---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001423902-24-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WES"
cik: "0001423902"
company_name: "Western Midstream Partners, LP"
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:53:11.904668+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WES appoints Oscar Brown as President & CEO, replacing Michael Ure effective Oct 28

## Summary
- Oscar Brown appointed President and CEO of General Partner effective Oct 28, 2024; he was independent director since 2019.
- Michael Ure steps down as President/CEO and director, no disagreement; will serve as advisor through Dec 31, 2024.
- Brown compensation: $950k base, $300k special 2024 bonus, $6M time-based units vesting over 3 years.
- Ure severance: 2x base salary + 2024 target bonus paid over 24 months; plus benefits, equity pro-rata vest.
- Reaffirms 2024 guidance: Adj. EBITDA $2.2B-$2.4B, FCF $1.05B-$1.25B, expecting high end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001423902-24-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WES
- cik: 0001423902
- company_name: Western Midstream Partners, LP
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390224000074/0001423902-24-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390224000074/wes-20241028.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001423902-24-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael P. Ure departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Western Midstream Partners, LP.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Michael P. Ure agreed that he will step down from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner and as a director of the Board, effective October 28, 2024 (the “Transition Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390224000074/0001423902-24-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Oscar K. Brown was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Western Midstream Partners, LP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Oscar K. Brown, an independent director of Western Midstream Holdings, LLC, WES’s general partner (the “General Partner”) has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner, effective October 28, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390224000074/0001423902-24-000074-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.