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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1



The Board of Directors
ONEOK, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report on the
Consolidated Financial Statements of ONEOK, Inc. and subsidiaries as of August
31, 1999 and 1998, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended
August 31, 1999, which report appears in the August 31, 1999, Annual Report on
Form 10-K of ONEOK, Inc. and to the references to our firm under the headings
"Experts" and "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" in the prospectus.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 10, 2000