WGR Western Gas Res

Western Gas Resources (NYSE:WGR) announces the following Webcast: What: Western Gas Resources IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium West, San Francisco Webcast When: October 7, 2005 @ 1:35 PM Eastern Where: http://www.vcall.com/CEPage.asp?ID=95120 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Andrea Brown, 303-252-6206 or abrown@westerngas.com If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be available for replay at http://www.vcall.com/ClientPage.asp?ID=95120 or http://www.investorcalendar.com/ Western is an independent natural gas explorer, producer, gatherer, processor, transporter and energy marketer. The Company's producing properties are located primarily in Wyoming, including the developing Powder River Basin coal bed methane play, where Western is a leading acreage holder and producer, and the rapidly growing Pinedale Anticline. The Company also owns and operates natural gas gathering, processing and treating facilities in major gas-producing basins in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and West Texas regions of the United States. For additional Company information, visit Western's web site at www.westerngas.com.