
Is Western Midstream Partners (WES) stock Halal?
Western Midstream Partners LP (WES) is not Shariah compliant in the September 2026 AAOIFI screening: it fails the interest-bearing debt screen. Tabadulat re-screens WES monthly, and a stock can return to compliance when new financial reports change its ratios.
Western Midstream Partners is a publicly traded master limited partnership primarily engaged in gathering, processing, and transporting natural gas, condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil. With a focus on efficient energy logistics, the partnership operates a network of assets located predominantly in the western United States, including the prolific Delaware and DJ Basins. Its infrastructure comprises pipelines, processing plants, and storage facilities designed to optimize the transportation and transformation of hydrocarbon resources. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Western Midstream Partners stock Halal?
Is Western Midstream Partners Shariah compliant?
For a resources company like Western Midstream Partners, AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 has little quarrel with the product; the scrutiny falls on the financing. Heavy machinery and long project cycles are usually funded with debt, and the standard tolerates interest bearing borrowing only below 30% of market capitalisation.
Does Western Midstream Partners pass the business activity test?
The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Western Midstream Partners currently fails the interest-bearing debt screen, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. The activity itself, extracting and selling resources, raises no Shariah objection; the scrutiny belongs to the financing.
Is Western Midstream Partners' income Halal?
Yes, within AAOIFI's tolerance. Western Midstream Partners' income from non-permissible sources stays below 5% of revenue in the September 2026 screening.
Does Western Midstream Partners meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?
Not in full. Interest bearing debt currently exceeds the 30% cap, while the other ratio stays within it. One breach is enough to fail the screening; the ratios are reassessed monthly under our Shariah Supervisory Board.
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