# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001414475
**File Stem:** 0001414475-25-000013
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 6051
**Document Hash:** d28372cfe0f7c52af0ea656f45638304
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001414475-25-000013.hdr.sgml**: 20250924

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001414475-25-000013

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 8

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250924

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250924

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Western Midstream Operating, LP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001414475
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 261075808
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SD
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34046
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251338885

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DRIVE, SUITE 2800
- **CITY:** THE WOODLANDS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77380
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 346-786-5000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 9950 WOODLOCH FOREST DRIVE, SUITE 2800
- **CITY:** THE WOODLANDS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77380

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Western Gas Partners LP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20071011

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Western Gas Partners
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20071009

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM SD**

**SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT**

**WESTERN MIDSTREAM OPERATING, LP** 

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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**9950 Woodloch Forest Drive, Suite 2800**

**The Woodlands, Texas 77380**

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

**Kristen S. Shults**

**Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer**

**(346) 786-5000**

(Name and telephone number, including area code,

of the person to contact in connection with this report)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this Form is being submitted, and provide the period to which the information in this Form applies:

◻ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, ______.

🗹 Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

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**Section 2 - Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure**

**Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) *Required Disclosure* 

The required disclosures for the year ended December 31, 2024, were submitted on Form SD by Western Midstream Partners, LP, on September 24, 2025.

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**SIGNATURES**

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 hereunto duly authorized.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | **WESTERN MIDSTREAM OPERATING, LP** | **WESTERN MIDSTREAM OPERATING, LP** |
| | | By: | Western Midstream Operating GP, LLC, <br>its general partner |
| Dated: | September 24, 2025 | By: | */s/ Kristen S. Shults* |
|  |  |  | Kristen S. Shults<br>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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