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Related-Party Transactions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |
Related-Party Transactions Tables | The following tables summarize material related-party transactions included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements:
Consolidated statements of operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  |  |  |  |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |
Revenues and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service revenues – fee based |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 414,899 |  |  | $ | 367,475 |  |  |
Service revenues – product based |  |  |  |  |  | 2,243 |  |  | 4,505 |  |  |
Product sales |  |  |  |  |  | 11,567 |  |  | 6,271 |  |  |
Total revenues and other |  |  |  |  |  | 428,709 |  |  | 378,251 |  |  |
Equity income, net – related parties (1) |  |  |  |  |  | 49,607 |  |  | 52,165 |  |  |
Operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of product (2) |  |  |  |  |  | (19,543) |  |  | 17,647 |  |  |
Operation and maintenance |  |  |  |  |  | (59) |  |  | 18,122 |  |  |
General and administrative (3) |  |  |  |  |  | 1,975 |  |  | 4,093 |  |  |
Total operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  | (17,627) |  |  | 39,862 |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)See Note 6. (2)Includes related-party natural-gas and NGLs imbalances. (3)Includes (i) amounts charged by Occidental pursuant to the shared services agreement (see Services Agreement within this Note 5) and (ii) equity-based compensation expense allocated to the Partnership by Occidental, which is not reimbursed to Occidental and is reflected as a contribution to partners’ capital in the consolidated statements of equity and partners’ capital (see Incentive Plans within this Note 5). 5. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Consolidated balance sheets |  |  |  |
thousands |  | March 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Assets |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 274,222 |  |  | $ | 180,205 |
Other current assets |  | 28,847 |  |  | 12,490 |
Equity investments (1) |  | 1,163,069 |  |  | 1,167,187 |
Other assets |  | 46,531 |  |  | 45,494 |
Total assets |  | 1,512,669 |  |  | 1,405,376 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Accounts and imbalance payables |  | 47,281 |  |  | 49,242 |
Accrued liabilities |  | 4,476 |  |  | 13,914 |
Other liabilities |  | 223,972 |  |  | 207,365 |
Total liabilities |  | 275,729 |  |  | 270,521 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)See Note 6.
Consolidated statements of cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |
Distributions from equity-investment earnings – related parties |  | $ | 45,870 |  |  | $ | 49,048 |  |  |
Capital expenditures |  | — |  |  | (2,000) |  |  |
Contributions to equity investments – related parties |  | (2,070) |  |  | (86) |  |  |
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – related parties |  | 9,925 |  |  | 12,141 |  |  |
Distributions to Partnership unitholders (1) |  | (65,492) |  |  | (66,642) |  |  |
Distributions to WES Operating unitholders (2) |  | (2,805) |  |  | (2,551) |  |  |
Net contributions from (distributions to) related parties |  | 409 |  |  | 1,627 |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Represents distributions paid to Occidental pursuant to the partnership agreement of the Partnership (see Note 3 and Note 4). (2)Represents distributions paid to Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, pursuant to WES Operating’s partnership agreement (see Note 3 and Note 4).
WES Operating [Member] |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |
Related-Party Transactions Tables | The following tables summarize material related-party transactions for WES Operating (which are included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements) to the extent the amounts differ from the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements:
Consolidated statements of operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  |  |  |  |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |
General and administrative (1) |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,948 |  |  | $ | 4,587 |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Includes (i) amounts charged by Occidental pursuant to the shared services agreement (see Services Agreement within this Note 5), (ii) equity-based compensation expense allocated to WES Operating by Occidental, which is not reimbursed to Occidental and is reflected as a contribution to partners’ capital in the consolidated statements of equity and partners’ capital (see Incentive Plans within this Note 5), and (iii) an intercompany service fee between the Partnership and WES Operating.
Consolidated balance sheets |  |  |  |
thousands |  | March 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Other assets |  | $ | 45,619 |  |  | $ | 45,494 |
Accounts and imbalance payables (1) |  | 64,211 |  |  | 97,749 |
Accrued liabilities |  | 4,159 |  |  | 13,597 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Includes balances related to transactions between the Partnership and WES Operating.
Consolidated statements of cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  |  |  |  |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |
Distributions to WES Operating unitholders (1) |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (140,217) |  |  | $ | (127,470) |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Represents distributions paid to the Partnership and Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, pursuant to WES Operating’s partnership agreement. See Note 3 and Note 4.

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