UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 28, 2011
WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
001-34046 (Commission File Number) |
26-1075808 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1201 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(832) 636-6000
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On February 28, 2011, Kerr-McGee Gathering LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Gas Partners,
LP (the “Partnership”), closed the previously announced
acquisition of midstream
assets from Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. These assets are located in the Denver-Julesburg Basin,
northeast of Denver, Colorado, and consist of (i) an approximately 1,054-mile natural gas gathering
system and related compression and other ancillary equipment; and (ii) gas processing facilities
with current cryogenic capacity of 84 MMcf/d. The $303.3 million purchase price and certain
purchase price adjustments were funded by borrowings under the Partnership’s revolving credit
facility.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP |
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| By: | Western Gas Holdings, LLC, | |||
| its general partner | ||||
| Dated: February 28, 2011 | By: | /s/ Benjamin M. Fink | ||
| Benjamin M. Fink | ||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||