Western Midstream Partners LP
14 facilities · 4 states · 2.7M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Western Midstream Partners LP is the reported parent of 14 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 2.7M lbs of toxic releases. 4 of 89 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Wyoming (2.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Western Midstream Partners LP, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Western Midstream Partners LP: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-8.2%
13 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+0.4%
1.4 million lb → 1.4 million lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years fell, while the inventory-wide total rose. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Western Midstream Partners LP's total reported releases fell from 1.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Western Midstream Partners LP's land releases rose from 4 lb in 2022 to 102 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Western Midstream Partners LP's chemicals reported rose from 10 in 2022 to 11 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Western Midstream Partners LP's off-site transfers fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Western Midstream Partners LP from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Steamboat Processing Facility; Western Gas Resources Hilight Gas Plant; Latham Gas Plant; 50 Buttes. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Dyno Nobel Inc; Berkshire Hathaway Inc; Hf Sinclair Corp; Crown Holdings Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Methanol; Benzene; Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wyoming; Colorado; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Natural Gas Processing. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Steamboat Processing Facility; Western Gas Resources Hilight Gas Plant; Latham Gas Plant; 50 Buttes. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Dyno Nobel Inc; Berkshire Hathaway Inc; Hf Sinclair Corp; Crown Holdings Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Methanol; Benzene; Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Wyoming; Colorado; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Natural Gas Processing.
Western Midstream Partners LP ranks #384 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Western Midstream Partners LP files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Western Midstream Partners LP's disclosed pounds are spread across 14 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Western Midstream Partners LP follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Dyno Nobel Inc; Berkshire Hathaway Inc; Hf Sinclair Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Western Midstream Partners LP sits among TRI parents
Western Midstream Partners LP sits on a disclosure ladder beside Dyno Nobel Inc and Berkshire Hathaway Inc and Hf Sinclair Corp and Crown Holdings Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Dyno Nobel Inc · rank #382 · 27.1M lbs
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc · rank #383 · 21.2M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Hf Sinclair Corp · rank #385 · 1.8M lbs
- Crown Holdings Inc · rank #386 · 1.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Western Midstream Partners LP
n-Hexane; Methanol; Benzene; Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Steamboat Processing Facility. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 1.1M lbs |
| Methanol | 753.4K lbs |
| Benzene | 180.1K lbs |
| Toluene | 175.7K lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 166.5K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 4 | 2.2M lbs |
| Colorado | 5 | 337.6K lbs |
| Texas | 4 | 165.5K lbs |
| Utah | 1 | 86.2K lbs |
Facilities (14)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Steamboat Processing Facility Douglas, WY | 1.0M lbs |
| Western Gas Resources Hilight Gas Plant Gillette, WY | 993.2K lbs |
| Latham Gas Plant Platteville, CO | 172.0K lbs |
| 50 Buttes Gillette, WY | 118.5K lbs |
| Ramsey Gas Plant Orla, TX | 96.7K lbs |
| Chipeta Gas Plant Vernal, UT | 86.2K lbs |
| Wattenberg Gas Plant/ Anadarko Dj Gas Processing LLC Aurora, CO | 65.4K lbs |
| Granger Gas Plant Granger, WY | 46.0K lbs |
| Brasada Gas Plant Cotulla, TX | 43.9K lbs |
| Fort Lupton Gas Processing Plant Fort Lupton, CO | 43.8K lbs |
| Platte Valley Gas Processing Plant Fort Lupton, CO | 39.3K lbs |
| Lancaster Gas Processing Plant Fort Lupton, CO | 17.1K lbs |
| Bone Springs Gas Plant Barstow, TX | 15.3K lbs |
| Mentone Gas Plant Mentone, TX | 9.6K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Western Midstream Partners LP on total disclosed release pounds (2.7M lbs) and reporting facility count (14). Release-volume peers include Bwx Technologies Inc, Michelin N.a. Inc, Stepan Co. Facility-count peers include American Air Liquide Holdings Inc, Cemstone Products Co, Championx Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Wyoming, Colorado, Texas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Western Midstream Partners LP's TRI parent record
From Western Midstream Partners LP, open Steamboat Processing Facility or compare against Dyno Nobel Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Western Midstream Partners LP (Steamboat Processing Facility in WY). Largest facility
- Compare against Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Western Midstream Partners LP sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Dyno Nobel Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Western Midstream Partners LP's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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