671,000 120,724,000 106,783,000 96,148,000 90,462,000  91,561,000 91,700,000  86,455,000      
        total equity and partners’ capital
      3,506,990,000 4,163,122,000 3,328,636,000 3,333,437,000 3,333,571,000 3,375,170,000 3,377,517,000 3,424,009,000 3,376,291,000 3,029,130,000 2,955,092,000 3,022,163,000 3,101,564,000 3,108,115,000 3,005,686,000 3,305,003,000 3,270,807,000 3,095,760,000 3,096,446,000 3,052,873,000 2,942,120,000 2,895,212,000 2,790,456,000 2,935,517,000 2,792,285,000 3,345,293,000 3,335,075,000 3,491,210,000 3,591,541,000 3,531,579,000 3,642,599,000 3,701,482,000 3,874,848,000 3,971,011,000 4,020,529,000 4,062,560,000 4,068,303,000 4,135,779,000 4,176,929,000 4,158,224,000 3,748,525,000 3,487,430,000 4,051,662,000 4,020,160,000 4,021,020,000 4,011,866,000 2,683,713,000 2,682,750,000 2,611,534,000 2,579,944,000 2,267,996,000 2,267,922,000 1,818,427,000 2,080,476,000 1,662,319,000 1,797,187,000 1,580,023,000 1,647,706,000 1,630,093,000 1,348,142,000 1,205,068,000 949,002,000 1,049,148,000 941,010,000 878,449,000       
        total liabilities, equity, and partners’ capital
      14,924,502,000 14,998,420,000 12,125,352,000 12,159,529,000 12,456,877,000 13,144,785,000 12,981,224,000 12,180,501,000 12,265,470,000 12,471,607,000 11,626,554,000 11,218,950,000 11,112,488,000 11,271,628,000 11,472,582,000 11,388,859,000 11,445,873,000 11,273,079,000 11,419,378,000 11,626,299,000 11,435,043,000 11,830,027,000 11,689,675,000 11,953,243,000 11,908,998,000                                               
        anadarko note receivable
                             259,481,000                                                
        note receivable – anadarko
                              257,885,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000  260,000,000         
        liabilities, equity and partners’ capital
                                                                             
        apcwh note payable
                                                                             
        net investment by anadarko
                                                                             
        total liabilities, equity and partners’ capital
                               12,346,453,000 12,178,225,000 11,980,531,000 11,796,995,000 9,236,282,000 9,031,298,000 8,666,610,000 8,813,322,000 8,014,350,000 7,914,311,000 7,745,715,000 7,632,840,000 7,733,028,000 7,501,098,000 7,504,102,000 7,360,560,000 6,707,262,000 7,172,332,000 7,216,042,000 7,094,628,000 6,751,631,000 5,054,540,000 4,964,812,000 4,777,107,000 4,268,027,000 4,042,231,000 3,909,274,000 3,646,406,000 3,476,062,000 2,953,944,000 3,036,199,000 2,720,201,000 2,451,620,000 2,443,543,000 2,137,221,000 1,765,537,000 1,793,238,000 1,378,371,000 1,368,661,000 1,084,229,000 1,059,889,000      
        property, plant and equipment
                                                                             
        net property, plant and equipment
                                 8,793,646,000 8,629,999,000 6,612,073,000 6,418,634,000 6,213,574,000 6,063,547,000 5,730,891,000 5,507,714,000 5,347,794,000 5,266,813,000 5,049,932,000 5,030,894,000 5,002,144,000 4,940,219,000 4,289,974,000 4,789,922,000 4,782,541,000 4,711,271,000 4,384,371,000 3,767,587,000 3,655,367,000 3,519,478,000 3,383,255,000 3,243,900,000 3,094,026,000 2,988,213,000 2,473,375,000 2,342,923,000 2,224,313,000 2,126,201,000 1,770,934,000 1,732,934,000 1,618,696,000 1,359,350,000 1,375,733,000 983,420,000 984,725,000 700,496,000 696,657,000 510,975,000 514,581,000 517,815,000 367,509,000 364,934,000 
        financial information has been recast to include the financial position and results attributable to ama. see note 1 and note 3.
                                                                             
        class c units
                                   791,410,000 787,420,000 781,057,000 784,105,000 780,040,000 771,856,000 764,174,000 754,670,000 750,831,000 741,183,000 729,731,000 718,334,000 710,891,000 744,840,000 732,192,000 723,899,000 716,957,000                          
        noncontrolling interest
                                   57,767,000 60,027,000 62,062,000 62,319,000 61,729,000 64,069,000 62,336,000 63,295,000 64,563,000 64,634,000 65,751,000 66,569,000 67,384,000 67,550,000 68,337,000 69,546,000 69,470,000 70,250,000 69,787,000 70,162,000                90,922,000       
        asset retirement obligations and other
                                       146,885,000 146,248,000 142,526,000 145,342,000 142,641,000 139,604,000 137,139,000 132,126,000 118,606,000 119,422,000 120,041,000 114,766,000 110,069,000 85,903,000 81,927,000 79,850,000 79,145,000 76,336,000 74,827,000 71,096,000 68,472,000 69,722,000 69,048,000 68,288,000 63,642,000 62,860,000 61,514,000 43,542,000 56,790,000 15,631,000 15,392,000 11,980,000 10,568,000 9,379,000 9,240,000 9,093,000 8,330,000 8,144,000 
        deferred purchase price obligation – anadarko
                                          37,346,000 41,440,000 16,425,000 29,150,000 193,211,000 188,674,000 184,196,000 179,886,000 175,696,000                           
        series a preferred units
                                          336,722,000 639,545,000 628,548,000 617,094,000 420,582,000                               
        financial information has been recast to include the financial position and results attributable to the springfield interest. see note 1 and note 2.
                                                                             
        financial information has been recast to include the financial position and results attributable to the springfield system. see note 1 and note 2.
                                                                             
        financial information has been recast to include the financial position and results attributable to the dbjv system. see note 1 and note 2.
                                                                             
        accounts and natural gas imbalance payables
                                                57,598,000 45,376,000 51,015,000 29,104,000 27,011,000 28,640,000 30,219,000 39,589,000 19,131,000 23,423,000 35,999,000 24,633,000 85,992,000 40,461,000 27,520,000 25,744,000 17,688,000 20,343,000            
        income taxes payable
                                                    258,000 410,000 357,000  190,000 663,000 630,000 552,000 185,000 548,000 484,000 495,000 219,000 326,000 160,000 342,000 548,000 545,000 412,000 330,000 265,000 211,000 146,000 13,000 4,000 
        financial information has been recast to include the financial position and results attributable to the tefr interests. see note 1 and note 2.
                                                                             
        long-term debt – third parties
                                                        1,518,110,000 1,418,362,000 1,553,319,000 1,168,278,000 1,010,435,000 1,010,228,000 773,296,000 494,178,000 494,061,000 493,946,000 299,000,000           
        plant, property and equipment
                                                                             
        note payable – anadarko
                                                              175,000,000 175,000,000 175,000,000 175,000,000 175,000,000  175,000,000         
        parent net investment
                                                                             
        financial information has been recast to include the financial position and results attributable to the mgr assets. see note 2.
                                                                             
        goodwill and other intangible assets
                                                               116,994,000 117,263,000 115,266,000            
        subordinated units
                                                                 282,969,000 282,384,000 280,453,000 277,953,000 277,723,000 276,571,000 276,019,000 276,378,000 275,847,000 275,917,000 264,153,000 257,120,000 
        financial information has been revised to include the financial position and results attributable to the bison assets. see note 2.
                                                                             
        accounts receivable, net – third parties
                                                                  9,140,000  2,456,000         
        accounts receivable, net – affiliates
                                                                  1,750,000           
        natural gas imbalance receivables – third parties
                                                                  95,000  551,000         
        natural gas imbalance receivables – affiliates
                                                                  11,000  41,000         
        long-term assets
                                                                             
        accounts and natural gas imbalance payables – third parties
                                                                  13,695,000           
        accounts and natural gas imbalance payables – affiliate
                                                                  1,480,000           
        accrued liabilities – third parties
                                                                  20,280,000  11,780,000         
        accrued liabilities – affiliates
                                                                  593,000  242,000         
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                             
        accounts receivable, net — third parties
                                                                   7,819,000  4,304,000 3,896,000 2,690,000 3,300,000 5,758,000 5,878,000 4,566,000 3,415,000 
        accounts receivable, net — affiliates
                                                                   3,051,000        8,229,000 1,587,000 
        natural gas imbalance receivables — third parties
                                                                   1,276,000  688,000 45,000 22,000 11,000 379,000 389,000 1,125,000 881,000 
        natural gas imbalance receivables — affiliates
                                                                   4,000  41,000 448,000 280,000 66,000 2,022,000 1,422,000 839,000  
        note receivable — anadarko
                                                                   260,000,000  260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 260,000,000 
        accounts and natural gas imbalance payables — third parties
                                                                   11,262,000          
        accounts and natural gas imbalance payables — affiliate
                                                                   1,448,000          
        accrued liabilities — third party
                                                                   17,664,000          
        accrued liabilities — affiliates
                                                                     291,000 470,000 398,000 160,000 162,000 153,000 91,000  
        current notes payable — third parties
                                                                   10,000,000          
        long-term debt — third parties
                                                                   560,000,000          
        note payable — anadarko
                                                                   175,000,000  175,000,000 175,000,000  175,000,000 175,000,000 175,000,000   
        non-controlling interests
                                                                   90,172,000          
        accounts receivable – affiliates
                                                                    10,470,000         
        equity investment
                                                                    20,819,000 20,289,000 20,060,000 19,651,000 19,412,000 18,622,000 18,183,000   
        accounts payable – third parties
                                                                    8,111,000         
        natural gas imbalance payable – third parties
                                                                    476,000         
        natural gas imbalance payable – affiliates
                                                                    1,339,000         
        long-term debt – third party
                                                                    110,000,000         
        balance at december 31, 2009
                                                                    200,250,000 200,250,000        
        net pre-acquisition contributions from parent
                                                                    7,914,000 7,914,000        
        elimination of net deferred tax liabilities
                                                                    92,203,000 92,203,000      76,500,000 76,500,000 
        contribution of granger assets
                                                                    -300,367,000 -300,367,000        
        contribution of assets from parent
                                                                             
        contributions from noncontrolling interest owners
                                                                             
        non-cash equity-based compensation
                                                                             
        may 2010 equity offering, net of offering and other incomes
                                                                             
        net income
                                                                    -1,218,000 -1,218,000   35,082,000 16,958,000    
        distributions to unitholders
                                                                        -34,068,000 -17,029,000    
        distributions to noncontrolling interest owners
                                                                             
        other
                                                                    1,218,000 1,218,000        
        balance at june 30, 2010
                                                                             
        accounts receivable — affiliates
                                                                     6,165,000 2,203,000 1,145,000 3,731,000 7,759,000 3,235,000   
        accounts payable — third parties
                                                                     9,203,000 8,602,000 5,336,000      
        natural gas imbalance payable — third parties
                                                                     193,000 289,000 549,000 220,000 162,000 244,000 2,251,000 4,791,000 
        natural gas imbalance payable — affiliates
                                                                     1,512,000 1,319,000 736,000 1,119,000 1,844,000 1,198,000 303,000 305,000 
        accrued liabilities — third parties
                                                                     10,896,000 5,496,000 8,040,000 4,965,000 4,349,000 7,726,000 2,661,000  
        long-term debt — third party
                                                                     210,000,000        
        contributions from noncontrolling interest owners and parent
                                                                             
        balance at march 31, 2010
                                                                             
        accounts payable — affiliates
                                                                             
        liabilities and partners’ capital
                                                                             
        notes payable — anadarko
                                                                       276,451,000      
        accounts payable
                                                                        4,242,000 4,252,000 5,544,000 1,639,000 762,000 
        partners’ capital
                                                                        653,521,000 653,471,000    
        total liabilities and partners’ capital
                                                                        853,037,000 852,264,000    
        cash flows from operating activities
                                                                             
        adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                             
        depreciation and amortization
                                                                        17,373,000 8,621,000    
        changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                             
        increase in accounts receivable
                                                                        -582,000 -5,940,000    
        increase in natural gas imbalance receivable
                                                                        1,733,000     
        increase in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and natural gas imbalance payable
                                                                        -327,000     
        change in other items
                                                                        -124,000     
        net cash from operating activities
                                                                        52,601,000 17,565,000    
        cash flows from investing activities
                                                                             
        loan to anadarko
                                                                             
        capital expenditures
                                                                        -11,718,000 -6,546,000    
        investment in equity affiliate
                                                                        -263,000     
        net cash from investing activities
                                                                        -11,981,000 -6,546,000    
        cash flows from financing activities
                                                                             
        proceeds from issuance of common units
                                                                             
        reimbursement of capital expenditures to parent
                                                                             
        net distributions to anadarko
                                                                             
        net cash from financing activities
                                                                        -34,068,000     
        net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                        6,552,000 -6,010,000    
        cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                                                        33,306,000 33,306,000    
        cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                                                        39,858,000 27,296,000    
        supplemental disclosures
                                                                             
        contribution of net assets from parent
                                                                             
        elimination of deferred tax liabilities
                                                                             
        decrease in accrued capital expenditures
                                                                        1,377,000 1,469,000    
        interest paid
                                                                        1,821,000 1,454,000    
        (increase) in natural gas imbalance receivable
                                                                         -590,000    
        increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                         -817,000    
        increase in other items
                                                                         -112,000    
        net cash (used in) financing activities
                                                                         -17,029,000    
        inventory
                                                                          644,000   
        liabilities, partners’ capital and parent net equity
                                                                             
        parent net equity and partners’ capital
                                                                             
        total parent net equity and partners’ capital
                                                                          654,954,000   
        total liabilities, parent net equity and partners’ capital
                                                                          856,441,000   
        partners’ capital and parent net equity
                                                                             
        total partners’ capital and parent net equity
                                                                           654,039,000 641,869,000 
        total liabilities, partners’ capital and parent net equity
                                                                           674,230,000 662,470,000 
        balance at december 31, 2007
                                                                           281,316,000 281,316,000 
        net income attributable to the period from january 1, 2008 through may 13, 2008
                                                                           13,878,000 13,878,000 
        reimbursement of capital expenditures by parent
                                                                           -45,161,000 -45,346,000 
        net advance to parent
                                                                           -4,924,000 -8,139,000 
        contribution of net assets to western gas partners, lp
                                                                           -321,609,000 -318,209,000 
        issuance of common units to public, net of offering and other costs
                                                                             
        net income attributable to the period from may 14, 2008 through september 30, 2008
                                                                             
        balance at september 30, 2008
                                                                             
        net income attributable to the period from may 14, 2008 through june 30, 2008
                                                                             
        balance at june 30, 2008
                                                                             
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 
                                                                                 
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                 
          net income
        359,032,000 196,269,000 348,872,000 350,762,000 316,552,000 341,580,000 295,892,000 387,564,000 586,216,000 295,752,000 284,398,000 259,516,000 208,341,000 345,034,000 273,581,000 315,171,000 317,670,000 250,849,000 263,638,000 238,277,000 191,235,000 270,776,000 254,135,000 281,341,000 -289,400,000 295,440,000 125,223,000 175,058,000 211,979,000 110,881,000 155,636,000 35,519,000 152,348,000 150,817,000 147,913,000 175,497,000 103,991,000 145,460,000 170,426,000 167,325,000 119,083,000 -427,063,000 163,494,000 113,338,000 86,794,000 94,409,000 106,540,000 98,482,000 91,127,000 89,228,000 81,776,000 62,060,000 52,888,000 -14,037,000 42,940,000 40,567,000 52,406,000 38,865,000 43,463,000 36,777,000 37,938,000 38,342,000 47,141,000 26,782,000 24,808,000 21,799,000 30,724,000 18,124,000 16,958,000 25,753,000 17,396,000 12,908,000 9,219,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                 
          depreciation and amortization
        200,426,000 197,882,000 170,323,000 172,113,000 170,460,000 162,990,000 166,015,000 163,432,000 157,991,000 165,187,000 147,363,000 143,492,000 144,626,000 151,910,000 156,837,000 139,036,000 134,582,000 144,225,000 139,002,000 137,849,000 130,553,000 106,398,000 132,564,000 119,805,000 132,319,000 120,278,000 127,914,000 121,117,000 113,946,000 99,349,000 82,553,000 78,792,000 76,842,000 74,602,000 72,539,000 74,031,000 69,702,000 73,287,000 67,246,000 67,305,000 65,095,000                       13,555,000 13,683,000 10,423,000 12,269,000 8,752,000 8,621,000     
          long-lived asset and other impairments
        608,000 2,509,000 11,562,000 686,000 3,000 2,000 4,651,000 1,530,000 23,000 4,000 245,000 234,000 52,401,000 20,491,000 4,000   1,345,000 1,594,000 12,738,000 14,866,000 3,314,000                                                    
          non-cash equity-based compensation expense
        10,854,000 21,386,000 10,456,000 10,713,000 8,248,000 9,421,000 8,759,000 10,391,000 9,423,000 9,970,000 7,171,000 7,665,000 7,199,000 6,538,000 6,464,000 7,038,000 7,743,000 6,842,000 6,979,000 7,121,000 6,734,000 5,935,000 5,616,000 5,677,000 5,234,000 6,005,000 3,996,000 3,125,000 2,368,000 1,533,000 1,603,000 1,454,000 1,563,000 1,349,000 1,180,000 1,184,000 1,209,000 1,165,000 1,179,000 1,160,000 1,231,000 931,000 1,127,000 1,095,000 1,035,000 710,000 1,023,000 1,037,000 1,150,000 957,000 882,000 878,000 804,000                     
          deferred income taxes
        621,000 1,708,000 224,000 299,000 1,713,000 33,000 13,919,000 29,000 230,000 90,000 99,000 -69,000 924,000 242,000 -163,000 788,000 1,132,000 -12,045,000 1,002,000 716,000 557,000 903,000 1,594,000 2,967,000 -2,168,000 1,008,000 1,716,000 820,000 4,065,000 -588,000 1,531,000 192,000 1,331,000 -1,424,000 115,000 639,000 3,128,000 234,000 341,000 128,000 1,852,000 -1,061,000 1,168,000 -1,933,000 3,758,000 1,941,000 179,000 173,000 290,000 -1,521,000 -22,000 105,000 1,124,000 191,000 12,000 25,000 477,000 171,000 5,221,000 17,000 -58,000 16,000 -1,059,000 14,000 -621,000 82,000 218,000 1,000 -555,000 -1,786,000 59,000 53,000 3,298,000 
          accretion and amortization of long-term obligations
        882,000 815,000 1,896,000 2,032,000 2,202,000 2,354,000 2,221,000 2,473,000 2,190,000 2,174,000 1,882,000 2,403,000 1,692,000 1,783,000 1,773,000 1,804,000 1,782,000 1,762,000 1,871,000 1,914,000 2,088,000 2,172,000 2,185,000 2,197,000 2,100,000 1,942,000 3,651,000 1,337,000 1,511,000 1,259,000 1,257,000 1,248,000 1,378,000 1,060,000 1,055,000 1,038,000 1,101,000 5,387,000 -121,000 -14,522,000 5,467,000 5,402,000 5,226,000 4,958,000 2,112,000                             
          equity income, net – related parties
        -14,776,000 -21,378,000 -16,847,000 -27,128,000 -20,435,000 -28,158,000 -23,977,000 -27,431,000 -32,819,000 -36,120,000 -35,494,000 -42,324,000 -39,021,000 -44,095,000 -41,317,000 -48,464,000 -49,607,000 -45,308,000 -48,506,000 -58,666,000 -52,165,000 -49,962,000 -61,026,000 -54,415,000 -61,347,000                                                 
          distributions from equity-investment earnings – related parties
        15,763,000 21,756,000 17,798,000 28,082,000 23,337,000 28,295,000 26,087,000 27,700,000 29,304,000 39,272,000 33,026,000 43,262,000 39,609,000 46,443,000 43,306,000 50,534,000 45,870,000 48,744,000 54,009,000 61,715,000 49,048,000 58,821,000 63,660,000 63,288,000 60,868,000                                                 
          loss on divestiture and other
        6,367,000 3,065,000 2,470,000 911,000 4,667,000 2,655,000 -467,000 -59,342,000 -239,617,000 6,434,000 1,480,000 70,000 2,118,000 -104,560,000                                                            
          other
        -4,000 17,000 53,000 43,000 190,000 9,000 90,000 37,000 112,000 71,000 -28,000 199,000 200,000 211,000 163,000   214,000 5,000 30,000 11,000 1,000 -518,000 -1,577,000 2,287,000                        -857,000 186,000 -1,142,000                       
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                 
          decrease in accounts receivable
        -50,226,000 16,853,000 21,956,000 -31,425,000 28,634,000 -30,203,000 12,683,000 28,436,000 -53,714,000 -17,773,000 -60,614,000 4,078,000 -4,037,000 96,659,000                                                            
          increase in accounts and imbalance payables and accrued liabilities
        -28,316,000 52,513,000 -40,837,000 31,039,000 -46,684,000 56,949,000 8,161,000 13,338,000 -100,383,000 19,021,000 12,535,000 36,885,000 -136,460,000 -72,881,000 -17,840,000 97,201,000 -14,292,000 58,392,000 17,204,000 55,758,000 -16,467,000 106,623,000 -34,509,000 101,247,000 -28,924,000 38,524,000 11,808,000 -25,669,000 -55,529,000 -24,632,000 14,781,000 13,498,000 27,075,000 -10,937,000 45,982,000 -12,035,000 -29,940,000 34,256,000 26,330,000 -20,205,000 17,978,000                                 
          change in other items
        -31,328,000 64,250,000 42,284,000 25,850,000 41,906,000 8,519,000 37,254,000 88,140,000 41,276,000 -10,782,000 11,289,000 42,225,000 24,832,000 41,444,000 -21,019,000 17,284,000 -2,918,000 59,465,000 -8,875,000 34,866,000 -35,600,000 21,481,000 -5,963,000 34,161,000 -24,857,000 22,638,000 -6,012,000 15,857,000 22,393,000 -10,176,000 9,379,000 5,655,000 9,015,000 -1,426,000 -3,181,000 131,000 -15,000 -2,922,000 -3,184,000 -1,309,000 3,048,000 1,020,000 147,000 -744,000 -1,220,000 1,825,000 -2,602,000 2,369,000 1,878,000 -10,572,000 -2,727,000 4,372,000 -809,000 3,244,000 -3,498,000 3,107,000 1,143,000 -1,909,000 -3,738,000 2,972,000 -10,000 874,000 -4,463,000 859,000 313,000 1,341,000 -1,274,000       
          net cash from operating activities
        469,903,000 557,645,000 570,210,000 563,977,000 530,793,000 554,446,000 551,288,000 631,418,000 399,708,000 473,300,000 394,787,000 490,823,000 302,424,000 489,219,000 468,768,000 466,981,000 276,458,000 661,858,000 391,333,000 452,111,000 261,550,000 505,525,000 392,894,000 345,688,000 393,311,000 297,415,000 340,154,000 343,458,000 343,073,000 268,912,000 236,811,000 273,315,000 241,596,000 256,396,000 211,947,000 240,536,000 192,616,000 259,847,000 263,872,000 157,363,000 236,503,000 171,201,000 196,941,000 145,431,000 156,036,000 131,040,000 139,570,000 140,151,000 124,046,000 126,652,000 124,056,000 35,058,000 129,955,000 -48,127,000 128,710,000 71,524,000 94,566,000 69,684,000 87,377,000 58,289,000 55,064,000 58,258,000 75,882,000 40,023,000 42,911,000 34,307,000 27,050,000 35,036,000 17,565,000 55,820,000 15,748,000   
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                 
          capital expenditures
        -235,726,000 -222,208,000 -184,758,000 -178,623,000 -142,402,000 -238,769,000 -189,434,000 -211,864,000 -193,789,000 -198,653,000 -201,857,000 -161,482,000 -173,088,000 -145,723,000 -150,148,000 -107,386,000 -83,971,000 -95,917,000 -79,829,000 -78,145,000 -59,783,000 -50,829,000 -59,197,000 -140,249,000 -172,816,000 -241,563,000 -242,841,000 -318,281,000 -386,144,000 -244,874,000 -298,926,000 -347,799,000 -302,297,000 -255,832,000 -158,713,000 -134,536,000 -125,944,000 -107,268,000 -116,802,000 -118,936,000 -136,987,000 -128,895,000 -135,216,000 -137,238,000 -200,940,000 -180,717,000 -132,535,000 -170,425,000 -189,327,000 -176,793,000 -129,922,000 -173,293,000 -166,463,000 -164,710,000 -147,538,000 -85,987,000 -61,071,000 -60,461,000 -45,078,000 -16,033,000 -13,923,000 -13,858,000 -53,385,000 -4,294,000 -5,297,000 -20,674,000 -29,782,000 -5,172,000 -6,546,000 -12,770,000 -9,793,000   
          free cash flows
        234,177,000 335,437,000 385,452,000 385,354,000 388,391,000 315,677,000 361,854,000 419,554,000 205,919,000 274,647,000 192,930,000 329,341,000 129,336,000 343,496,000 318,620,000 359,595,000 192,487,000 565,941,000 311,504,000 373,966,000 201,767,000 454,696,000 333,697,000 205,439,000 220,495,000 55,852,000 97,313,000 25,177,000 -43,071,000 24,038,000 -62,115,000 -74,484,000 -60,701,000 564,000 53,234,000 106,000,000 66,672,000 152,579,000 147,070,000 38,427,000 99,516,000 42,306,000 61,725,000 8,193,000 -44,904,000 -49,677,000 7,035,000 -30,274,000 -65,281,000 -50,141,000 -5,866,000 -138,235,000 -36,508,000 -212,837,000 -18,828,000 -14,463,000 33,495,000 9,223,000 42,299,000 42,256,000 41,141,000 44,400,000 22,497,000 35,729,000 37,614,000 13,633,000 -2,732,000 29,864,000 11,019,000 43,050,000 5,955,000   
          contributions to equity investments – related parties
        -1,768,000         -1,021,000 -22,000 -110,000 -733,000 -3,859,000 -2,970,000 -2,070,000 -752,000 -175,000 -3,422,000 -86,000                                                     
          distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – related parties
        9,889,000 5,391,000 11,953,000 3,040,000 11,007,000 3,290,000 3,257,000 5,270,000 19,033,000 7,389,000 8,536,000 10,813,000 12,366,000 22,839,000 15,651,000 15,482,000 9,925,000 11,310,000 8,702,000 9,232,000 12,141,000 10,410,000 8,410,000 8,288,000 5,052,000                                                 
          proceeds from the sale of assets to third parties
         128,000 15,000 19,000 14,000 3,300,000 206,202,000 582,739,000 -27,000    263,010,000 15,000 713,000 383,000 100,000 -1,000       375,000 -33,000 3,606,000 46,000 170,000 116,000 194,000 78,000 23,258,000 34,000 37,671,000 7,682,000 -1,000 138,000 -1,138,000 146,971,000 22,000                            
          decrease in materials and supplies inventory and other
        -7,272,000 -23,459,000 11,149,000 1,594,000 -9,414,000 14,834,000 -7,824,000 -14,603,000 -10,691,000 330,000 -13,514,000 -799,000 -18,346,000 -2,469,000                                                            
          net cash from investing activities
        -234,877,000 -608,914,000 -161,528,000 -173,974,000 -140,790,000 -230,321,000 -190,701,000 -14,995,000 396,849,000 -1,068,707,000 -207,916,000 -151,490,000 -179,178,000 138,015,000 -185,305,000 -99,330,000 -71,617,000 -70,251,000 -80,883,000 -59,932,000 -46,472,000 -21,584,000 -71,669,000 -176,277,000 -178,724,000 -253,210,000 -269,475,000 -349,436,000 -2,515,732,000 -299,114,000 -334,031,000 -532,485,000 -294,168,000 -248,807,000 -151,666,000 -110,697,000 -252,434,000 -64,842,000 -87,868,000 -110,006,000 -842,818,000 -128,435,000 11,181,000 -145,210,000 -203,960,000 -1,708,187,000 -142,596,000 -194,079,000 -576,697,000 -189,662,000 -176,914,000 -277,602,000 -771,888,000 -171,184,000 -287,378,000 -88,262,000 -524,303,000 -63,798,000 -68,293,000 -15,944,000 -317,465,000 -13,458,000 -559,303,000 -4,603,000 -246,977,000 -20,792,000 -131,234,000 -5,435,000 -6,546,000 -195,865,000 -9,793,000   
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                 
          borrowings, net of debt issuance costs
        -132,000 1,185,459,000   -149,000 790,399,000   647,722,000 844,786,000 736,225,000 220,000,000 755,000,000   80,000,000 300,000,000 100,000,000 95,000,000 3,586,173,000 218,945,000 1,240,000,000 280,000,000 2,430,750,000 213,927,000 798,098,000 14,000 1,337,525,000 120,000,000 90,000,000 160,000,000 -11,000 202,618,000 564,600,000 200,000,000 330,000,000 120,000,000 -88,000 629,694,000 140,000,000 510,000,000 59,983,000 159,153,000 917,742,000 114,937,000 347,618,000 110,002,000 384,946,000 156,357,000 -1,078,000 567,369,000 319,000,000                 
          repayments of debt
         -80,000,000 -336,758,000 -663,831,000 -129,349,000 -14,503,000 -650,000,000 -399,596,000 -605,194,000 -313,138,000 -250,000,000 -385,000,000   -300,000,000 -601,881,000 -531,085,000 -23,498,000 -197,241,000 -113,010,000 -3,470,139,000 -1,000,000,000 -467,595,000 -410,000,000 -630,000,000     -20,000,000 -590,000,000   -90,000,000 -490,000,000 -30,000,000 -170,000,000 -50,000,000 -430,000,000 -215,000,000 -250,000,000   -509,000,000 -40,000,000 -10,000,000               
          increase in outstanding checks
        13,461,000 -4,859,000 4,542,000 -7,543,000 -113,000 -3,340,000 -16,454,000 13,406,000 766,000 3,757,000 2,710,000 -21,719,000 18,768,000 747,000 -11,579,000 20,126,000 -7,088,000 -9,874,000 17,345,000 -7,085,000 -22,017,000 20,008,000 5,377,000 2,622,000 -7,308,000 10,775,000 -3,542,000 228,000 -5,890,000 -519,000 2,670,000 1,327,000 -6,684,000 2,283,000 6,073,000 -3,787,000 1,024,000 3,149,000 244,000 -320,000 -994,000 -269,000 845,000 141,000 -2,468,000 -1,215,000 391,000 589,000 1,928,000 1,572,000 -1,526,000 999,000 -2,808,000                     
          distributions to partnership unitholders
        -379,675,000 -379,521,000 -355,254,000 -355,253,000 -340,996,000 -340,914,000 -340,859,000 -340,858,000 -223,438,000 -223,432,000 -221,442,000 -336,987,000 -196,569,000 -197,065,000 -197,744,000 -206,197,000 -134,749,000 -134,862,000 -134,662,000 -132,969,000 -131,265,000 -132,255,000 -140,900,000 -140,893,000 -281,786,000 -280,880,000 -279,959,000 -276,324,000 -131,910,000                                             
          distributions to chipeta noncontrolling interest owner
        -2,117,000     -2,144,000 -550,000 -593,000 -1,085,000 -2,558,000 -1,613,000 -1,230,000 -2,240,000 -5,716,000 -1,838,000 -1,198,000 -1,984,000 -6,383,000 -1,213,000 -1,245,000 -276,000 -4,721,000 -1,148,000 -1,037,000 -1,738,000 -4,463,000 -1,407,000 -1,858,000 -1,935,000                                             
          distributions to noncontrolling interest owner of wes operating
        -7,332,000 -8,049,000 -7,268,000 -7,268,000 -6,949,000 -6,948,000 -6,956,000 -6,955,000 -4,591,000 -4,590,000 -7,129,000 -6,860,000 -4,271,000 -4,721,000 -11,365,000 -6,007,000 -2,805,000 -5,050,000 -4,642,000                                                       
          net cash from financing activities
        -407,022,000 693,472,000 -361,126,000 -708,718,000 -1,032,020,000 -358,398,000 420,031,000 -567,550,000 -774,098,000 378,700,000 88,670,000 -238,025,000 -297,257,000 -499,671,000 -221,804,000 -518,466,000 -158,591,000 -489,470,000 -516,161,000 -142,982,000 -603,624,000 -177,064,000 -242,918,000 -261,955,000 -162,267,000 -61,673,000 -49,044,000 1,726,000 2,180,564,000 -10,018,000 174,653,000 -209,021,000 495,184,000 -81,210,000 -96,043,000 -63,952,000 -175,797,000 18,473,000 -189,324,000 1,931,000 616,761,000 -17,933,000 -222,690,000 28,908,000 39,509,000 1,576,364,000 -39,766,000 81,466,000 435,014,000 125,374,000 17,042,000 253,208,000 285,468,000 591,798,000 -51,890,000 235,172,000 242,796,000 -30,785,000 169,679,000 -10,491,000 266,168,000 -54,126,000 455,419,000 -26,241,000 189,305,000 446,000 117,581,000   146,961,000 -5,353,000   
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        -171,996,000 642,203,000 47,556,000 -318,715,000 -642,017,000 -34,273,000 780,618,000 48,873,000 22,459,000 -216,707,000 275,541,000 101,308,000 -174,011,000 127,563,000 61,659,000 -150,815,000 46,250,000 102,137,000 -205,711,000 249,197,000 -388,546,000 306,877,000 78,307,000 -92,544,000 52,320,000 -17,468,000 21,635,000 -4,252,000 7,905,000 -40,220,000 77,433,000 -468,191,000 442,612,000 -73,621,000 -35,762,000 65,887,000 -235,615,000 213,478,000 -13,320,000 49,288,000 10,446,000 24,833,000 -14,568,000 29,129,000 -8,415,000 -783,000 -42,792,000 27,538,000 -17,637,000 62,364,000 -35,816,000 10,664,000 -356,465,000 372,487,000 -210,558,000 218,434,000 -186,941,000 -24,899,000 188,763,000 31,854,000 3,767,000 -9,326,000 -28,002,000   13,961,000 13,397,000 12,562,000 -6,010,000 6,916,000    
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        819,491,000 1,090,464,000 272,787,000 286,656,000 201,999,000 444,922,000 99,962,000 92,142,000 78,814,000 357,925,000 98,033,000 67,054,000 100,728,000 419,981,000 226,559,000 27,074,000 69,984,000 2,768,000 33,306,000     
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        647,495,000 642,203,000 47,556,000 -318,715,000 448,447,000 -34,273,000 780,618,000 48,873,000 295,246,000 -216,707,000 275,541,000 101,308,000 112,645,000 127,563,000 61,659,000 -150,815,000 248,249,000 102,137,000 -205,711,000 249,197,000 56,376,000 306,877,000 78,307,000 -92,544,000 152,282,000 -17,468,000 21,635,000 -4,252,000 100,047,000 -40,220,000 77,433,000 -468,191,000 521,426,000 -73,621,000 -35,762,000 65,887,000 122,310,000 213,478,000 -13,320,000 49,288,000 108,479,000 24,833,000 -14,568,000 29,129,000 58,639,000 -783,000 -42,792,000 27,538,000 83,091,000 62,364,000 -35,816,000 10,664,000 63,516,000 372,487,000 -210,558,000 218,434,000 39,618,000 -24,899,000 188,763,000 31,854,000 30,841,000 -9,326,000 -28,002,000 9,179,000 55,223,000 13,961,000 16,165,000 12,562,000 27,296,000 6,916,000 602,000   
          supplemental disclosures
                                                                                 
          interest paid, net of capitalized interest
        124,776,000 62,750,000 120,264,000 78,059,000 119,905,000 53,798,000 129,510,000 46,654,000 130,885,000 48,665,000 119,907,000 25,131,000 133,245,000 41,171,000 132,402,000 32,501,000 149,289,000 26,103,000 160,624,000 34,301,000 153,979,000 42,200,000 144,351,000 87,518,000 75,844,000 61,648,000 94,461,000 60,815,000 76,871,000 34,574,000 50,942,000 34,410,000 28,514,000 39,515,000 29,415,000 39,740,000 28,656,000 23,956,000 28,556,000 35,750,000 18,223,000 34,108,000 18,447,000 24,571,000 17,594,000 24,144,000 17,158,000 12,240,000 14,106,000 12,124,000 11,458,000 12,272,000 11,244,000 11,582,000                    
          accrued capital expenditures
        97,352,000 17,592,000 -23,035,000 -3,741,000 88,894,000 -64,424,000 12,365,000 -608,000 116,751,000 -12,540,000 -4,316,000 25,399,000 91,067,000 10,398,000 20,077,000 15,057,000 36,821,000 6,155,000 1,493,000 4,628,000 22,964,000 4,851,000 -22,916,000 -77,042,000 120,233,000 -13,126,000 12,986,000 -62,415,000 203,509,000 17,401,000 -3,518,000 -47,272,000 229,484,000 38,577,000 65,694,000 14,758,000 85,280,000                                     
          income taxes paid
        3,449,000 806,000       2,860,000 1,000 1,270,000 7,000 905,000 6,000                                                        
          wes unit redemption with occidental
        610,000,000                                                                         
          loss on early extinguishment of debt
             -4,879,000 -524,000 -8,565,000                                                              
          acquisitions from third parties
             -443,000     891,000            -93,303,000   -11,000 -155,287,000           -27,600,000 -77,805,000 -134,869,000                    
          commercial paper borrowings (repayments)
             -1,000 -99,933,000 -510,379,000                                                                 
          unit repurchases
                 -127,500,000 -41,000 -7,061,000 -40,515,000 -367,858,000 -74,068,000 -5,149,000 -113,099,000 -88,125,000 -16,241,000                                                     
          acquisition-related issuance of common units
                                                                                 
          asset retirement cost additions and revisions
                                                                                 
          proceeds from the sale of assets to related parties
                                                                                 
          net contributions from (distributions to) related parties
                     262,000 377,000 375,000 409,000 1,860,000 2,165,000 2,881,000 1,627,000 1,792,000 842,000 1,343,000 20,489,000                                                 
          goodwill impairment
                             441,017,000                                                 
          cash paid to settle interest-rate swaps
                             -6,440,000 -6,418,000                                                   
          non-cash unit exchange with occidental
                                                                                
          (gain) loss on divestiture and other
                       1,150,000 -370,000 234,000 364,000 -1,225,000 583,000 -12,285,000 768,000 2,843,000 40,000 3,000 -248,000 1,061,000 590,000 -961,000 -65,000 -170,000 -116,000 2,629,000 -72,000 -15,458,000 -119,487,000 5,872,000 6,230,000                                   
          (gain) loss on early extinguishment of debt
                         24,655,000 289,000 -862,000 -1,632,000 -1,395,000 -7,345,000                                                 
          increase in accounts receivable
                       -114,696,000 -165,134,000 147,139,000 -61,609,000 -38,982,000 -30,182,000 -1,350,000 7,798,000 -207,838,000 7,702,000 -35,283,000 -12,418,000 -6,818,000 9,486,000 7,877,000 -57,535,000 21,639,000 -28,648,000 30,845,000 -56,335,000 10,876,000 -1,513,000 -7,839,000 -7,866,000 -45,800,000 12,558,000 18,490,000 22,031,000 -28,463,000 -17,672,000 37,191,000 -18,055,000 -12,371,000 -10,982,000 -6,632,000 -580,000 -48,468,000 21,661,000 -19,754,000 -872,000 1,094,000 4,709,000 15,915,000 735,000 -9,490,000 -8,251,000  6,385,000 -2,463,000 -4,381,000 -3,440,000 2,016,000 5,358,000 -5,940,000 4,351,000 -7,793,000 -548,000 -57,000 
          increase in materials and supplies inventory and other
                       -5,169,000 4,116,000 13,008,000 -9,580,000                                                       
          (gain) loss on interest-rate swaps
                                 -37,640,000 68,389,000 58,947,000 35,638,000                                             
          acquisitions from related parties
                           -2,000,000                                                     
          registration expenses related to the issuance of partnership common units
                                 -855,000                                             
          above-market component of swap agreements with anadarko
                                 7,407,000 10,896,000 12,601,000 13,839,000 14,282,000 11,832,000 18,049,000                                       
          finance lease payments
                         -1,218,000 -1,656,000 -1,823,000 -1,816,000 -1,966,000 -1,979,000 -8,111,000 -2,151,000                                                 
          purchases from related parties
                                                                                 
          taxes paid
                           932,000 -384,000 96,000 2,495,000 -87,000 1,005,000 189,000 771,000 67,000  -138,000 250,000 -340,000     423,000 72,000                 
          decreases to materials and supplies inventory and other
                            3,256,000                                                     
          distributions to noncontrolling interest owners of wes operating
                            -2,551,000 -3,889,000 -2,869,000 -2,869,000 -5,807,000 -5,795,000 -5,764,000 -5,667,000 -100,999,000                                             
          additions to materials and supplies inventory and other
                             -616,000                                                    
          net distributions to (contributions from) anadarko of other assets
                                         -1,816,000 -997,000   227,000 -360,000 714,000 381,000 -340,000 4,378,000 348,000   -43,000 1,775,000 3,465,000   4,506,000                    
          contributions to equity investments - related parties
                              -2,953,000 -5,104,000 -10,960,000                                                 
          long-lived asset impairments
                               10,150,000 155,785,000                                                 
          impairments
                                 1,985,000 3,107,000 797,000 390,000 75,630,000 25,317,000 127,243,000 148,000 8,295,000 2,159,000 3,178,000 164,742,000 4,222,000 2,392,000 2,403,000 6,518,000                                 
          equity income, net – affiliates
                                 -62,035,000 -53,893,000 -63,598,000 -57,992,000 -50,272,000 -43,110,000 -39,218,000 -20,424,000 -22,486,000 -21,519,000 -21,728,000 -19,461,000 -21,916,000 -20,294,000                                   
          distributions from equity-investment earnings – affiliates
                                                                                 
          lower of cost or market inventory adjustments
                                 67,000 162,000 7,000 568,000 33,000 8,000 143,000 5,000 95,000 45,000 127,000                                    
          contributions in aid of construction costs from affiliates
                                         1,000 43,000 33,000 1,310,000 1,208,000 1,073,000 1,485,000 2,369,000     1,000                           
          acquisitions from affiliates
                                 -425,000 -2,007,501,000      -1,266,000 -1,603,000 -713,596,000 -533,000 -2,163,000 -8,840,000 -1,128,000 -6,800,000 -11,441,000 -360,952,000 -6,827,000 -2,948,000 -1,215,000 -465,721,000 -5,759,000 -140,453,000 -2,275,000 -463,232,000 -3,837,000                
          investments in equity affiliates
                                 -20,275,000 -30,785,000 -40,790,000 -36,543,000 -65,356,000 -40,489,000   -97,000   -166,000 -335,000 474,000 -2,390,000 -2,282,000 -1,892,000 -4,878,000 -1,011,000 -4,022,000 -31,640,000 -27,605,000 -6,848,000 -15,302,000 -24,989,000 -4,835,000 -715,000    -93,000            
          distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – affiliates
                                 9,053,000 4,151,000 9,260,000 7,792,000 7,510,000 5,592,000 4,492,000 8,013,000 6,830,000 7,034,000 5,768,000 3,453,000 4,646,000 5,981,000                                   
          proceeds from property insurance claims
                                         -1,023,000 24,000,000 -933,000 15,454,000                                   
          settlement of the deferred purchase price obligation – anadarko
                                                                               
          proceeds from the issuance of wes operating common units, net of offering expenses
                                                                                 
          net contributions from (distributions to) anadarko
                                 1,881,000 5,347,000 451,591,000     1,233,000 44,000 -14,000 5,844,000 -1,876,000 173,000 -27,632,000        23,788,000 -7,000 34,475,000 -29,960,000 83,151,000                    
          finance lease payments – affiliates
                                 -255,000                                                
          accretion expense and revisions to the deferred purchase price obligation – anadarko
                                         -4,094,000                                     
          fair value of properties and equipment from non-cash third-party transactions
                                                                                 
          distributions from equity investment earnings – affiliates
                                  66,854,000 61,262,000 54,221,000 50,472,000 45,431,000 27,455,000 20,941,000 23,067,000 22,111,000 23,088,000 19,114,000 22,514,000 21,152,000                                   
          proceeds from the sale of assets to affiliates
                                             10,000   225,000       3,000                        
          proceeds from the issuance of common units, net of offering expenses
                                         -25,000 -158,000  25,000,000                                 
          proceeds from the issuance of series a preferred units, net of offering expenses
                                             -3,000 246,940,000 440,000,000                                 
          distributions to unitholders
                                     -230,239,000 -225,691,000 -221,133,000 -216,586,000 -212,038,000 -207,491,000 -196,206,000 -185,565,000 -181,649,000 -176,909,000 -160,792,000 -152,588,000 -146,160,000 -139,736,000 -133,203,000 -126,044,000 -111,608,000 -105,654,000 -98,750,000 -92,609,000 -83,986,000 -79,314,000 -70,144,000 -65,657,000 -56,345,000 -52,425,000 -46,053,000 -43,027,000 -40,323,000 -36,063,000 -33,168,000 -30,564,000 -26,381,000 -24,378,000 -22,042,000 -21,393,000 -18,289,000 -17,709,000 -17,039,000 -17,029,000 -16,247,000    
          distributions to noncontrolling interest owner
                                     -4,083,000 -3,025,000 -3,068,000 -3,353,000 -4,520,000 -2,674,000 -3,005,000 -3,370,000 -2,527,000 -3,797,000 -3,622,000 -3,838,000 -2,037,000 -2,975,000 -4,025,000 -3,150,000  -3,400,000 -3,825,000 -4,124,000                         
          fair value of properties and equipment from non-cash third party transactions
                                         2,825,000 548,628,000                                     
          above-market component of swap extensions with anadarko
                                            12,297,000 11,038,000 18,417,000 9,552,000 6,813,000 10,533,000                                
          proceeds from the issuance of common and general partner units, net of offering expenses
                                                 -23,000 26,301,000 31,075,000 602,987,000 8,914,000 74,299,000 18,289,000 312,977,000                        
          proceeds from the issuance of class c units
                                                                                 
          acquisition of dbjv from anadarko
                                             25,015,000 -12,725,000   174,276,000                             
          capital lease asset transfer
                                                                               
          equity income
                                                -16,814,000 -12,114,000 -21,976,000 -18,941,000 -18,220,000 -16,514,000 -19,063,000 -13,008,000 -9,251,000                         
          distributions from equity investment earnings
                                                19,855,000 21,409,000 21,611,000 20,328,000 18,706,000 19,906,000 16,268,000 16,524,000 10,269,000                         
          gain on divestiture and other
                                                632,000                                 
          distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings
                                                4,784,000 3,835,000 3,871,000 5,574,000 2,964,000 3,668,000 4,539,000 7,804,000 2,044,000                         
          contributions from noncontrolling interest owner
                                                                                 
          net contributions from anadarko
                                                 1,371,000 30,096,000                           
          depreciation, amortization and impairments
                                                  65,688,000 65,961,000 70,292,000 53,147,000 45,651,000 43,746,000 40,612,000 39,365,000 37,615,000 36,496,000 32,440,000 35,991,000 27,528,000 27,156,000 26,586,000 22,942,000 24,243,000 21,711,000 19,558,000 18,335,000            
          gain on divestiture
                                                                                 
          increase in accounts and natural gas imbalance payables and accrued liabilities
                                                  15,669,000 -10,168,000 10,451,000 -62,266,000 8,942,000 2,521,000 -1,727,000 15,134,000 6,482,000 -20,951,000 21,287,000 -59,798,000 62,600,000 -425,000 9,245,000 -6,300,000 17,453,000 6,302,000 5,887,000             
          debt-related amortization and other items
                                                     691,000 687,000 678,000 680,000 693,000 630,000 566,000 560,000                     
          contributions from noncontrolling interest owners
                                                         1,150,000 1,097,000 2,220,000 5,573,000 11,466,000 9,849,000 16,761,000 9,487,000 6,429,000 960,000             
          distributions to noncontrolling interest owners
                                                         -5,126,000 -3,341,000 -2,010,000 -2,650,000 -3,000,000 -3,964,000 -5,194,000 -5,145,000 -7,259,000 -2,724,000 -3,131,000 -4,364,000  -3,930,000 -3,577,000 -2,806,000         
          net distributions to anadarko of other assets
                                                     4,335,000                            
          capitalized interest on equity investments
                                                                                 
          proceeds from sale of assets to affiliates
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of common and general partner units, net of offering expenses
                                                           424,886,000 500,000 409,415,000 -112,000   -31,000                
          proceeds from sale of assets to third parties
                                                                                 
          revolving credit facility issuance costs
                                                                                 
          elimination of net deferred tax liabilities
                                                              106,504,000            50,436,000   
          transfer of brasada and lancaster capital expenditures
                                                              19,197,000                 
          increase in accrued capital expenditures
                                                              -10,906,000 36,419,000 17,752,000 -4,134,000 5,404,000 4,963,000 -726,000 586,000            
          interest received
                                                              4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000 4,225,000        
          net contributions from (distributions to) parent
                                                               10,000 2,119,000 67,000                
          net distributions of other assets to parent
                                                                                 
          interest paid
                                                               16,200,000 1,986,000 15,854,000 1,703,000 3,262,000 5,009,000 6,219,000 4,210,000 3,397,000 2,671,000 4,346,000 3,205,000 367,000 1,454,000     
          contribution of assets (to) from parent
                                                                                
          borrowings, net of issuance costs
                                                                  10,000,000               
          acquisition from affiliates
                                                                                 
          acquisition from third parties
                                                                   -303,602,000             
          proceeds from sale of assets to affiliate
                                                                   89,000 153,000            
          proceeds from issuance of common and general partner units
                                                                                 
          net contributions from parent
                                                                                 
          contribution of assets from parent
                                                                                 
          borrowings under revolving credit facility, net of issuance costs
                                                                    556,340,000    209,987,000         
          repayments of revolving credit facility
                                                                    -139,000,000             
          repayment of wattenberg term loan
                                                                    -250,000,000             
          proceeds from issuance of common and general partner units, net of 5.4 million in offering and other incomes
                                                                    132,796,000             
          net distributions to parent
                                                                                 
          decrease in natural gas imbalance receivables
                                                                                 
          loan to anadarko
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of assets to third party
                                                                     400,000            
          proceeds from issuance of common and general partner units, net of 14.7 million, 5.5 million and 28.2 million in offering and other expenses for the years ended december 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                                 
          borrowings on revolving credit facility, net of issuance cost
                                                                                 
          issuance of wattenberg term loan
                                                                                
          issuance of notes payable to anadarko
                                                                                 
          repayment of note payable to anadarko
                                                                                 
          reimbursement to parent from offering proceeds
                                                                                 
          contributions from noncontrolling interest owners and parent
                                                                     68,000 1,985,000 -483,000        
          distributions to noncontrolling interest owners and parent
                                                                         -2,261,000        
          significant non-cash investing and financing transactions:
                                                                                 
          contribution of initial assets from parent
                                                                                 
          property, plant and equipment and other assets contributed by parent
                                                                                 
          increase in natural gas imbalance receivable
                                                                        -15,000  -223,000       
          increase in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and natural gas imbalance payable
                                                                      1,346,000    -16,680,000       
          wattenberg acquisition from affiliate
                                                                                 
          white cliffs acquisition from affiliate
                                                                                 
          white cliffs acquisition from third party
                                                                                 
          granger acquisition from affiliate
                                                                                 
          chipeta acquisition from affiliate
                                                                                 
          repayments of borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                                                 
          issuance of note payable to anadarko
                                                                                 
          proceeds from issuance of common units, net of 4.3 million in offering and other incomes
                                                                                 
          non-cash contribution of assets from parent
                                                                                 
          decrease in natural gas imbalance receivable
                                                                               -58,000 76,000 
          granger acquisition
                                                                       -241,680,000         
          investment in equity affiliate
                                                                         -118,000 -1,000       
          borrowings under revolving credit facility, net of repayments and issuance costs
                                                                                 
          may 2010 equity offering, net of 4.3 million in offering and other incomes
                                                                                 
          net pre-acquisition contributions from parent
                                                                                 
          decrease in accrued capital expenditures
                                                                       -181,000 358,000   -92,000 1,469,000  169,000 -122,000 1,056,000 
          decrease (increase) in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and natural gas imbalance payable
                                                                        9,124,000         
          net pre-acquisition contributions from (distributions to) parent
                                                                        1,532,000         
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                        -14,761,000         
          impairment
                                                                                 
          (increase) in natural gas imbalance receivable
                                                                            -590,000     
          increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and natural gas imbalance payable
                                                                                 
          acquisitions
                                                                                 
          proceeds from issuance of common and general partner units, net of 5.5 million and 28.2 million in offering and other incomes for the years ended december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                                                                 
          issuance of note payables to anadarko
                                                                                 
          repayment of note payables to anadarko
                                                                                 
          net pre-acquisition contributions from (distributions to) anadarko
                                                                                 
          chipeta acquisition
                                                                                 
          proceeds from issuance of common units
                                                                                 
          net pre-acquisition distributions from anadarko
                                                                                 
          contribution of net assets from parent
                                                                                 
          net carrying value of chipeta assets in excess of consideration paid
                                                                                 
          elimination of deferred tax liabilities
                                                                                 
          reimbursement of capital expenditures to parent
                                                                              185,000   
          net distributions to anadarko
                                                                                 
          increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                            -817,000 4,024,000 -487,000   
          increase in other items
                                                                            -112,000 1,115,000 511,000   
          net cash (used in) financing activities
                                                                            -17,029,000     
          depreciation
                                                                             12,856,000 7,145,000 6,554,000 6,456,000 
          powder river acquisition
                                                                                 
          investment in equity — affiliate
                                                                                 
          proceeds from issuance of common units, net of 5.9 million in offering expenses
                                                                             1,000    
          net (distributions to) contributions from parent
                                                                                 
          contribution of initial assets to western gas partners, lp from parent
                                                                                 
          value of consideration paid in excess of net carrying value of powder river assets
                                                                                 
          property, plant and equipment contributed by parent
                                                                                 
          net advance to parent
                                                                              3,215,000 4,948,000 -13,087,000 
          contribution of net assets to western gas partners, lp from parent
                                                                              3,400,000   
          cash flow from operating activities
                                                                                 
          cash flow from investing activities
                                                                                 
          cash flow from financing activities
                                                                                 
          net increase in cash
                                                                                 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                 
          increase/(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                                758,000 
          increase/(decrease) in other items
                                                                                -1,000 
          cash from operating activities
                                                                                19,749,000 
          other investing activities
                                                                                -2,000 
          cash from investing activities
                                                                                -6,662,000 
          cash from financing activities
                                                                                -13,087,000 
          cash at beginning of period
                                                                                 
          cash at end of period
                                                                                 
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