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EXHIBIT 23
Independent Auditors' Consent
To the Board of Directors
ONEOK, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No.333-41263) on Form S-8 of ONEOK, Inc. of our report dated June 2, 2000,
relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Thrift
Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits
for the years then ended, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual
report on Form 11-K of the Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and
Subsidiaries.
KPMG LLP
Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 28, 2000
