---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001423902-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WES"
cik: "0001423902"
company_name: "Western Midstream Partners, LP"
filed_at: "2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:44:50.965772+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Midstream renegotiates Delaware Basin gas contracts, redeems $610M common units

## Summary
- Amends Occidental gathering contract from cost-of-service to fixed-fee with new MVCs through 2027.
- Occidental transfers 15.3M WES common units (~$610M) for redemption; its ownership falls to ~40%.
- ConocoPhillips signs fixed-fee gathering/processing deal for existing volumes, cutting related-party revenue >10%.
- Cumulative operating cash flow reduction expected to be offset by distribution savings from unit redemption.
- ~9% of total revenue remains cost-of-service; remaining cost-of-service terms extend into mid-late 2030s.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001423902-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WES
- cik: 0001423902
- company_name: Western Midstream Partners, LP
- filed_at: 2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390226000004/0001423902-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390226000004/wes-20260116.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Western Midstream Partners, LP amended GGA Amendment with Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC (a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation) (effective 2026-01-16).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: supply
  - Counterparty: Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC (a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
  - Effective: 2026-01-16
  source text: On January 16, 2026, Delaware Basin Midstream LLC (“DBM”), a subsidiary of Western Midstream Partners, LP (“WES”), entered into an amendment (“GGA Amendment”) to its Delaware Basin gas gathering agreement with Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC (“AEP”), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“Occidental”), dated effective January 1, 2018
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390226000004/0001423902-26-000004-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Western Midstream Partners, LP entered into Unit Redemption Agreement with subsidiaries of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (effective 2026-01-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: subsidiaries of Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  - Effective: 2026-01-16
  source text: On January 16, 2026, and in connection with the GGA Amendment and related transactions—including an agreement between DBM and a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips pursuant to which DBM will gather and process certain volumes of natural gas already existing on DBM’s system, and conforming modifications to the terms of the associated processing arrangements between subsidiaries of WES and Occidental—WES and subsidiaries of Occidental also entered into a unit redemption agreement (“Unit Redemption Agreement”) providing for the transfer to, and redemption by WES, on February 3, 2026 of approximately 15.3 million WES common units.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390226000004/0001423902-26-000004-index.htm

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