Western Gas Partners, LP Declares Distribution and Schedules Earnings Conference Call

Business Wire, Oct 24, 2008

HOUSTON -- Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner has declared a cash distribution of $0.30 per unit for the third quarter of 2008. This distribution will be paid on Nov. 14, 2008 to all unitholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 31, 2008.

The partnership plans to report its third-quarter 2008 financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. Management will host a conference call on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, at 9 a.m. CST (10 a.m. EST) to discuss the quarterly results.

The full text of the release will be available on the company's Web site at www.westerngas.com. To access the live audio webcast, please visit the investor relations section of the company's Web site, or participate via telephone by dialing 1.800.573.4840, participant code 75310583. Please call in ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time. A replay of the call will be available on the Web site for two weeks following the conference call.

Western Gas Partners, LP is a growth-oriented Delaware limited partnership recently formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. With midstream assets in East Texas, the Rocky Mountains, the Mid-Continent and West Texas, the partnership is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, 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. See "Risk Factors" in the Form S-1 registration statement 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.