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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE: WES – News) today announced that it has priced
its public offering of 6,000,000 common units representing limited
partner interests. Western Gas Partners has granted the underwriters a
30-day option to purchase up to 900,000 additional common units. The
common units were offered to the public at $18.20 per unit. The offering
is expected to settle and close on December 9, 2009, subject to
customary closing conditions. Net proceeds from the offering are
expected to be used to repay amounts outstanding under the partnership’s
$350 million revolving credit facility. Any remaining net proceeds will
be used for general partnership purposes, including capital expenditures
and acquisitions.

Barclays Capital, BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells
Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the
offering. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and
related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from
Barclays Capital, c/o Broadridge Integrated Distribution Services, 1155
Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by calling (888) 603-5847 or
by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;
BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, Attn:
Preliminary Prospectus Department, or by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York,
NY 10004, or by calling (866) 471-2526, or by facsimile at (212)
902-9316 or by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ;
or Wells Fargo Securities at 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152,
Attention: Equity Syndicate Dept., or by calling (800) 326-5897 or by
emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
An electronic copy of the prospectus and prospectus supplement is
available from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
The offer is being made only through the prospectus as supplemented,
which is part of a shelf registration statement that became effective on
August 17, 2009.

This news release contains forward-looking statements. Western Gas
Partners and its general partner believe that their 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, including Western Gas Partners’ ability to close
successfully on the common units offering and to use the net proceeds as
indicated in this news release. See “Risk Factors” in Western Gas
Partners’ 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and other public
filings and press releases. Except as required by law, Western
Gas Partners undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements.