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EXHIBIT 99.1
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WESTERN MIDSTREAM ANNOUNCES
FOURTH-QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR 2019 RESULTS
ANNOUNCES 2020 GUIDANCE

HOUSTON—(PRNEWSWIRE)—February 27, 2020 – Today Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: WES) (“WES” or the “Partnership”) announced fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 financial and operating results. Net income (loss) available to limited partners for the fourth quarter of 2019 totaled $282.1 million, or $0.62 per common unit (diluted), with fourth-quarter 2019 Adjusted EBITDA(1) totaling $447.6 million and fourth-quarter 2019 Distributable cash flow(1) totaling $345.4 million. Net income (loss) available to limited partners for 2019 totaled $662.3 million, or $1.59 per common unit (diluted), with full-year 2019 Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $1.719 billion and full-year 2019 Distributable cash flow(1) of $1.325 billion. Financial and operational results are presented as if WES owned the assets acquired in February 2019 for all periods reported.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Processed record DJ Basin Complex gas throughput of 1.30 Bcf/d for the fourth quarter, representing a 15-percent sequential-quarter increase as third-quarter downstream constraints were resolved and did not impact fourth-quarter operations
Gathered record Delaware Basin produced-water throughput of 610 MBbls/d for the fourth quarter, representing a 5-percent sequential-quarter increase
Achieved record Delaware and DJ Basin oil throughput of 297 MBbls/d for the fourth quarter, representing an 8-percent sequential-quarter increase
Delivered full-year 2019 Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $1.719 billion, representing a 17-percent increase from 2018
Realized capital expenditures below low-end 2019 guidance range

 
 
 
(1) Please see the tables at the end of this release for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures and calculation of the Coverage ratio.




Finalized service and governance agreements with Occidental that will position WES to operate as a stand-alone enterprise
Priced a $3.5 billion four-tranche senior notes offering that was 6.2x oversubscribed with each tranche pricing at WES’s lowest historical coupon for like-tenor notes
For the fourth quarter of 2019, WES paid a per-unit quarterly distribution of $0.6220. The full-year 2019 per-unit distribution of $2.47 represents a more than 5-percent increase over the full-year 2018 per-unit distribution of $2.35. This marks WES’s 28th consecutive quarterly distribution increase and achieves WES’s 2019 annual distribution-growth guidance range of 5 percent to 6 percent. The fourth-quarter 2019 Coverage ratio(1) was 1.23 times. The full-year 2019 Coverage ratio(1) was 1.18 times.
“I’m pleased with our fourth-quarter results,” said Chief Executive Officer, Michael Ure. “In 2019, we placed the first Latham train and the second Mentone train into service; grew Adjusted EBITDA 17-percent year-over-year as a result of increased throughput across all products; and entered into new service, operating, and governing agreements at year end that enable us to operate more fully as an independent midstream company. This was a productive and successful year for WES, and we are ideally positioned to deliver strong results in 2020.”
Fourth-quarter 2019 total natural-gas throughput(2) averaged 4.3 Bcf/d, representing a 3-percent sequential-quarter increase and an 8-percent increase from fourth-quarter 2018. Fourth-quarter 2019 total throughput for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets(2) averaged 1,378 MBbls/d, representing a 16-percent sequential-quarter increase and a 38-percent increase from fourth-quarter 2018. Full-year 2019 total natural-gas throughput(2) averaged 4.2 Bcf/d, representing a 9-percent increase from full-year 2018. Full-year 2019 total throughput for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets(2) averaged 1,195 MBbls/d, representing a 57-percent increase from full-year 2018.









 
 
 
(1) Please see the tables at the end of this release for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures and calculation of the Coverage ratio.
(2) Represents total throughput attributable to WES, which excludes the 25% third-party interest in Chipeta and the 2.0% Occidental subsidiary-owned limited partner interest in WES Operating, which collectively represent WES’s noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2019.

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Fourth-quarter 2019 capital expenditures(1), including equity investments and excluding capitalized interest, totaled $242.6 million, with cash maintenance capital expenditures totaling $29.6 million. For full-year 2019, capital expenditures(1), including equity investments(2) and excluding capitalized interest, totaled $1.249 billion, which is approximately $100 million below the 2019 guidance midpoint of $1.35 billion. For full-year 2019, cash maintenance capital expenditures totaled $124.4 million, which is approximately $11 million below the 2019 guidance midpoint of $135 million.
2020 GUIDANCE
Adjusted EBITDA between $1.875 billion and $1.975 billion
Total capital expenditures between $875 million and $950 million, including costs associated with over 60,000 horsepower of compression, over 140 miles of gathering, the completion of the second Latham train during first-quarter 2020, and the addition of two 30 MBbl/d oil-stabilization trains and approximately 180 MBbl/d of saltwater disposal capacity in the Delaware Basin by year-end 2020
Total maintenance capital expenditures between $125 million and $135 million
Coverage ratio of at least 1.25x with ~1-percent year-over-year distribution increase from full-year 2019 per-unit distributions of $2.47 per unit
“Our 2020 guidance demonstrates our continued focus on capital-efficient organic growth and the strength of our balance sheet,” said Chief Financial Officer, Mike Pearl. “We are focused on generating long-term value for all our stakeholders by maintaining our investment-grade credit profile, delivering exceptional customer service, and driving operational efficiencies throughout the organization.”






















 
 
 
(1) Accrual-based and excludes capital expenditures associated with the 25% third-party interest in Chipeta.
(2) Acquisitions and contributions.

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CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW AT 1 P.M. CST
WES will host a conference call on Friday, February 28, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time (2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results. To participate, individuals should dial 877-883-0383 (Domestic) or 412-902-6506 (International) 15 minutes before the scheduled conference call time and enter participant access code 0032829. To access the live audio webcast of the conference call, please visit the investor relations section of the Partnership’s website at www.westernmidstream.com. A replay of the conference call also will be available on the website for two weeks following the call.
ABOUT WESTERN MIDSTREAM
Western Midstream Partners, LP (“WES”) is a Delaware master limited partnership formed to acquire, own, develop, and operate midstream assets. With midstream assets located in the Rocky Mountains, North-central Pennsylvania, Texas, and New Mexico, WES is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, treating, processing, and transporting natural gas; gathering, stabilizing, and transporting condensate, natural-gas liquids, and crude oil; and gathering and disposing of produced water for its customers. In its capacity as a natural-gas processor, WES also buys and sells natural gas, natural-gas liquids, and condensate on behalf of itself and as an agent for its customers under certain contracts.
WESTERN MIDSTREAM ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE
WES has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the report is available for viewing and downloading on the Western Midstream web site at www.westernmidstream.com. Unitholders may request hard copies of the report, which contains WES’s audit financial statements, free of charge, by emailing investors@westernmidstream.com or by submitting a written request to Western Midstream Partners, LP at the following address: P.O. Box 1330, Houston, TX 77251-1330, Attention: Investor Relations.


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For more information about Western Midstream Partners, LP, please visit www.westernmidstream.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements. WES’s management believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions. No assurance, however, can be given that such expectations will prove correct. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results, or other expectations expressed in this news release. These factors include our ability to meet financial guidance or distribution-growth expectations; our ability to safely and efficiently operate WES’s assets; the supply of, demand for, and price of oil, natural gas, NGLs, and related products or services; our ability to meet projected in-service dates for capital-growth projects; construction costs or capital expenditures exceeding estimated or budgeted costs or expenditures; and the other factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of WES’s most-recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other public filings and press releases. Western Midstream Partners, LP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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WESTERN MIDSTREAM CONTACTS

Kristen S. Shults
Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications
Kristen.Shults@westernmidstream.com
832.636.6000

Abby Dempsey
Investor Relations
Abby.Dempsey@westernmidstream.com
832.636.6000


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Western Midstream Partners, LP
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

Below are reconciliations of (i) net income (loss) (GAAP) to WES’s Distributable cash flow (non-GAAP), (ii) net income (loss) (GAAP) and net cash provided by operating activities (GAAP) to Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Western Midstream Partners, LP (“Adjusted EBITDA”) (non-GAAP), and (iii) operating income (loss) (GAAP) to Adjusted gross margin attributable to Western Midstream Partners, LP (“Adjusted gross margin”) (non-GAAP), as required under Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Management believes that WES’s Distributable cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted gross margin, and Coverage ratio are widely accepted financial indicators of WES’s financial performance compared to other publicly traded partnerships and are useful in assessing WES’s ability to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures, and make distributions. Distributable cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted gross margin, and Coverage ratio, as defined by WES, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Therefore, WES’s Distributable cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted gross margin, and Coverage ratio should be considered in conjunction with net income (loss) attributable to Western Midstream Partners, LP and other applicable performance measures, such as operating income (loss) or cash flows from operating activities.
WES defines “Distributable cash flow” as Adjusted EBITDA, plus interest income and the net settlement amounts from the sale and/or purchase of natural gas, condensate, and NGLs under WES Operating’s commodity-price swap agreements to the extent such amounts are not recognized as Adjusted EBITDA, less Service revenues – fee based recognized in Adjusted EBITDA in excess of (less than) customer billings, net cash paid (or to be paid) for interest expense (including amortization of deferred debt issuance costs originally paid in cash and offset by non-cash capitalized interest), maintenance capital expenditures, WES Operating Series A Preferred unit distributions, income taxes, and Distributable cash flow attributable to noncontrolling interests to the extent such amounts are not excluded from Adjusted EBITDA.
WES defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), plus distributions from equity investments, non-cash equity-based compensation expense, interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, impairments, and other expense (including lower of cost or market inventory adjustments recorded in cost of product), less gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net, income from equity investments, interest income, income tax benefit, other income, and the noncontrolling interests owners’ proportionate share of revenues and expenses.
WES defines Adjusted gross margin as total revenues and other (less reimbursements for electricity-related expenses recorded as revenue), less cost of product, plus distributions from equity investments, and excluding the noncontrolling interests owners’ proportionate share of revenues and cost of product.


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Western Midstream Partners, LP
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES (CONTINUED)

Distributable Cash Flow
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 December 31,
 
Year Ended 
 December 31,
thousands except Coverage ratio
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Distributable cash flow and calculation of the Coverage ratio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
295,440

 
$
183,917

 
$
807,700

 
$
630,654

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from equity investments
 
61,288

 
71,327

 
264,828

 
216,977

Non-cash equity-based compensation expense
 
4,114

 
1,544

 
14,392

 
7,310

Non-cash settled interest expense, net
 
19

 

 
39

 

Income tax (benefit) expense
 
793

 
22,741

 
13,472

 
58,934

Depreciation and amortization
 
120,278

 
118,407

 
483,255

 
389,164

Impairments
 
1,985

 
75,298

 
6,279

 
230,584

Above-market component of swap agreements with Anadarko
 

 
10,896

 
7,407

 
51,618

Other expense
 

 
8,080

 
161,813

 
8,264

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recognized Service revenues – fee based in excess of (less than) customer billings
 
(6,534
)
 
53,527

 
(28,764
)
 
62,498

Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net
 
(3
)
 
961

 
(1,406
)
 
1,312

Equity income, net – affiliates
 
62,035

 
61,595

 
237,518

 
195,469

Cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures
 
29,660

 
39,328

 
124,548

 
120,865

Capitalized interest
 
6,047

 
7,196

 
26,980

 
32,479

Cash paid for (reimbursement of) income taxes
 

 
2,495

 
96

 
2,408

Other income
 
37,792

 

 
37,792

 
2,749

Distributable cash flow attributable to noncontrolling interests (1)
 
9,512

 
9,000

 
36,976

 
36,138

Distributable cash flow (2)
 
$
345,408

 
$
318,108

 
$
1,325,445

 
$
1,139,587

Distributions declared
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from WES Operating
 
$
284,505

 
 
 
$
1,128,309

 
 
Less: Cash reserve for the proper conduct of WES’s business
 
2,719

 
 
 
9,360

 
 
Distributions to WES unitholders (3)
 
$
281,786

 
 
 
$
1,118,949

 
 
Coverage ratio
 
1.23

x
 
 
1.18

x
 
(1) 
For all periods presented, includes (i) the 25% third-party interest in Chipeta and (ii) the 2.0% Occidental subsidiary-owned limited partner interest in WES Operating, which collectively represent WES’s noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2019.
(2) 
For the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, excludes cash payments of $107.7 million related to the settlement of interest-rate swap agreements.
(3) 
Reflects cash distributions of $0.62200 and $2.47000 per unit declared for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, respectively.


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Western Midstream Partners, LP
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES (CONTINUED)

Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 December 31,
 
Year Ended 
 December 31,
thousands
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
295,440

 
$
183,917

 
$
807,700

 
$
630,654

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from equity investments
 
61,288

 
71,327

 
264,828

 
216,977

Non-cash equity-based compensation expense
 
4,114

 
1,544

 
14,392

 
7,310

Interest expense
 
79,414

 
54,702

 
303,286

 
183,831

Income tax expense
 
793

 
22,741

 
13,472

 
58,934

Depreciation and amortization
 
120,278

 
118,407

 
483,255

 
389,164

Impairments
 
1,985

 
75,298

 
6,279

 
230,584

Other expense
 

 
8,080

 
161,813

 
8,264

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net
 
(3
)
 
961

 
(1,406
)
 
1,312

Equity income, net – affiliates
 
62,035

 
61,595

 
237,518

 
195,469

Interest income – affiliates
 
4,225

 
4,225

 
16,900

 
16,900

Other income
 
37,792

 

 
37,792

 
2,749

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests (1)
 
11,636

 
11,893

 
45,131

 
42,843

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
447,627

 
$
457,342

 
$
1,719,090

 
$
1,466,445

Reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
297,415

 
$
382,980

 
$
1,324,100

 
$
1,348,175

Interest (income) expense, net
 
75,189

 
50,477

 
286,386

 
166,931

Uncontributed cash-based compensation awards
 
(1,891
)
 
(53
)
 
(1,102
)
 
879

Accretion and amortization of long-term obligations, net
 
(1,942
)
 
(1,284
)
 
(8,441
)
 
(5,943
)
Current income tax (benefit) expense
 
(215
)
 
(33,012
)
 
5,863

 
(80,114
)
Other (income) expense, net (2)
 
107,533

 
(460
)
 
106,136

 
(3,209
)
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – affiliates
 
9,053

 
9,769

 
30,256

 
29,585

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
35,283

 
(4,351
)
 
45,033

 
60,502

Accounts and imbalance payables and accrued liabilities, net
 
(38,524
)
 
15,476

 
30,866

 
(45,605
)
Other items, net
 
(22,638
)
 
49,693

 
(54,876
)
 
38,087

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests (1)
 
(11,636
)
 
(11,893
)
 
(45,131
)
 
(42,843
)
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
447,627

 
$
457,342

 
$
1,719,090

 
$
1,466,445

Cash flow information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,324,100

 
$
1,348,175

Net cash used in investing activities
 
 
 
 
 
(3,387,853
)
 
(2,210,813
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
 
 
 
 
2,071,573

 
875,192

(1) 
For all periods presented, includes (i) the 25% third-party interest in Chipeta and (ii) the 2.0% Occidental subsidiary-owned limited partner interest in WES Operating, which collectively represent WES’s noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2019.
(2) 
Excludes interest-rate swap losses of $25.6 million that will be paid in 2020 for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, and $8.0 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018.

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Western Midstream Partners, LP
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES (CONTINUED)

Adjusted Gross Margin
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 December 31,
 
Year Ended 
 December 31,
thousands
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Reconciliation of Operating income (loss) to Adjusted gross margin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income (loss)
 
$
333,630

 
$
264,647

 
$
1,231,343

 
$
861,282

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from equity investments
 
61,288

 
71,327

 
264,828

 
216,977

Operation and maintenance
 
173,387

 
142,235

 
641,219

 
480,861

General and administrative
 
30,951

 
19,747

 
114,591

 
67,195

Property and other taxes
 
15,504

 
10,352

 
61,352

 
51,848

Depreciation and amortization
 
120,278

 
118,407

 
483,255

 
389,164

Impairments
 
1,985

 
75,298

 
6,279

 
230,584

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net
 
(3
)
 
961

 
(1,406
)
 
1,312

Equity income, net – affiliates
 
62,035

 
61,595

 
237,518

 
195,469

Reimbursed electricity-related charges recorded as revenues
 
13,882

 
16,474

 
74,629

 
66,678

Adjusted gross margin attributable to noncontrolling interests (1)
 
16,846

 
15,913

 
64,049

 
56,247

Adjusted gross margin
 
$
644,263

 
$
607,070

 
$
2,428,077

 
$
1,978,205

Adjusted gross margin for natural-gas assets
 
$
429,739

 
$
395,281

 
$
1,656,041

 
$
1,443,466

Adjusted gross margin for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets
 
214,524

 
211,789

 
772,036

 
534,739

(1) 
For all periods presented, includes (i) the 25% third-party interest in Chipeta and (ii) the 2.0% Occidental subsidiary-owned limited partner interest in WES Operating, which collectively represent WES’s noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2019.


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Western Midstream Partners, LP
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 December 31,
 
Year Ended 
 December 31,
thousands except per-unit amounts
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Revenues and other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service revenues – fee based
 
$
626,708

 
$
593,765

 
$
2,388,191

 
$
1,905,728

Service revenues – product based
 
24,597

 
19,364

 
70,127

 
88,785

Product sales
 
71,538

 
79,081

 
286,388

 
303,020

Other
 
367

 
416

 
1,468

 
2,125

Total revenues and other
 
723,210

 
692,626

 
2,746,174

 
2,299,658

Equity income, net – affiliates
 
62,035

 
61,595

 
237,518

 
195,469

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of product
 
109,507

 
124,496

 
444,247

 
415,505

Operation and maintenance
 
173,387

 
142,235

 
641,219

 
480,861

General and administrative
 
30,951

 
19,747

 
114,591

 
67,195

Property and other taxes
 
15,504

 
10,352

 
61,352

 
51,848

Depreciation and amortization
 
120,278

 
118,407

 
483,255

 
389,164

Impairments
 
1,985

 
75,298

 
6,279

 
230,584

Total operating expenses
 
451,612

 
490,535

 
1,750,943

 
1,635,157

Gain (loss) on divestiture and other, net
 
(3
)
 
961

 
(1,406
)
 
1,312

Operating income (loss)
 
333,630

 
264,647

 
1,231,343

 
861,282

Interest income – affiliates
 
4,225

 
4,225

 
16,900

 
16,900

Interest expense
 
(79,414
)
 
(54,702
)
 
(303,286
)
 
(183,831
)
Other income (expense), net (1)
 
37,792

 
(7,512
)
 
(123,785
)
 
(4,763
)
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
296,233

 
206,658

 
821,172

 
689,588

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
793

 
22,741

 
13,472

 
58,934

Net income (loss)
 
295,440

 
183,917

 
807,700

 
630,654

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
7,670

 
15,414

 
110,459

 
79,083

Net income (loss) attributable to Western Midstream Partners, LP
 
$
287,770

 
$
168,503

 
$
697,241

 
$
551,571

Limited partners’ interest in net income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) attributable to Western Midstream Partners, LP
 
$
287,770

 
$
168,503

 
$
697,241

 
$
551,571

Pre-acquisition net (income) loss allocated to Anadarko
 

 
(75,133
)
 
(29,279
)
 
(182,142
)
General partner interest in net income (loss)
 
(5,637
)
 

 
(5,637
)
 

Limited partners’ interest in net income (loss)
 
$
282,133

 
$
93,370

 
$
662,325

 
$
369,429

Net income (loss) per common unit – basic and diluted
 
$
0.62

 
$
0.43

 
$
1.59

 
$
1.69

Weighted-average common units outstanding – basic and diluted
 
452,934

 
218,938

 
415,794

 
218,936

(1) 
Includes net gains (losses) on interest-rate swaps of $37.6 million and ($125.3) million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, respectively, and ($8.0) million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018.

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Western Midstream Partners, LP
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
 
 
December 31,
thousands except number of units
 
2019
 
2018
Total current assets
 
$
402,412

 
$
344,764

Note receivable – Anadarko
 
260,000

 
260,000

Net property, plant, and equipment
 
9,064,931

 
8,410,353

Other assets
 
2,619,110

 
2,442,088

Total assets
 
$
12,346,453

 
$
11,457,205

Total current liabilities
 
$
485,954

 
$
637,477

Long-term debt
 
7,951,565

 
4,787,381

APCWH Note Payable
 

 
427,493

Asset retirement obligations
 
336,396

 
300,024

Other liabilities
 
227,245

 
412,147

Total liabilities
 
9,001,160

 
6,564,522

Equity and partners’ capital
 
 
 
 
Common units (443,971,409 and 218,937,797 units issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively)
 
3,209,947

 
951,888

General partner units (9,060,641 and zero units issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively)
 
(14,224
)
 

Net investment by Anadarko
 

 
1,388,018

Noncontrolling interests
 
149,570

 
2,552,777

Total liabilities, equity and partners’ capital
 
$
12,346,453

 
$
11,457,205



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Western Midstream Partners, LP
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
 
Year Ended 
 December 31,
thousands
 
2019
 
2018
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
807,700

 
$
630,654

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities and changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
483,255

 
389,164

Impairments
 
6,279

 
230,584

(Gain) loss on divestiture and other, net
 
1,406

 
(1,312
)
(Gain) loss on interest-rate swaps
 
125,334

 
7,972

Cash paid to settle interest-rate swaps
 
(107,685
)
 

Change in other items, net
 
7,811

 
91,113

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
1,324,100

 
$
1,348,175

Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
 
$
(1,188,829
)
 
$
(1,948,595
)
Acquisitions from affiliates
 
(2,007,926
)
 
(254
)
Acquisitions from third parties
 
(93,303
)
 
(161,858
)
Investments in equity affiliates
 
(128,393
)
 
(133,629
)
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – affiliates
 
30,256

 
29,585

Proceeds from the sale of assets to third parties
 
342

 
3,938

Net cash used in investing activities
 
$
(3,387,853
)
 
$
(2,210,813
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
Borrowings, net of debt issuance costs
 
$
4,169,695

 
$
2,671,337

Repayments of debt
 
(1,467,595
)
 
(1,040,000
)
Increase (decrease) in outstanding checks
 
1,571

 
(3,206
)
Registration expenses related to the issuance of Partnership common units
 
(855
)
 

Distributions to Partnership unitholders
 
(969,073
)
 
(502,457
)
Distributions to Chipeta noncontrolling interest owner
 
(9,663
)
 
(13,529
)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest owners of WES Operating
 
(118,225
)
 
(386,326
)
Net contributions from (distributions to) Anadarko
 
458,819

 
97,755

Above-market component of swap agreements with Anadarko
 
7,407

 
51,618

Finance lease payments – affiliates
 
(508
)
 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
$
2,071,573

 
$
875,192

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
$
7,820

 
$
12,554

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
92,142

 
79,588

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
99,962

 
$
92,142



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Western Midstream Partners, LP
OPERATING STATISTICS
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 December 31,
 
Year Ended 
 December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Throughput for natural-gas assets (MMcf/d)
Gathering, treating, and transportation
 
534

 
589

 
528

 
546

Processing
 
3,532

 
3,307

 
3,497

 
3,231

Equity investment (1)
 
423

 
272

 
398

 
291

Total throughput
 
4,489

 
4,168

 
4,423

 
4,068

Throughput attributable to noncontrolling interests (2)
 
174

 
166

 
175

 
170

Total throughput attributable to WES for natural-gas assets
 
4,315

 
4,002

 
4,248

 
3,898

Throughput for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets (MBbls/d)
Gathering, treating, transportation, and disposal
 
957

 
723

 
876

 
534

Equity investment (3)
 
449

 
298

 
343

 
241

Total throughput
 
1,406

 
1,021

 
1,219

 
775

Throughput attributable to noncontrolling interests (2)
 
28

 
20

 
24

 
15

Total throughput attributable to WES for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets
 
1,378

 
1,001

 
1,195

 
760

Per-Mcf Adjusted gross margin for natural-gas assets (4)
 
$
1.08

 
$
1.07

 
$
1.07

 
$
1.01

Per-Bbl Adjusted gross margin for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets (5)
 
1.69

 
2.30

 
1.77

 
1.93

(1) 
Represents the 14.81% share of average Fort Union throughput, 22% share of average Rendezvous throughput, 50% share of average Mi Vida and Ranch Westex throughput, and 30% share of average Red Bluff Express throughput.
(2) 
For all periods presented, includes (i) the 25% third-party interest in Chipeta and (ii) the 2.0% Occidental subsidiary-owned limited partner interest in WES Operating, which collectively represent WES’s noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2019.
(3) 
Represents the 10% share of average White Cliffs throughput; 25% share of average Mont Belvieu JV throughput; 20% share of average TEG, TEP, Whitethorn, and Saddlehorn throughput; 33.33% share of average FRP throughput; and 15% share of average Panola and Cactus II throughput.
(4) 
Average for period. Calculated as Adjusted gross margin for natural-gas assets, divided by total throughput (MMcf/d) attributable to WES for natural-gas assets.
(5) 
Average for period. Calculated as Adjusted gross margin for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets, divided by total throughput (MBbls/d) attributable to WES for crude-oil, NGLs, and produced-water assets.


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Western Midstream Partners, LP
OPERATING STATISTICS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)

 
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
Natural gas
(MMcf/d)
 
Crude oil & NGLs
(MBbls/d)
 
Produced water
(MBbls/d)
Delaware Basin
 
1,274

 
1,101

 
168

 
148

 
610

 
413

DJ Basin
 
1,295

 
1,185

 
129

 
107

 

 

Equity investments
 
423

 
272

 
449

 
298

 

 

Other
 
1,497

 
1,610

 
50

 
55

 

 

Total throughput
 
4,489

 
4,168

 
796

 
608

 
610

 
413

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
Natural gas
(MMcf/d)
 
Crude oil & NGLs
(MBbls/d)
 
Produced water
(MBbls/d)
Delaware Basin
 
1,226

 
1,041

 
150

 
132

 
556

 
239

DJ Basin
 
1,236

 
1,133

 
118

 
105

 

 

Equity investments
 
398

 
291

 
343

 
241

 

 

Other
 
1,563

 
1,603

 
52

 
58

 

 

Total throughput
 
4,423

 
4,068

 
663

 
536

 
556

 
239




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