Edgar Filing: Western Gas Partners LP

8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2015

WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-34046	26-1075808
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1201 Lake Robbins Drive

The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(832) 636-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 8, 2015, Western Gas Partners, LP (“WES”) extended its commodity price swap agreements with Anadarko for the DJ Basin complex and Hugoton system from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. Notional volumes for each of the commodity price swap agreements are not specifically defined. Instead, the agreements apply to the actual volume of natural gas, condensate and NGLs purchased and sold at the DJ Basin Complex and the Hugoton system. The prices set forth in the extended swaps are more favorable than prevailing market prices on the date the extended commodity price swap agreements were executed. There can be no assurance that these commodity price swap agreements will be renewed or extended beyond December 31, 2016, on similar terms or at all. The table below summarizes the swap prices compared to the forward market prices on the date the commodity price swap extensions were executed.



	DJ Basin Complex				Hugoton System
per barrel except natural gas	2016 Swap Prices		Market Prices⁽¹⁾		2016 Swap Prices		Market Prices⁽¹⁾
Ethane	$	18.41	$	0.60	—
Propane	47.08		10.98		—
Isobutane	62.09		17.23		—
Normal butane	54.62		16.86		—
Natural gasoline	72.88		26.15		—
Condensate	76.47		34.65		$	78.61	$	18.81
Natural gas (per MMBtu)	5.96		2.11		5.50		2.12


⁽¹⁾	Represents the New York Mercantile Exchange forward strip price as of December 8, 2015, adjusted for location, basis and, in the case of NGLs, transportation and fractionation costs.

Revenues or costs attributable to volumes settled during the extension period, at the applicable market price in the above table, will be recognized in the consolidated statements of income. WES will also record a capital contribution from Anadarko in its consolidated statement of equity and partners’ capital for the amount by which the swap price exceeds the applicable market price in the above table.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)	Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description of the Exhibit

1.1	Form of Commodity Price Swap Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



		WESTERN GAS PARTNERS, LP

		By:	Western Gas Holdings, LLC, its general partner


Dated:	December 9, 2015	By:	/s/ Philip H. Peacock
			Philip H. Peacock Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number	Description of the Exhibit

1.1	Form of Commodity Price Swap Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Western Gas Partners, LP’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010).