SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Western Midstream Partners, LP [ WES ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/12/2023
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
COMMON UNITS (LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS)	09/12/2023		S(1)		5,100,000	D	$25(1)	185,181,578	I	See Footnotes(2)(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OXY USA INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OXY Oil Partners, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Baseball Merger Sub 2, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ANADARKO HOLDING Co (Last) (First) (Middle) 5 GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 110 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77046 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On September 7, 2023, Western Midstream Partners, LP (the "Issuer") entered into a unit purchase agreement with Western Gas Resources, Inc. ("WGRI") pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to purchase 5,100,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Issuer (the "Common Units") from WGRI at a price of $25.00 per Common Unit. WGRI and the Issuer completed the sale of such Common Units on September 12, 2023.

2. Following the transaction reported herein, WGRI holds 156,219,520 Common Units, WGR Asset Holding Company LLC ("WGRAH") holds 14,139,260 Common Units, APC Midstream Holdings, LLC ("APCMH") holds 457,849 Common Units and Anadarko USH1 Corporation ("Anadarko USH1") holds 14,364,949 Common Units. WGRI also is the sole member of Western Midstream Holdings, LLC, the 2% economic general partner of the Issuer.

3. OXY USA Inc. ("OXY USA") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation ("Occidental"). OXY USA owns 100% of the outstanding common stock of OXY Oil Partners, Inc. ("OOP"). OOP owns 100% of the outstanding common stock of Baseball Merger Sub 2, Inc. ("BMS").

4. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ("APC") is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMS. APC owns (i) 100% of Anadarko Holding Company ("AHC") and (ii) indirectly, 100% of the common stock of WGRI and Kerr-McGee Corporation ("KMG"). WGRI is the sole member of APCMH, and APCMH is the sole member of WGRAH. KMG and AHC together own 100% of the common stock of Kerr-McGee Worldwide Corporation ("KMWW"), and APC and KMWW together indirectly own 100% of the common stock of Anadarko USH1. Accordingly, OXY USA, OOP, BMS, APC, AHC, WGRI, Anadarko USH1, KMG, APCMH, WGRAH and KMWW are all direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Occidental.

Remarks:

Due to the limitations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filing system, each of Occidental, WGRI, Anadarko USH1, KMG, APCMH, KMWW and WGRAH are concurrently filing a Form 4 to report the transaction disclosed herein.

	/s/ Nicole E. Clark as Vice President and Secretary of OXY USA Inc.	09/14/2023
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark as Vice President and Secretary of OXY Oil Partners, Inc.	09/14/2023
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark as Vice President and Secretary of Baseball Merger Sub 2, Inc.	09/14/2023
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark as Vice President and Secretary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	09/14/2023
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark as Vice President and Secretary of Anadarko Holding Company	09/14/2023
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark as Vice President and Secretary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation	09/14/2023
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