Who owns Aris Water Solutions?
Aris Water Solutions is owned by Western Midstream (the United States, NYSE: WES), which has owned the brand since 15 October 2025.[1]
Evidence: Western Midstream Partners, LP Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Western Midstream Partners, LP verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Pipelines & midstream
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: WES
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Aris Water Solutions
Aris Water Solutions, Inc. is a produced-water gathering, recycling, treating and disposal business in West Texas and New Mexico. Western Midstream's 2025 10-K says the partnership acquired it on 15 October 2025.
What Western Midstream's annual report says about Aris Water Solutions
Sentences about Aris Water Solutions from Western Midstream's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The following list of abbreviations and terms are used in this document: Defined Term Definition Aris Aris Water Solutions, Inc., which was acquired by the Partnership on October 15, 2025.
On October 15, 2025, the Partnership completed its previously announced acquisition of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. ("Aris"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 6, 2025 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Partnership, Aris, and certain Partnership and Aris subsidiaries.
In connection with the Merger Agreement, all authorized but unused shares that were previously approved for issuance pursuant to the Aris Water Solutions, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan were adjusted using the applicable exchange ratio for the Merger, assumed by the Partnership, and added to the common unit pool available under the 2021 LTIP.
How often Western Midstream names Aris Water Solutions in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Aris Water Solutions
- 2025 – present Western Midstream [1] verified
Where Aris Water Solutions sits in Western Midstream
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Western Midstream
Western Midstream controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in pipelines & midstream, and who owns them
The 35 brands in pipelines & midstream on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Energy Transfer, with 4; Western Midstream has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota Access Pipeline | Energy Transfer | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dixie Pipeline | Enterprise Products | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Basin Pipeline | Plains All American | 🇺🇸 United States |
| MountainWest | Williams | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Corpus Christi LNG | Cheniere | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cenit | Ecopetrol | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Enbridge Mainline System | Enbridge | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Columbia Pipeline Group | TC Energy | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Western Midstream
Western Midstream is a publicly listed company headquartered in United States. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: WES.
Western Midstream's 2025 Form 10-K says its general partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental and that its common units trade on the NYSE under WES. It acquired Meritage Midstream on 13 October 2023 and Aris Water Solutions on 15 October 2025, and holds a 75 percent managing-member stake in Chipeta Processing.
Western Midstream: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Aris Water Solutions and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Aris Water Solutions is not one of them.
- AES Ohio — AES 🇺🇸
- Agway Energy Services — Suburban Propane 🇺🇸
- Alabama Power — Southern Company 🇺🇸
- AmeriGas — UGI 🇺🇸
- American Transmission Company — WEC Energy Group 🇺🇸
- Arch Resources — Core Natural Resources 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Aris Water Solutions?
The parent company of Aris Water Solutions is Western Midstream, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Aris Water Solutions American?
Yes. Aris Water Solutions originated in the United States and its owner, Western Midstream, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Western Midstream owned Aris Water Solutions?
Western Midstream has owned Aris Water Solutions since 15 October 2025.
Is Aris Water Solutions still owned by Western Midstream?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Aris Water Solutions is still owned by Western Midstream. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Western Midstream Partners, LP Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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