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Equity and Partners' Capital
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Partners' Capital Notes [Abstract]  
Equity and Partners' Capital
5. EQUITY AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

Holdings of Partnership equity. The Partnership’s common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “WES.” As of March 31, 2026, Occidental held 150,374,176 common units, representing a 37.3% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and through its ownership of the general partner, Occidental indirectly held 9,060,641 general partner units, representing a 2.2% general partner interest in the Partnership. The public held 243,401,657 common units, representing a 60.5% limited partner interest in the Partnership. On January 16, 2026, the Partnership and subsidiaries of Occidental entered into a unit redemption agreement (“Unit Redemption Agreement”) providing for the transfer to, and redemption by, the Partnership on February 3, 2026, of approximately 15.3 million common units of the Partnership (see Note 6), valued at $610.0 million.

Partnership equity repurchases. In February 2025, the Board authorized the Partnership to buy back up to $250.0 million of the Partnership’s common units through December 31, 2026 (the “2025 Purchase Program”). The common units may be purchased from time to time in the open market at prevailing market prices or in privately negotiated transactions. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Partnership repurchased no common units. As of March 31, 2026, the Partnership had an authorized amount of $250.0 million remaining under the program.

Holdings of WES Operating equity. On October 15, 2025, WES Operating issued preferred units to Aris, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership, in connection with the Aris acquisition (see Note 1). As of March 31, 2026, (i) the Partnership, directly and indirectly through its ownership of WES Operating GP, owned a 98.1% limited partner interest and the entire non-economic general partner interest in WES Operating and (ii) Occidental, through its ownership of WGRAH, owned a 1.9% limited partner interest in WES Operating, which is reflected as a noncontrolling interest within the consolidated financial statements of the Partnership (see Note 1).

Partnership’s net income (loss) per common unit. The common and general partner unitholders’ allocation of net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership was equal to their cash distributions plus their respective allocations of undistributed earnings or losses in accordance with their weighted-average ownership percentage during each period using the two-class method.
The following table provides a reconciliation between basic and diluted net income (loss) per common unit:
Three Months Ended 
March 31,
thousands except per-unit amounts20262025
Net income (loss)
Limited partners’ interest in net income (loss)$342,390 $301,837 
Weighted-average common units outstanding
Basic399,095 380,986 
Dilutive effect of non-vested phantom units1,474 1,508 
Diluted400,569 382,494 
Excluded due to anti-dilutive effect402 250 
Net income (loss) per common unit
Basic$0.86 $0.79 
Diluted$0.85 $0.79 

WES Operating’s net income (loss) per common unit. Net income (loss) per common unit for WES Operating is not calculated because it has no publicly traded units.