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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001423902-21-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WES"
cik: "0001423902"
company_name: "Western Midstream Partners, LP"
filed_at: "2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T18:22:04.413227+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Midstream Q2 net income $226.3M, adj EBITDA $491.1M; raises 2021 EBITDA guidance

## Summary
- Net income $226.3M ($0.55/diluted unit); Adj EBITDA $491.1M; Free cash flow $379.8M.
- Record DJ Basin gas throughput 1.4 Bcf/d (+5% QoQ); total gas throughput 4.3 Bcf/d.
- New long-term gas gathering/processing agreement with Crestone dedicating ~74,000 acres and potential 148,000 additional acres.
- Q2 distribution increased to $0.319/unit (+1.3% sequential, 5% annualized growth).
- Expects 2021 capex at or above high end ($275M–$375M); Adj EBITDA near high end of $1.825B–$1.925B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001423902-21-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WES
- cik: 0001423902
- company_name: Western Midstream Partners, LP
- filed_at: 2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390221000030/0001423902-21-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390221000030/wes-20210809.htm

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