Western Midstream Partners (WES) 10-Q 2017 Q1 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, I, Benjamin M. Fink, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC, the general partner of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), certify to the best of my knowledge that:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Partnership for the period ending March 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.

May 3, 2017
	/s/ Benjamin M. Fink
	Benjamin M. Fink
	President, Chief Executive Officer,
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	Western Gas Equity Holdings, LLC
	(as general partner of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP)

The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Report pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and, accordingly, is not being filed as part of the Report for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Partnership, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.