Updated on June 17, 2026.
HOUSTON – Troutman Pepper Locke advised Western Midstream Partners, LP (WES), a master limited partnership formed to develop, acquire, own, and operate midstream assets, in its acquisition of Brazos Delaware II, LLC, one of the largest privately held gathering and processing platforms in the Texas Delaware Basin, for approximately $1.6 billion. The acquisition closed on June 11, 2026. For more information, see the press release.
Transaction consideration comprised approximately $800 million in cash and approximately $800 million in WES common units. The transaction expands WES’ natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids gathering and processing footprint across the core of the Delaware Basin.
The Troutman Pepper Locke team advising WES is led by Jon Daly and Jennie Simmons, and includes Gislar Donnenberg, Alex Dillard, Jessie Ames, Cassie Chen, Jacob Richards, Cody Mathis, Emily Fahey, Buddy Sanders, Andrew Nelson, John Nelson, Tammi Niven, Sagar Patel, Gerry Pels, Elizabeth Corey, Ed Razim, Grace Elliott, Elizabeth Casey, Chris Barth, Van Jolas, Julian Weiss, Marc Machlin, and Jeff Strenkowski.
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