Western Gas Partners, LP, incorporated on August 21, 2007, is a master limited partnership (MLP) that acquires, owns, develops and operates midstream energy assets. The Company is engaged in the business of gathering, processing, compressing, treating and transporting natural gas, condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and crude oil in the United States. It provides midstream services for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko), as well as for third-party producers and customers. Its operations and activities are managed by its general partner, which is indirectly controlled by Anadarko through Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (WGP). Anadarko's upstream oil and gas business explores for and produces natural gas, crude oil, condensate and NGLs. As of December 31, 2016, its assets and investments consisted of gathering systems, treating facilities, natural gas processing plants/trains, NGL pipelines, natural gas pipelines and oil pipelines. These assets and investments are located in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Utah and Wyoming), North-central Pennsylvania and Texas.
Gathering, Processing and Treating
The Company's Bison treating facility treats and compresses gas from coal-bed methane wells in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The Fort Union Gas Gathering, LLC (Fort Union) system delivers coal-bed methane gas to the hub in Glenrock, Wyoming. Its pipelines serve gas markets in the Rocky Mountains and Midwest regions of the United States. The Hilight gathering system serves the gas gathering needs of various conventional producing fields in Johnson, Campbell, Natrona and Converse Counties, Wyoming. The Hilight plant delivers residue into its MIGC, LLC (MIGC) transmission line. The Newcastle gathering system and plant primarily service gas production from the Clareton and Finn-Shurley fields in Weston County, Wyoming. The Company's Granger complex is supplied by the Moxa Arch, and the Jonah and Pinedale Anticline fields.
The Red Desert complex gathers, compresses, treats and processes natural gas and fractionates NGLs produced in the eastern portion of the Greater Green River Basin, providing service to the Red Desert and Washakie Basins. The Rendezvous gathering system provides high pressure gathering service for gas from the Jonah and Pinedale Anticline fields and delivers to its Granger plant, as well as Tesoro Logistics LP's (Tesoro's) Blacks Fork gas processing plant, which connects to the Questar pipeline, Northwest Pipeline (NWPL) and the Kern River pipeline through the Rendezvous pipeline. Its DJ Basin complex is supplied by the Wattenberg field. The DJ Basin complex is connected to Colorado Interstate Gas Company LLC (CIG) and Xcel Energy's residue pipelines for natural gas residue takeaway and to the Overland Pass Pipeline Company LLC's pipeline and Front Range Pipeline LLC's (FRP's) pipeline for NGL takeaway.
The Company's Chipeta's inlet is connected to Anadarko's Natural Buttes gathering system, the Questar pipeline and the Three Rivers Gathering, LLC's system. The Chipeta plant delivers NGLs to Mid-America Pipeline Company pipeline (MAPL), which provides transportation through Enterprise's Seminole pipeline (Seminole pipeline) and Texas Express Pipeline LLC's (TEP's) pipeline in West Texas and to the NGL fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas. As of December 31, 2016, the Clawson Springs field covered 7,600 gross acres and produces from the Ferron Coal play. The Clawson gathering system delivers into the Questar pipeline. The Questar pipeline provides transportation to regional markets in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah and also delivers into the Kern River pipeline, which provides transportation to markets in the Western United States, primarily California.
The Company's Helper and the Cardinal Draw fields are Anadarko-operated coal-bed methane developments on the southwestern edge of the Uinta Basin that produce from the Ferron Coal play. As of December 31, 2016, Anadarko owned 19,000 gross acres in the Helper field and 16,000 gross acres in the Cardinal Draw field. The Helper gathering system delivers into the Questar pipeline. The Questar pipeline provides transportation to regional markets in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah and also delivers into the Kern River pipeline, which provides transportation to markets in the Western United States, primarily California. As of December 31, 2016, in addition to Anadarko, the Non-Operated Marcellus Interest gathering systems had seven priority shippers on its Rome gathering system and eight priority shippers on its Liberty gathering system.
As of December 31, 2016, Anadarko had a working interest in over 533,000 gross acres within the Marcellus shale. Brasada is supplied from Anadarko's production in the Eagleford shale. As of December 31, 2016, Anadarko held an interest in over 580,000 gross acres in the greater Delaware Basin, a portion of which is gathered by the Haley gathering system. As of December 31, 2016, Anadarko held an interest in over 580,000 gross acres within the Delaware Basin. As of December 31, 2016, the Delaware Basin JV Gathering LLC (DBJV) gathering system consisted of 577 miles of low pressure and high pressure gas gathering lines located in Loving, Ward, Winkler and Reeves Counties, Texas.
Transportation
The Company's MIGC receives gas from various coal-bed methane gathering systems in the Powder River Basin and the Hilight system, as well as from WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. on the north end of the transportation system. As of December 31, 2016, supply points to the Overland Trail Transmission, LLC (OTTCO) transportation system included approximately 50 wellheads, the Granger complex and ExxonMobil Corporation's Shute Creek plant, which are supplied by the eastern portion of the Greater Green River Basin, the Moxa Arch and the Jonah and Pinedale Anticline fields. Primary delivery points include the Red Desert complex and two third-party industrial facilities. The GNB NGL pipeline receives NGLs from Chipeta's gas processing facility and Tesoro's Stagecoach/Iron Horse gas processing complex. The GNB NGL pipeline delivers NGLs to MAPL, which provides transportation through the Seminole pipeline and TEP in West Texas, and to NGL fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas.
As of December 31, 2016, the Company's White Cliffs dual pipeline system provided 150 thousand barrels per day (MBbls/d) of crude takeaway capacity from Platteville, Colorado to Cushing, Oklahoma. The White Cliffs pipeline is supplied by production from the DJ Basin. FRP provides takeaway capacity from the DJ Basin in Northeast Colorado. As of December 31, 2016, TEG consisted of two NGL gathering systems that provide plants in North Texas, the Texas panhandle and West Oklahoma with access to NGL takeaway capacity on TEP. TEP delivers to NGL fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas. At Skellytown, Texas, TEP is supplied with NGLs from other pipelines, including FRP and MAPL. The Ramsey Residue Line transports residue gas from the DBM complex to interstate markets.
The Company competes with Energy Transfer Partners, LP, National Fuel Gas Midstream Corporation, Thunder Creek Gas Services, LLC, Fort Union Gas Gathering, LLC, Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Targa Resources, LP, Kinder Morgan, Inc., Plains All American Pipeline, Howard Energy Partners, Tesoro, Outrigger Midstream, Enterprise GC, LP, EagleClaw Midstream Ventures LLC, Enlink Midstream, LP, Vaquero Midstream LLC, DCP Midstream LP, AKA Energy Group, LLC, TransCanada Corporation, Williams Field Services, Enterprise/Jonah Gas Gathering Company, XTO Energy, ONEOK Gas Gathering Company, Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, Agave Energy Company, Phillips 66, Lone Star NGL LLC, ONEOK Partners, LP, Southcross Energy Partners L.P., West Texas LPG Pipeline LP, Sand Hills and Overland Pass Pipeline Company LLC.
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The company trades on NYSE exchange. The company headquarter is located in Texas, TX. The company was established in the 2007.| Ticker | WES |
| Long Name | Western Gas Partners, LP |
| Short Name | Western Gas Partners LP |