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Western Midstream Makes Several Changes to Management Team

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Western Midstream Partners, LP has announced several senior management changes.

Effective today, Michael C. ("Mike") Pearl has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Charles G. ("Chuck") Griffie has been named Senior Vice President, Operations and Engineering, Robert W. ("Bob") Bourne has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, and Catherine A. Green has been named Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the general partner of WES.

About Pearl

Pearl succeeds Jaime R. Casas who has transitioned to Vice President and Treasurer of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) ("Occidental"). Pearl joined Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ("Anadarko") in 2004 and has served in various leadership positions within Anadarko's accounting and finance organization including Director, Corporate Tax, Corporate Controller, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of Western Gas Partners, LP, and most recently as Anadarko's Senior Vice President, Investor Relations.

About Griffie

Griffie joined Anadarko in connection with its 2006 acquisition of Western Gas Resources, Inc. At Anadarko, Griffie held various operational leadership positions including U.S. Onshore Business Advisor, Eagleford Operations Manager, Appalachian Basin Midstream Manager, Director, Midstream Engineering, and most recently as Senior Vice President, U.S. Onshore Field Operations upon returning to Anadarko from Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration where he served as Senior Vice President, Midstream and Marketing from June 2016 to December 2018.

About Bourne

Bourne joined Occidental in August 2019 and brings more than 30 years of experience in midstream corporate business development to WES. Bourne led midstream corporate development efforts at Shell Trading (formerly Coral Energy), American Midstream Partners, Gas Solutions, Energy Transfer Partners, and Crosstex Energy (now EnLink Midstream). Most recently, Bourne served as Vice President, Business Development, Midstream and Marketing at Apache Corporation and as a director of Altus Midstream Company.

About Green

Green has more than 20 years of accounting and audit experience and joined Anadarko in 2001. During her 18 years at Anadarko, Green has served in a variety of diverse roles within Anadarko's accounting and finance organization including internal audit, technical U.S. GAAP accounting, internal controls, and most recently as Director, Expenditure Accounting.