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Related-Party Transactions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
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:
Statements of operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  |  |  |  |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
Revenues and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service revenues – fee based |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 541,745 |  |  | $ | 489,729 |  |  |
Service revenues – product based |  |  |  |  |  | 11,859 |  |  | 14,057 |  |  |
Product sales |  |  |  |  |  | 4,798 |  |  | (3,977) |  |  |
Total revenues and other |  |  |  |  |  | 558,402 |  |  | 499,809 |  |  |
Equity income, net – related parties (1) |  |  |  |  |  | 20,435 |  |  | 32,819 |  |  |
Operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of product (2) |  |  |  |  |  | (14,014) |  |  | (27,412) |  |  |
Operation and maintenance |  |  |  |  |  | 1,921 |  |  | 1,439 |  |  |
General and administrative |  |  |  |  |  | 31 |  |  | — |  |  |
Total operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  | (12,062) |  |  | (25,973) |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)See Note 7. (2)Includes related-party natural-gas and NGLs imbalances.
Balance sheets |  |  |  |
thousands |  | March 31, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Assets |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 393,454 |  |  | $ | 401,315 |
Other current assets |  | 8,843 |  |  | 6,671 |
Equity investments (1) |  | 527,526 |  |  | 541,435 |
Other assets |  | 38,717 |  |  | 41,641 |
Total assets |  | 968,540 |  |  | 991,062 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Accounts and imbalance payables |  | 37,257 |  |  | 20,609 |
Accrued liabilities |  | 5,165 |  |  | 4,717 |
Other liabilities (2) |  | 534,612 |  |  | 504,415 |
Total liabilities |  | 577,034 |  |  | 529,741 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)See Note 7. (2)Includes contract liabilities from contracts with customers. See Note 2. 6. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Statements of cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
Distributions from equity-investment earnings – related parties |  | $ | 23,337 |  |  | $ | 29,304 |  |  |
Distributions from equity investments in excess of cumulative earnings – related parties |  | 11,007 |  |  | 19,033 |  |  |
Distributions to Partnership unitholders (1) |  | (152,899) |  |  | (111,689) |  |  |
Distributions to WES Operating unitholders (2) |  | (6,949) |  |  | (4,591) |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Represents common and general partner unit distributions paid to Occidental pursuant to the partnership agreement of the Partnership. See Note 4 and Note 5. (2)Represents distributions paid to Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, pursuant to WES Operating’s partnership agreement. See Note 4 and Note 5.
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 materially from the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements:
Statements of operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  |  |  |  |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
General and administrative (1) |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,537 |  |  | $ | 1,306 |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Includes an intercompany service fee between the Partnership and WES Operating.
Balance sheets |  |  |  |
thousands |  | March 31, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Accounts receivable, net (1) |  | $ | 431,569 |  |  | $ | 401,315 |
Other current assets |  | 6,567 |  |  | 6,263 |
Other assets |  | 35,957 |  |  | 38,421 |
Accounts and imbalance payables (1) |  | 37,257 |  |  | 46,773 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Includes balances related to transactions between the Partnership and WES Operating.
Statements of cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
thousands |  |  |  |  |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |
Distributions to WES Operating unitholders (1) |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (347,356) |  |  | $ | (229,446) |  |  |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)Represents distributions paid to the Partnership and Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, pursuant to WES Operating’s partnership agreement. See Note 4 and Note 5.

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