Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC (as general partner of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP):
We consent to the use of our report dated September 14, 2012, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of income, equity and partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011, incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
January 30, 2013
