WES Overview Owner and operator of gathering, processing, and transportation assets serving seven basins Sponsor-based MLP Designed to acquire, over time, midstream assets from both Anadarko and third parties Natural Gas = Business…
Public Ownership of WES Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) 100% Interest 43.3% Limited Partner Interest Public Unitholders Western Gas Holdings, LLC 54.7% Limited 2% General Partner Partner Interest Interest…
WES History 8/2010 3/2011 100 MM Accordion 133 MM Equity Issuance 250 MM Term Loan 800 MM Revolver 12/2009 5/2010 11/2010 5/2011 9/2011 10/2009 123 MM 99 MM 247 MM 500 MM 203 MM 5/2008 350 MM Equity Equity Equity Sr Notes…
YTD Highlights Closed First Major Third Party Acquisition in February 302MM Platte Valley Acquisition from Encana Completed Fifth Acquisition From Anadarko in July 130MM Bison Acquisition Increased Quarterly Distribution to…
The WES Asset Portfolio Current Assets / Investments 11 natural gas gathering systems 7 natural gas treating facilities 7 processing facilities 1 natural gas pipeline 1 NGL pipeline 1 crude oil pipeline 3Q11 Throughput…
Strong APC Drilling Economics Minimum Gas Price for a 10% Before-Tax Rate of Return1 4.00 = Rockies basin in which WES owns midstream assets 3.50 3.50 3.20 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.40 2.50 NYMEX /Mcf 2.12 2.00 1.50 1.50…
Liquids-Rich Basins 3Q11 Gross Margin Dry Gas Basins Lower gross (Non-Demand Charge) margin assets; cash flow 21% protection High gross through rate margin assets; resets continued Liquids-Rich drilling as producers seek Basins to…
Wattenberg/Platte Valley/White Cliffs - DJ Basin COLORADO APC ACREAGE APC LAND GRANT 25 miles WATTENBERG FIELD Description and Overview 2,814 mile gathering system 526 mile oil pipeline (10% interest) 2,630 receipt points…
Chipeta/NGL Pipeline Uintah Basin (Greater Natural Buttes) Description and Overview 51% Ownership of Chipeta Processing, LLC 24% owned by APC, 25% owned by Ute Energy Chipeta Processing Plant 240 MMcf/d Refrigeration train 250…
Granger Green River Basin (Moxa/Jonah/Pinedale) PINEDALE Description and Overview MOXA 815 mile gathering system ARCH WAMSUTTER Two cryogenic trains (200 MMcf/d capacity) Two refrigeration Trains (100 MMcf/d capacity) 9,500…
Hilight and Newcastle Powder River Basin (East) WYOMING GILLETE Description and Overview 1,282 mile gathering system Two refrigeration processing plants in service Hilight delivers gas to MIGC (owned by WES), Newcastle to…
WES Strategic Principles Minimize Maximize Liquidity Commodity Risk Maintain Capital Demonstrate Maturity Sponsor Support 14
Minimal Commodity Risk Long-Term Fee-Based Contracts and Fixed-Price Agreements Sponsor has Retained Commodity Price Risk Related to Dropdown Assets Gross Margin Last Twelve Months 9/30/2011 97% Fee-Based and Fixed-Price 3%…
Accretive Dropdowns 8.1X 8.2X 7/2009 8/2010 107 MM 498 MM 5/2008 Chipeta Wattenberg IPO Drop Drop 2008 2009 2010 2011 12/2008 1/2010 7/2011 210 MM 254 MM 130 MM PRB Drop Granger Bison Drop Drop 7.9X 7.2X 8.8X Sponsor…
Growth Strategy 1 More Dropdowns Midstream Asset Overview* Anadarko Western Gas Gathering systems 18 11 Processing & treating facilities 9 14 Interstate gas pipelines -- 1 NGL/Crude oil pipelines 2 2 Miles of pipeline 5,900 8,800…
Most Recent Dropdown - Bison Assets Newly-Built Assets Three amine treating units Three compressor units Five generators Transaction Highlights 130MM purchase price Immediately accretive APC took 81% of consideration in units…
Growth Strategy 2 Strategic Expansions Chipeta Train III Underwritten by Anadarko volume commitment Base Case IRR of 18-25% Platte Valley Assets Expanded capacity from 84 to 100 MMcf/d Completed in June 2011 White Cliffs…
Growth Strategy 3 Equity Options White Cliffs Case Study APC Negotiates Equity Option Uses negotiating leverage in committing firm transportation WES Acquires Option from APC Subsequent exercise Immediate accretion Potential…
2011 Outlook ( in millions) Full-Year 2011 Adjusted EBITDA 250 255 Total Capex 97 112 Maint. Capex as % of Adj. EBITDA 8 - 11% 23
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Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation (in thousands) Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (1) 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 2Q09 3Q09 4Q09 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 Net income 17,396 20,113 16,958 18,124 17,048 19,278 22,914…
Non-GAAP DCF Reconciliation (in thousands) Reconciliation of Net Income to Distributable Cash Flow (1) 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 2Q09 3Q09 4Q09 1Q10 2Q10 3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 Net income 17,396 20,113 16,958 18,124 17,048 19,278 22,914 23,411…