Anadarko Petroleum Form 4 Western Midstream Partners / PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ OCCIDENTAL ownership change

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

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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

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)
07/21/2022

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

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
COMMON UNITS (LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS)	07/21/2022		S⁽¹⁾		10,000,000	D	$25.25⁽¹⁾	190,281,578	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5 GREENWAY PLAZA

SUITE 110

(Street)

HOUSTON

77046

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

OXY USA INC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5 GREENWAY PLAZA

SUITE 110

(Street)

HOUSTON

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

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

77046

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5 GREENWAY PLAZA

SUITE 110

(Street)

HOUSTON

77046

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ANADARKO HOLDING Co

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5 GREENWAY PLAZA

SUITE 110

(Street)

HOUSTON

77046

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On July 17, 2022, Western Midstream Partners, LP (the "Issuer") entered into a unit purchase agreement with WGR Asset Holding Company LLC ("WGRAH") pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to purchase 10,000,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Issuer (the "Common Units") from WGRAH at a price of $25.25 per Common Unit. WGRAH and the Issuer completed the sale of such Common Units on July 21, 2022.

2. Following the transaction reported herein, Western Gas Resources, Inc. ("WGR") holds 161,319,520 Common Units, 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. WGR 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 WGR and Kerr-McGee Corporation ("KMG"). WGR 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, WGR, 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, WGR, Anadarko USH1, KMG, APCMH, KMWW and WGRAH are concurrently filing a Form 4 to report the transaction disclosed herein.

	/s/ Nicole E. Clark of Occidental Petroleum Corporation	07/25/2022
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark of OXY USA Inc.	07/25/2022
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark of OXY Oil Partners, Inc.	07/25/2022
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark of Baseball Merger Sub 2, Inc.	07/25/2022
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	07/25/2022
	/s/ Nicole E. Clark of Anadarko Holding Company	07/25/2022
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Anadarko Petroleum Form 4Western Midstream Partners / PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ OCCIDENTAL ownership change