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HOUSTON, May 12, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) today announced first-quarter 2009 financial and operating results.

Net income available to limited partners for the first quarter of 2009 totaled $16.6 million, or $0.30 per limited partner unit (diluted). The Partnership's first-quarter Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $23.1 million and distributable cash flow⁽¹⁾ was $21.3 million, resulting in a coverage ratio of 1.25 times for the period.

"Our predominantly fee-based business model, combined with the geographic diversification of our assets, again enabled us to deliver results consistent with expectations," said Western Gas Partners' President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Gwin. "We continue to focus on controlling operating expenses and capital expenditures to maximize distributable cash flow, and are pleased with the performance of our assets in the face of reduced drilling activity across the industry resulting from the current natural gas price environment."

Total throughput volumes for the first quarter of 2009 were 1,063 MMcf/d, representing an approximate 1 percent decline over the prior quarter, and an approximate 2 percent decline over the first quarter of 2008.

Capital expenditures totaled approximately $6.5 million during the first quarter of 2009. Of this amount, maintenance capital expenditures were approximately $4.2 million, or 18 percent of Adjusted EBITDA.

The Partnership previously declared a quarterly distribution of $0.30 per unit for the first quarter of 2009, payable on May 15, 2009 to unitholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2009.

CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW AT 9 A.M. CDT

The Partnership will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 13, at 9 a.m. Central Daylight Time (10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time) to discuss first-quarter results. The dial-in number for the call is 888.679.8035 and the participant code is 20398614. For complete instructions on how to participate in the conference call, or to access the live audio webcast and slide presentation, please visitwww.westerngas.com. A replay of the call will also be available on the Web site for approximately two weeks following the conference call.

¹ Please see the tables at the end of this release for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures.

Western Gas Partners, LP is a growth-oriented Delaware limited partnership formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. With midstream assets in East and West Texas, the Rocky Mountains and the Mid-Continent, the Partnership is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, processing, treating and transporting natural gas for Anadarko and other producers and customers. For more information about Western Gas Partners, please visit www.westerngas.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Western Gas Partners believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions. No assurance, however, can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this news release. These factors include the ability to meet financial guidance or distribution growth expectations; the ability to obtain new sources of natural gas supplies; the effect of fluctuations in commodity prices and the demand for natural gas and related products; and construction costs or capital expenditures exceeding estimated or budgeted costs or expenditures, as well as other factors described in the "Risk Factors" section of the Partnership's 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other public filings and press releases by Western Gas Partners. Western Gas Partners undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

Below are reconciliations of Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) to Net Income (GAAP) as required under Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Management believes that the presentation of Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA provides information useful in assessing the Partnership's financial condition and results of operations and that Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA are widely accepted financial indicators of a company's ability to incur and service debt, fund capital expenditures and make distributions. Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA, as defined by the Partnership, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Therefore, the Partnership's consolidated Distributable Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in conjunction with net income and other performance measures, such as operating income or cash flow from operating activities.

Distributable Cash Flow

The Partnership defines Distributable Cash Flow as Adjusted EBITDA, plus interest income, less net cash paid for interest expense, maintenance capital expenditures and income taxes.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures, continued

Adjusted EBITDA

The Partnership defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), plus distributions from equity investee, non-cash share-based compensation expense, interest expense, income tax expense and depreciation and impairment, less income from equity investment, interest income, income tax benefit and other income.

SOURCE: Western Gas Partners, LP

Western Gas Partners, LP
Chris Campbell, CFA, 832-636-6012
chris.campbell@westerngas.com